Waifs and Strays: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Waifs and Strays, credited to O. Henry, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Waifs and Strays, by O. Henry These 12 O. Henry stories all deal with waifs and strays in one way or another; people who have somehow become adrift in the current of life. Will they find their way on their own or be helped by kind hearted folk or perhaps, stay a waif and stray, somehow outside the normal life of society? All naturally have the wonderful O. Henry beautiful way with words and people. So if you are in the mood to enjoy some sensuous sounds and convoluted flowing phrases unique to William Sydney Porter, give these a listen. And of course the endings cannot ever be predicted. Ever! (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Waifs and Strays
• Author credits: O. Henry
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 3:22:45

Catalogue topics

• o.henry
• shortstories

Track guide

1. 01 - The Red Roses of Tonia — 22:59
2. 02 - Round the Circle — 12:34
3. 03 - The Rubber Plant's Story — 9:43
4. 04 - Out of Nazareth — 30:28
5. 05 Confessions of a Humorist — 22:34
6. 06 - The Sparrows in Madison Square — 8:40
7. 07 - Hearts and Hands — 5:41
8. 08 - The Cactus — 9:44
9. 09 - The Detective Detector — 11:12
10. 10 - The Dog and the Playlet — 9:24
11. 11 - A Little Talk About Mobs — 7:15
12. 12 - The Snow Man — 52:36

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