Bush Studies is a short story collection published in London in 1902. Baynton presents a grimly realist view of bush life in Australia for women in colonial Australia. She wrote in response to Henry Lawson’s romantic depiction of bush life during the same era. – Summary by Kirsty Leishman [chương_files]
LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories in various genres by authors including Edna Ferber, Charlotte Brontë, Stephan Crane, W. Somerset Maugham, Lord Dunsany, Saki and Honoré de Balzac. [chương_files]
Twenty-four short stories by famous and not-so-famous British authors. (Summary by David Wales) Note: A shortened section 21 was replaced on Dec 30, 2014 with the full text. [chương_files]
A collection of five stories by Anthony Trollope: Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices; The Lady of Launay; Christmas at Thompson Hall; The Telegraph Girl; and Alice Dugdale – Summary by Nicholas Clifford [chương_files]
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 045: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members. [chương_files]
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 044: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members. [chương_files]
This is a collection of short stories written by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The stories contained in this volume were translated by several hands. The version of The Victory is the author’s own work. The seven stories which follow were translated by Mr. C. F. Andrews, with the help of the author’s help. Assistance has also been given by the Rev. E. J. Thompson, Panna Lal Basu, Prabhat Kumar Mukerjii, and the Sister Nivedita.(Summary by sidhu177) [chương_files]
The man with the surprise endings: that was O. Henry’s trademark. This is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry originally released in 1906. There are twenty five stories of various lengths including several of his best known works such as “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Cop and the Anthem”. The book’s title refers to the then population of New York City where many of the stories are set. Some society snobs has the opinion that there were only ‘Four Hundred’ people in New York City who were really worth noticing. But O. Henry felt that every person in New York was worth noticing and had their own story which is explains the title of this collection little stories of the ‘Four Million.’” To O. Henry, everyone in New York counted. And everyone had a story. [chương_files]
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 050: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members. [chương_files]
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 048: a collection of 19 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members. [chương_files]
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