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’s Short Story Collection 030: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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A collection of Twain short stories including: The Loves Of Alonzo Fitz Clarence And Rosannah Ethelton On The Decay Of The Art Of Lying About Magnanimous-Incident Literature The Grateful Poodle The Benevolent Author The Grateful Husband Punch, Brothers, Punch The Great Revolution In Pitcairn The Canvasser's Tale An Encounter With An Interviewer Paris Notes Legend Of Sagenfeld, In Germany Speech On The Babies Speech On The Weather Concerning The American Language Rogers (Summary from Project Gutenberg)...

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Fiction, Short stories

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Leandro Gomes de Barros é considerado por alguns como o primeiro escritor brasileiro de literatura de cordel, tendo escrito mais de 230 obras. No seu tempo, era cognominado O Primeiro sem Segundo, e ainda é considerado o maior poeta popular do Brasil em todos os tempos, autor de vários clássicos e campeão absoluto de vendas, com muitos folhetos que ultrapassam a casa dos milhões de exemplares vendidos. Compôs obras-primas que eram utilizadas em obras de outros grandes autores: Ariano Suassuna, por exemplo, utilizou a história do cavalo que estercava dinheiro no seu Auto da Compadecida. Depois de fundar uma pequena gráfica, em 1906, seus folhetos se espalham pelo Nordeste, sendo considerado por Câmara Cascudo o mais lido dos escritores populares. Já segundo Carlos Drummond de Andrade foi, no julgamento do povo, rei da poesia do sertão e do Brasil em estado puro. Nesta coletânea, apresentaremos três livros de Barros: Uma Viagem ao Céu; A História do Boi Misterioso; e A Historia dos Cachorros dos Mortos.(Introdução por Miramontes)...

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Fiction, Short stories

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’s Short Story Collection 024: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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Six poignant short stories reminiscent of life as a transport rider in the Transvaal veld in the days of the gold rush in South Africa at the end of the 19th century. From an early age Fitzpatrick believed that life should be enjoyed to the full and his honest and often moving style of writing leaves one richer for having known him. (Summary by SallyMc)...

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Fiction, Short stories

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Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his 'Kai Lung' books - Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifetime however he was equally well known for his detective stories. Since Sherlock Holmes we have had French detectives, Belgian detectives, aristocratic detectives, royal detectives, ecclesiastical detectives, drunken detectives and even a (very) few quite normal happily married detectives. Max Carrados was however probably the first blind detective. (Summary by Andy Minter)...

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Mystery, Short stories

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’s Short Story Collection 035: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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’s Short Mystery Story Collection 004: a collection of ten short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories, Mystery

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This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Emphasis for this collection is Humor in various genres -- fiction and non-fiction. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...

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Short stories, Humor

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Der Kalender Rheinländischer Hausfreund erschien erstmals 1807, in dem „lehrreiche Nachrichten und lustige Geschichten“ veröffentlicht wurden. Hebel selbst verfasste jedes Jahr etwa 30 dieser Geschichten und hatte somit maßgeblichen Anteil am großen Erfolg des Hausfreundes. 1811 erschien obendrein das Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes, eine Sammlung der interessantesten Kalendergeschichten. Weitere Auflagen folgten 1816 und 1827. Hebels Geschichten erzählten Neuigkeiten, kleinere Geschichten, Anekdoten, Schwänke, abgewandelte Märchen und Ähnliches. Sie dienten der Unterhaltung, ließen den Leser aber auch eine Lehre aus dem Text ziehen. Die wohl bekanntesten Kalendergeschichten Hebels sind Unverhofftes Wiedersehen und Kannitverstan....

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Literature, Short stories

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’s Short Mystery Story Collection 005: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Mystery, Short stories, Fiction

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Een verzameling van negen avonturen van Sherlock Holmes, de bekende Britse detective, en zijn compaan Dr. Watson. (Samenvatting door Julie VW)

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Short stories, Adventure, Fiction

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Lord Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was a London-born Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist notable for his work in fantasy. He was influenced by Algernon Swinburne, who wrote the line Time and the Gods are at strife in his 1866 poem Hymn to Proserpine, as well as by the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. In turn, Dunsany's influence was felt by H. P. Lovecraft and Ursula K. Le Guin. Arthur C. Clarke corresponded with Dunsany between 1944 and 1956. Those letters are collected in the book Arthur C. Clarke & Lord Dunsany: A Correspondence. Time and the Gods, a series of short stories written in a myth-like style, was first published in 1906. (Summary from Wikipedia)...

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Short stories, Fantasy

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Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Short stories

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Five short stories by classic science fiction writer H. Beam Piper.

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Science fiction, Short stories

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Short stories, Poetry

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A collection of short stories, highlighting some of the best and worst characteristics we women are capable of in our Christianity and in our home life. (Summary by TriciaG)...

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Fiction, Short stories, Religion

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This is a collection of city stories, fiction or non-fiction, in English and published before 1923. Contributions have been chosen by the readers themselves. Summary by BellonaTimes....

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Short stories, Travel

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This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fifth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for , was catalogued by Dickens' birthday on February 7th 2012. Further volumes may follow during the anniversary year. (Summary by Ruth Golding)...

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Short stories

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Die Erzählung Ein Landarzt von Franz Kafka entstand im Jahr 1917 und wurde 1918 veröffentlicht. Im Jahre 1919 erschien das Buch Ein Landarzt mit der Erzählung gleichen Titels und dreizehn weiteren Prosatexten. Kafka selbst bezeichnete Ein Landarzt (die einzelne Erzählung, nicht die Sammlung) als eine der wenigen wirklich gelungenen Erzählungen von ihm. Zweifellos zeichnet sich diese Geschichte auch tatsächlich durch meisterliches dichterisches Können aus. Doch angesichts der zahlreichen anderen hervorragenden Erzählungen offenbart Kafkas Einschätzung von Ein Landarzt seinen hohen Anspruch an sich selbst, der im übrigen als Argument für die Ernsthaftigkeit der Anweisung Kafkas an Max Brod angeführt werden kann, wonach Brod nach Kafkas Tod den Großteil des Gesamtwerkes vernichten sollte.(Summary by Wikipedia)...

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Literature, Short stories