Short Story Collection
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Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
Welcome to the 115th Librivox Short Story Collection. Once again, our readers have selected stories sure to entertain and amuse. As always, we have some old favorites such as Mark Twain, Kate Chopin and Rabindranath Tagore, alongside side less well-known authors. Included are five stories about "Gus", by Frank S. Anthony.
Chapitres
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| The Astonishing Tale of a Pen and Ink Puppet | 6:44 | Lu par Rapunzelina | |
| At Their Best | 15:51 | Lu par TriciaG | |
| Aunts and Pianos | 21:56 | Lu par Beeswaxcandle | |
| Blue Eyes and Diamonds | 16:28 | Lu par Roger Melin | |
| The Cabuliwallah | 22:53 | Lu par LakshV | |
| Cordelia the Crude | 13:10 | Lu par James K. White | |
| "The Dog Temple" | 2:55 | Lu par Public Domain Scholar | |
| Eve’s Diary | 41:26 | Lu par Laura Luchsinger | |
| Gus and his Girl | 17:06 | Lu par werdna | |
| Gus Buys a Horse | 11:35 | Lu par werdna | |
| Helping Out Gus | 16:32 | Lu par werdna | |
| Introducing a Lady of No Importance and a Gentleman of Even Less | 20:16 | Lu par Yoganandh T | |
| Our Quiet Winter | 20:10 | Lu par werdna | |
| The Philosopher's Stone | 9:00 | Lu par Dale Grothmann | |
| The Story of an Hour | 6:20 | Lu par Daniel Bischoff | |
| The Third Generation | 32:34 | Lu par KatDC | |
| Three Questions | 12:11 | Lu par LakshV | |
| Through the Smoke | 19:00 | Lu par TriciaG | |
| Three Hours With A Porter | 13:38 | Lu par James K. White | |
| Wood splitting with Gus | 12:49 | Lu par werdna |
Critiques
all read clearly and intelligently
Harry R
The highlight of this collection is "The Cabuliwallah" by the acclaimed Indian writer Tagore. The title means "The Man from Kabul" (the capital of Afghanistan). Versions of this story by other readers can be found in "Stories from Tagore" and "The Hungry Stones". This version, read with an Anglo-Indian accent and the reader's mouth not close to the mike, benefits from slowing the speed (to 0.7) but is a real gem for its touching expression. The four "Gus" stories, well-read in an educated Australian accent, lampoon Australian and New Zealend social norms in the scathing way those nationals so adhore.