Short Stories
Ball of Fat (Boule de suif) Version 2
Read by Bob Neufeld
Guy de Maupassant
Boule de Suif (1880) is a short story by the late-19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is arguably his most famous short story, …
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
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Lafcadio Hearn
Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books,— such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Koko…
Coffee Break Collection 007 - Travel
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Various
This is the seventh collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in le…
Come, Let Me Whisper
Read by Russell L. Burt
Russell L. Burt
Macabre fiction. Horror fiction. Dark fiction. Whatever you choose to call it, that is what is contained within this collection of short sto…
Short Story Collection Vol. 002
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.
Beasts and Super-Beasts
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Saki
Saki (December 18, 1870 – November 14, 1916) was the pen name of British author Hector Hugh Munro. Saki's world contrasts the effete convent…
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
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Oscar Wilde
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories. This collection exemplifies Wilde's sharp …
A Little Book of Christmas
Read by David Wales
John Kendrick Bangs
Summary: Four short Christmas stories, a bit sentimental, but still affecting and worthwhile. Plus Four Christmas verses. (Summary by David …
Short Story Collection Vol. 060
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Various
LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories in various genres by authors including Edna Ferber, Charlotte Brontë, Stephan Crane, W. Som…
The Golden Goose Book
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
L. Leslie Brooke
A charming little book full of the most gorgeous illustrations which can be viewed along with the Gutenberg text at http://www.gutenberg.org…
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
Read by Leni
Maurice Leblanc
The Eight Strokes of the Clock is a collection of eight short stories by Maurice Leblanc. The stories have his most famous creation, Ars&egr…
Far Above Rubies
Read by Hannah Mary
George MacDonald
Proverbs 31:10-11 says, "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust i…
Korean Folk Tales
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Im Bang
"To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which …
The Trimmed Lamp: and other Stories of the Four Million
Read by Marian Brown
O. Henry
Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henry’s birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pen name O. Henry while in prison. He…
O Defunto
Read by Leni
José Maria De Eça De Queirós and José Maria de Eça de Queirós
O Defunto é um conto de Eça de Queirós, considerado sua melhor incursão pela literatura gótica ou fant&aa…
Short Story Collection Vol. 008
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 008: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
The group of stories brought together in this volume differ from legends because they have, with one exception,no core fact at the centre, f…
呐喊 (Call to Arms)
Read by Jing Li
Xun Lu
《呐喊》收录了鲁迅1918年至1922年所作短篇小说十四篇，其中包括中国文学史上第一篇白话文小说《狂人日记》，以及《孔乙己》、《阿Q正传》等鲁迅的代表作品。"Call to Arms" is a collection of short stories Lu X…