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A Bush League Hero
In Buttered Side Down
"And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after."Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, a…
How President Jackson Won His Wife
In Threads of Grey and Gold
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…
2.8 A Scene in the Election (farce), Speling Book for the Unions
In Curiosities of Street Literature
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…
Music in the Bush
In Ottawa Folk Festival Robert Service Collection (from The Spell of the Yukon)
On August 13-15, 2010, A hearty band of Librivox volunteers, led by Bob Ledrew and Sean McGaughey, recorded selections from the Spell of the…
In Defence of the Bush
In The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses (version 2)
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (1895) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. It was released in hard…
The Elderbush
In The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl is a poignant tale by Hans Christian Andersen that captures the essence of hope and despair through the eyes of a youn…
The Street of Our Lady of the Fields – Parts 3 & 4
In The King in Yellow (part 2)
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Shortly after returning to America, he became popular a…
English Walnuts
In Insomnia Collection Vol. 001
The Insomnia Collection offers a unique anthology of essays and short works designed to soothe the restless mind. Curated from a variety of …
The unturned trump, by Barnes MacGreggor
In The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 01 October 1895
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
President George Bush Inaugural Address, January 20, 1989
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 097
"One does not care to walk over a rug or carpet that displays a scene in perspective, neither does one wish to gaze into a landscape wr…
Priscilla, from The Courtship of Miles Standish
In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Collection Vol. 001
A collection to celebrate Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 200th birthday, on 27th February, 2007.
The Bushman
In The Poetry of South Africa
Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…
The Elderbush
In Andersen's Fairy Tales
Step into a world of wonder with Andersen's Fairy Tales, a captivating collection of eighteen enchanting stories by the renowned Danish auth…
Moses Comes to Burning Bush By W. T. Larned
In Short Stories From Life
Life Magazine held a short story contest. Stories must be no more than 1500 words. Authors were paid for the number of words under that maxi…
The Bet
In Best Russian Short Stories
In this collection of Russian stories, editor and compiler Thomas Seltzer selects from a range of the best examples of 19th and early 20th c…
Aunt Olivia’s Wedding
In The Golden Road
In the sequel to The Story Girl, Sara Stanley returns to join the King children in publishing their own local magazine to entertain the town…
The Shadows on the Wall
In Ghost Story Collection 001
A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…
To the Readers of Harper's Young People; A Liberal Offer for 1880 Only
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 07, Dec. 16, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
The Case of Lady Sannox
In Tales of Terror and Mystery
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories which are masterpieces of mystery a…
Legend of the Bleeding-heart
In Short Story Collection Vol. 004
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 004: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.