Eighteen short stories by famous and little known authors compassing the period 1839 - 1914. The editor's very extensive introduction is omitted from this LibriVox audio book. (Summary by David Wales)
Chapters
1 The Little Frenchman And His Water Lots 15 min 2 The Angel Of The Odd 27 min 3 The Schoolmaster's Progress 41 min 4 The Watkinson Evening 43 min 5 Titbottom's Spectacles 1 h 3 min 6 My Double; And How He Undid Me 49 min 7 A Visit To The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Punsters 17 min 8 The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County 16 min 9 Elder Brown's Backslide 45 min 10 The Hotel Experience Of Mr. Pink Fluker 30 min 11 The Nice People 22 min 12 The Buller-Podington Compact 44 min 13 Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 1 38 min 14 Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 2 38 min 15 The Duplicity Of Hargraves 34 min 16 Bargain Day At Tutt House 55 min 17 A Call 34 min 18 How The Widow Won The Deacon 18 min 19 Gideon 45 min
