International Short Stories Volume 1: American Stories
William Patten , Various
28 chapters · 13 h 33 min · English
Read by Lynne T, Mike Pelton, Françoise, Larry Greene, KHand, Gertrude Durette and others
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The first volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on American short stories and draws from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Anna Katherine Greene, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe and many other favorites. Topics range from historical to science fiction, melodramatic to philosophic. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)
Chapters
1 The Prophetic Pictures by Nathaniel Hawthorne 34 min 2 The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Part 1 by Washington Irving 37 min 3 The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Part 2 by Washington Irving 43 min 4 The Gold-Bug Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe 27 min 5 The Gold-Bug Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe 28 min 6 The Gold-Bug Part 3 by Edgar Allan Poe 33 min 7 Corporal Flint's Murder by J. Fenimore Cooper 31 min 8 Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy Part 1 by Bret Harte 33 min 9 Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy Part 2 by Bret Harte 40 min 10 The Notary of Perigueux by H. W. Longfellow 17 min 11 The Widow's Cruise by F. R. Stockton 24 min 12 The Count and The Wedding Guest by O. Henry 14 min 13 Miss Tooker's Wedding Gift by John Kendrick Bangs 37 min 14 The Fable of The Two Mandolin Players and The Willing Performer by George Ade 7 min 15 The Fable of The Preacher Who Flew His Kite, But Not Because He Wished To Do So by George Ade 40 min 16 Major Perdue's Bargain by Joel Chandler Harris 28 min 17 A Kentucky Cinderella by F. Hopkinson Smith 43 min 18 By The Waters of Paradise Part 1 by F. Marion Crawford 29 min 19 By The Waters of Paradise Part 2 by F. Marion Crawford 27 min 20 By The Waters of Paradise Part 3 by F. Marion Crawford 20 min 21 A Memorable Night by Anna Katharine Green 36 min 22 The Man From Red Dog by Alfred Henry Lewis 20 min 23 Jean Michaud's Little Ship by Charles G. D. Roberts 39 min 24 Those Old Lunes! Or, Which Is The Madman? by W. Gilmore Simms Part 1 28 min 25 Those Old Lunes! Or, Which Is The Madman? by W. Gilmore Simms Part 2 21 min 26 The Chiropodist by Bayard Taylor 47 min 27 Mr. Dooley On Corporal Punishment by F. P. Dunne 11 min 28 Over A Wood Fire by Donald G. Mitchell 19 min
