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Best Short Stories of 1917

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Read by Dar'Keith Lofton, Anne0205, czandra, Christine Bowden, MelissaMarie, Yoganandh T, Christine Rottger, Rel22, C Ptacek, Sarah Hill, Jonathan Pruett, Doreen Marcotte, Ben Tucker, Elsie Selwyn, billromer and BettyB · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Introduction. By Edward J. O'Brien, Editor (21:56)
The Excursion. By Edwina Stanton Babcock (34:27)
Onnie. By Thomas Beer (45:01)
A Cup of Tea. By Maxwell Struthers Burt (55:25)
Lonely Places. By Francis Buzzell (30:57)
Boys Will Be Boys. By Irvin S. Cobb (1:16:28)
Laughter. By Charles Caldwell Dobie (45:24)
The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part I (21:22)
The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part II (18:53)
The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part III (26:48)
The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part IV (42:44)
The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part V (20:45)
The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part VI (30:57)
The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part VII (17:48)
The Gay Old Dog. By Edna Ferber (49:09)
The Knight's Move. By Katharine Fullerton Gerould (40:33)
A Jury of Her Peers. By Susan Glaspell (43:21)
The Bunker Mouse. By Frederick Stuart Greene (47:37)
Rainbow Pete. By Richard Matthews Hallet (38:49)
Get Ready the Wreaths. By Fannie Hurst Part 1 (33:20)
Get Ready the Wreaths. By Fannie Hurst Part 2 (37:12)
The Strange-looking Man. By Fanny Kemble Johnson (8:39)
The Caller in the Night. By Burton Kline (41:23)
The Interval. By Vincent O'Sullivan (15:09)
A Certain Rich Man—." By Lawrence Perry (43:05)
The Path of Glory. By Mary Brecht Pulver Part 1 (38:40)
The Path of Glory. By Mary Brecht Pulver Part 2 (27:40)
Ching, Ching, Chinaman. By Wilbur Daniel Steele (54:37)
None So Blind. By Mary Synon (30:44)
The Biographical Roll of Honor of American Short Stories for 1917 (1:01:26)
The Roll of Honor of Foreign Short Stories in American Magazines for 1917 (4:36)
The Best Books of Short Stories of 1917: A Critical Summary (38:02)
The Best Sixty-three American Short Stories of 1917: A Critical Summary (36:50)