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International Short Stories Volume 1: American Stories

William Patten, Various

Read by Lynne T, Mike Pelton, Françoise, Larry Greene, KHand, Gertrude Durette, Jessica Atha, Mina Anderson, Sean Grabosky, Kingof192 and Greg Giordano · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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The Prophetic Pictures by Nathaniel Hawthorne (33:49)
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Part 1 by Washington Irving (37:26)
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Part 2 by Washington Irving (42:35)
The Gold-Bug Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe (27:11)
The Gold-Bug Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe (27:50)
The Gold-Bug Part 3 by Edgar Allan Poe (33:23)
Corporal Flint's Murder by J. Fenimore Cooper (30:54)
Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy Part 1 by Bret Harte (32:46)
Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy Part 2 by Bret Harte (40:13)
The Notary of Perigueux by H. W. Longfellow (17:08)
The Widow's Cruise by F. R. Stockton (24:29)
The Count and The Wedding Guest by O. Henry (14:30)
Miss Tooker's Wedding Gift by John Kendrick Bangs (37:11)
The Fable of The Two Mandolin Players and The Willing Performer by George Ade (7:28)
The Fable of The Preacher Who Flew His Kite, But Not Because He Wished To Do So by George Ade (39:50)
Major Perdue's Bargain by Joel Chandler Harris (27:46)
A Kentucky Cinderella by F. Hopkinson Smith (42:41)
By The Waters of Paradise Part 1 by F. Marion Crawford (28:55)
By The Waters of Paradise Part 2 by F. Marion Crawford (27:08)
By The Waters of Paradise Part 3 by F. Marion Crawford (19:39)
A Memorable Night by Anna Katharine Green (35:53)
The Man From Red Dog by Alfred Henry Lewis (19:32)
Jean Michaud's Little Ship by Charles G. D. Roberts (38:39)
Those Old Lunes! Or, Which Is The Madman? by W. Gilmore Simms Part 1 (28:05)
Those Old Lunes! Or, Which Is The Madman? by W. Gilmore Simms Part 2 (21:25)
The Chiropodist by Bayard Taylor (46:44)
Mr. Dooley On Corporal Punishment by F. P. Dunne (10:52)
Over A Wood Fire by Donald G. Mitchell (19:00)