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A collection of volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderful clarity with which great ideas are expressed, and still others because the reader did a wonderful job. Whatever the reason they were chosen, we hope they will give you as much pleasure as they did us. (Summary by David Barnes)....

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’s Short Story Collection 041: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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A collection of volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderful clarity with which great ideas are expressed, and still others because the reader did a wonderful job. Whatever the reason they were chosen, we hope they will give you as much pleasure as they did us. (Summary by David Barnes)....

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This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) fiction or non-fiction works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. The theme for this collection is HodgePodge: humor, romance, science, long poems, biography, inspirational -- you name it, as long as it's public domain and between 3 and 15 minutes long.(Summary by BellonaTimes)...

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The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering American households a mass of good reading, the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds what they considered the best pieces of human writing, and compiled an ambitious collection of 45 volumes (with a 46th being an index-guide). Besides the selection and translation of a huge number of poems, letters, short stories and sections of books, the collection offers, before each chapter, a short essay about the author or subject in question. In many cases, chapters contemplate not one author, but certain groups of works, organized by nationality, subject or period; there is, thus, a chapter on Accadian-Babylonian literature, one on the Holy Grail, and one on Chansons, for example. The result is a collection that holds the interest, for the variety of subjects and forms, but also as a means of first contact with such famous and important authors that many people have heard of, but never read, such as Abelard, Dante or Lord Byron. According to the editor Charles Dudley Warner, this c...

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In this collection of Russian stories, editor and compiler Thomas Seltzer selects from a range of the best examples of 19th and early 20th century Russian literature. As a survey of famous authors at the height of the powers, as well as some writers who have been unjustly neglected, this anthology is indispensable. (Summary by Nullifidian) Everything is subordinated to two main requirements--humanitarian ideals and fidelity to life. This is the secret of the marvellous simplicity of Russian literary art.--THOMAS SELTZER....

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Fiction

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Short stories, Fiction

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’s Short Story Collection 023: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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’s Short Story Collection 030: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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’s Short Story Collection 035: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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’s Short Mystery Story Collection 004: a collection of ten short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories, Mystery

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’s Short Story Collection 026: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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’s Short Story Collection 029: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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’s Short Story Collection 032: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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’s Short Story Collection 036: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Short stories, Fiction

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’s Short Story Collection 033: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Fiction, Short stories

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’s Short Story Collection 022: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Short stories, Fiction

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’s Short Mystery Story Collection 007: a collection of 16 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of volunteers.

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Fiction, Mystery

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Are you wishing sometimes that you had a good book which you don't know, that you might just read and enjoy? The goal of this collection is to introduce you to as many books as possible. Some are well known, some are not. Summary by Stav Nisser....

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Short stories, Fiction

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Fiction, Short stories