The Great American Short Story Collection
40 Outstanding Tales by American Writers
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The Great American Short Story Collection
Narrated by:
Cathy Dobson
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Narrated by:
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Cathy Dobson
About this listen
A thoroughly engaging collection of great classic tales by the very best American authors.
- 1. 'From Beyond' by H. P. Lovecraft
- 2. 'The Mysterious Card and the Card Unveiled' by Cleveland Moffett
- 3. 'Pigs Is Pigs' by Ellis Parker Butler
- 4. 'The Club of One-Eyed Men' by Arthur Somers Roche
- 5. 'Afterward' by Edith Wharton
- 6. 'The Furnished Room' by O. Henry
- 7. 'A Descent into the Maelström' by Edgar Allan Poe
- 8. 'Regret' by Kate Chopin
- 9. 'The Terrible Old Man' by H. P. Lovecraft
- 10. 'The Dumb Man' by Sherwood Anderson
- 11. 'A Desperate Adventure' by Max Adeler
- 12. 'A Bottomless Grave' by Ambrose Bierce
- 13. 'Cannibalism in the Cars' by Mark Twain
- 14. 'Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe' by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 15. 'The Marionettes' by O. Henry
- 16. 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe
- 17. 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin
- 18. 'The Eyes' by Edith Wharton
- 19. 'Berenice' by Edgar Allan Poe
- 20. 'Imprisoned with the Pharaohs' by Harry Houdini and H. P. Lovecraft
- 21. 'The One Million Pound Bank Note' by Mark Twain
- 22. 'A Lucky Number' by S. B. Hale
- 23. 'Lost in a Pyramid' by Louisa M. Alcott
- 24. 'The Problem of the Five Marks' by Melville Davisson Post
- 25. 'William Wilson' by Edgar Allan Poe
- 26. 'The Venturers' by O. Henry
- 27. 'The Cats of Ulthar' by H. P. Lovecraft
- 28. 'Submarine' by Stella Benson
- 29. 'The Thousand and Second Tale of Sheherazade' by Edgar Allan Poe
- 30. 'The Gift of the Magi' by O. Henry
... and 10 more wonderful stories.
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Everrrrry woord is soooo longggg - The narration is so annoying with every word dragged out....it really makes this inaudible although a shame because some of the stories are not bad.How did the narrator detract from the book?
Completely! - The narrator is awful! I gave this a 1 STAR because of the narrator - could not listen to the stories....Any additional comments?
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horrible narrator, completely ruined the stories
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