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Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 8
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02/15/23 • 299 min
Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 8
Title: Short Science Fiction Collections
Overview: Thousands of short science fiction stories are available through our Short Science Fiction Collections series from classic science fiction authors Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugo Gernsback, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Frank Herbert, Voltaire, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and many other science fiction authors. Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or SF where Forrest J Ackerman has been credited with first using the term "sci-fi" in about 1954) is a genre of speculative fiction that typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It has been called the "literature of ideas", and it often explores the potential consequences of scientific, social, and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots back to ancient mythology, is related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction, and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has become popular and influential over much of the world, and it is also often said to inspire a "sense of wonder". Besides providing entertainment, it can also criticize present-day society and explore alternatives. The literary genre of science fiction is diverse, and its exact definition remains a contested question among both scholars and devotees. This lack of consensus is reflected in debates about the genre's history, particularly over determining its exact origins. Question of deeper origins aside, science fiction developed and boomed in the 20th century, as the deep integration of science and inventions into daily life encouraged a greater interest in literature that explores the relationship between technology, society, and the individual. Scholar Robert Scholes calls the history of science fiction "the history of humanity's changing attitudes toward space and time ... the history of our growing understanding of the universe and the position of our species in that universe." In recent decades, the genre has diversified and become firmly established as a major influence on global culture and thought.
Published: Various
List: Short Science Fiction Collections, Sci-Fi #8
Author: Various
Genre: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy Fiction, Science Fiction Adventure, Fantasy Action & Adventure, Anthologies
Episode: Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 8
Part: 1 of 1
Length Part: 4:59:46
Book: 8
Length Book: 4:59:46
Episodes: 1 - 10 of 10
Narrator: Collaborative
Memorium: Gregg Margarite (1957 - 2012), Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Language: English
Rated: Guidance Suggested
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Sci-Fi, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Bram Stoker, Lewis Carroll, Gertrude Atherton, Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, Joseph Conrad, Harriet Beecher Stowe
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01/01/21 • 332 min
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Book 3, Part 2
Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. In general, the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify and try to correct social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of The Strand Magazine, prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. The first story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", includes the character of Irene Adler, who, despite being featured only within this one story by Doyle, is a prominent character in modern Sherlock Holmes adaptations, generally as a love interest for Holmes. Doyle included four of the twelve stories from this collection in his twelve favorite Sherlock Holmes stories, picking "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" as his overall favorite.
Published: 1892
Series: Sherlock Holmes
List: 100 Classic Book Collection
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Genre: Detective, Detective Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Novel, Mystery, Detective Novel, Crime Fiction
Episode: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Book 3, Part 2
Part: 2 of 2
Length Part: 5:32:14
Book: 3
Length Book: 10:56:07
Episodes: 7 - 12 of 12
Narrator: David Clarke
Language: English
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: sherlock, holmes, detective, mystery, suspense, deduction, logic
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Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 11
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02/26/23 • 125 min
Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 11
Title: Short Science Fiction Collections
Overview: Thousands of short science fiction stories are available through our Short Science Fiction Collections series from classic science fiction authors Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugo Gernsback, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Frank Herbert, Voltaire, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and many other science fiction authors. Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or SF where Forrest J Ackerman has been credited with first using the term "sci-fi" in about 1954) is a genre of speculative fiction that typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It has been called the "literature of ideas", and it often explores the potential consequences of scientific, social, and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots back to ancient mythology, is related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction, and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has become popular and influential over much of the world, and it is also often said to inspire a "sense of wonder". Besides providing entertainment, it can also criticize present-day society and explore alternatives. The literary genre of science fiction is diverse, and its exact definition remains a contested question among both scholars and devotees. This lack of consensus is reflected in debates about the genre's history, particularly over determining its exact origins. Question of deeper origins aside, science fiction developed and boomed in the 20th century, as the deep integration of science and inventions into daily life encouraged a greater interest in literature that explores the relationship between technology, society, and the individual. Scholar Robert Scholes calls the history of science fiction "the history of humanity's changing attitudes toward space and time ... the history of our growing understanding of the universe and the position of our species in that universe." In recent decades, the genre has diversified and become firmly established as a major influence on global culture and thought.
Published: Various
List: Short Science Fiction Collections, Sci-Fi #11
Author: Various
Genre: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy Fiction, Science Fiction Adventure, Fantasy Action & Adventure, Anthologies
Episode: Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 11
Part: 1 of 1
Length Part: 2:05:54
Book: 11
Length Book: 2:05:54
Episodes: 1 - 4 of 4
Narrator: Collaborative
Memorium: Gregg Margarite (1957 - 2012), Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Language: English
Rated: Guidance Suggested
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Sci-Fi, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Bram Stoker, Lewis Carroll, Gertrude Atherton, Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, Joseph Conrad, Harriet Beecher Stowe
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03/16/21 • 233 min
International Short Stories - William Patten - Volume 1 - Book 1
Title: International Short Stories Volume 1: American Stories
Overview: International Short Stories is a three-volume anthology of outstanding English, American, and French short stories and novellas of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. It was published by P.F. Collier & Son in 1910. The first volume features celebrated short fiction from the United States, the second volume from England, and the third from France (translated into English). The three-volume series was compiled by Frances J. Reynolds, and edited by William Patten. Volume 1: American Stories includes these 22 short stories The Prophetic Pictures, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Gold-Bug, Corporal Flint's Murder, Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy, The Notary of Perigueux, The Widow's Cruise, The Count and the Wedding Guest, Miss Tooker's Wedding Gift, The Fable of the Two Mandolin Players and the Willing Performer, The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite, But Not Because He Wished to Do So, The Shadows on the Wall, Major Perdue's Bargain, A Kentucky Cinderella, By the Waters of Paradise, A Memorable Night, The Man from Red Dog, Jean Michaud's Little Ship, Those Old Lunes!, The Chiropodist, Mr. Dooley on Corporal Punishment, and Over a Wood Fire.
Published: 1910
Series: International Short Stories Collections, American Short Stories, Selection #1
List: 100 Popular Storybook Collections
Author: William Patten, et al.
Genre: Anthologies, Historical Fiction, Melodrama, Philosophical Fiction, Picaresque, Sea Story, Tragedy, Detective Fiction, Mystery Fiction, Horror Fiction, Science Fiction
Episode: International Short Stories - William Patten - Volume 1 - Book 1
Volume: 1 of 3
Book: 1 of 12
Part: 1 of 1
Episodes Book: 7
Length Book: 3:53:08
Episodes Volume: 28
Length Volume: 13:33:02
Episodes Collection: 91
Length Collection: 40:23:03
Narrator: Collaborative
Language: English
Rated: Guidance Suggested
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: anthologies, historical, melodrama, philosophical, picaresque, sea story, tragedy, detective, mystery, horror, science, fiction, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, O Henry, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, JM Barrie, HG Wells, François Coppée, Honoré de Balzac, Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo
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Bleak House - Charles Dickens - Book 11, Part 5
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01/07/21 • 316 min
Bleak House - Charles Dickens - Book 11, Part 5
Title: Bleak House
Overview: Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the center of Bleak House is a long-running legal case in the Court of Chancery, Jarndyce, and Jarndyce, which comes about because a testator has written several conflicting wills. In a preface to the 1853 first edition, Dickens claimed there were many actual precedents for his fictional case. One such was probably the Thellusson v Woodford case in which a will read in 1797 was contested and not determined until 1859. Though many in the legal profession criticized Dickens's satire as exaggerated, this novel helped support a judicial reform movement that culminated in the enactment of legal reform in the 1870s. There is some debate among scholars as to when Bleak House is set. The English legal historian Sir William Holdsworth sets the action in 1827; however, reference to preparation for the building of a railway in Chapter LV suggests the 1830s.
Published: 1853
List: 100 Classic Book Collection
Author: Charles Dickens
Genre: Novel, Serial Novel, Social Criticism Novel, Novella, Bildungsroman, Fiction Novel
Episode: Bleak House - Charles Dickens - Book 11, Part 5
Part: 5 of 7
Length Part: 5:16:32
Book: 11
Length Book: 39:24:50
Episodes: 41 - 50 of 68
Narrator: Mil Nicholson
Language: English
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: determination, persistence, kindness, human spirit, morality play, perception, discovery, hope, betrayal, deceit, social classes, reconciliation, growth, change, social ascent, class structure, criminal justice, women status, first-person narrative, legal reform, court case, satire, justice
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01/04/21 • 336 min
Moby Dick - Herman Melville - Book 1, Part 4
Title: Moby Dick
Overview: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, Moby-Dick was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as a "Great American Novel" was established only in the 20th century, after the centennial of its author's birth. William Faulkner said he wished he had written the book himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written". Its opening sentence, "Call me Ishmael", is among world literature's most famous. Melville began writing Moby-Dick in February 1850, and finished 18 months later, a year longer than he had anticipated. Melville drew on his experience as a common sailor from 1841 to 1844, including several years on whalers, and on wide reading in whaling literature. The white whale is modeled on the notoriously hard-to-catch albino whale Mocha Dick, and the book's ending is based on the sinking of the whaleship Essex in 1820. His literary influences include Shakespeare and the Bible. The detailed and realistic descriptions of whale hunting and of extracting whale oil, as well as life aboard ship among a culturally diverse crew, are mixed with exploration of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of God. In addition to narrative prose, Melville uses styles and literary devices ranging from songs, poetry, and catalogs to Shakespearean stage directions, soliloquies, and asides. In August 1850, with the manuscript perhaps half-finished, he met Nathaniel Hawthorne and was deeply moved by his Mosses from an Old Manse, which he compared to Shakespeare in its cosmic ambitions. This encounter may have inspired him to revise and expand Moby-Dick, which is dedicated to Hawthorne, "in token of my admiration for his genius". The book was first published (in three volumes) as The Whale in London in October 1851, and under its definitive title in a single-volume edition in New York in November. The London publisher, Richard Bentley, censored or changed sensitive passages; Melville made revisions as well, including a last-minute change to the title for the New York edition. The whale, however, appears in the text of both editions as "Moby Dick", without the hyphen. Reviewers in Britain were largely favorable, though some objected that the tale seemed to be told by a narrator who perished with the ship, as the British edition lacked the Epilogue recounting Ishmael's survival. American reviewers were more hostile.
Published: 1851
List: 100 Classic Book Collection
Author: Herman Melville
Genre: Novel, Adventure Fiction, Epic, Sea Story, Encyclopedic Novel
Episode: Moby Dick - Herman Melville - Book 1, Part 4
Part: 4 of 5
Length Part: 5:36:19
Book: 1
Length Book: 24:38:10
Episodes: 28 - 36 of 44
Narrator: Stewart Wills
Language: English
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: determination, persistence, man versus nature, whale, battle, morality play, perception, discovery
Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/supportA Daughter of the Snows - Jack London - Book 2, Part 2
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03/08/21 • 271 min
A Daughter of the Snows - Jack London - Book 2, Part 2
Title: A Daughter of the Snows
Overview: A Daughter of the Snows (1902) is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a Yale-trained mining engineer. The novel is noteworthy for its strong and self-reliant heroine, one of many who would people his fiction. Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London's friend Anna Strunsky. Modern commentators have criticized the novel for its approval of the main character's view that Anglo-Saxons are racially superior. This novel contains very overt racial and gender stereotypes and as such reflects the attitudes growing in society at the time it was written. The novel was commissioned by publisher S. S. McClure, who provided London a $125 a month stipend to write it.
Published: 1902
Series: Novels #2
Author: Jack London
Genre: Adventure Novel, Action & Adventure, General Fiction
Episode: A Daughter of the Snows - Jack London - Book 2, Part 2
Part: 2 of 2
Length Part: 4:31:38
Book: 2
Length Book: 8:34:43
Episodes: 16 - 30 of 30
Narrator: Don W. Jenkins
Language: English
Rated: Guidance Suggested
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: determination, persistence, man versus nature, battle, morality play, perception, discovery, travels, adventure, family, jacklondon
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/supportShort Science Fiction Collections - Book 65
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09/03/23 • 369 min
Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 65
Title: Short Science Fiction Collections
Overview: Thousands of short science fiction stories are available through our Short Science Fiction Collections series from classic science fiction authors Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugo Gernsback, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Frank Herbert, Voltaire, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and many other science fiction authors. Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or SF where Forrest J Ackerman has been credited with first using the term "sci-fi" in about 1954) is a genre of speculative fiction that typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It has been called the "literature of ideas", and it often explores the potential consequences of scientific, social, and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots back to ancient mythology, is related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction, and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has become popular and influential over much of the world, and it is also often said to inspire a "sense of wonder". Besides providing entertainment, it can also criticize present-day society and explore alternatives. The literary genre of science fiction is diverse, and its exact definition remains a contested question among both scholars and devotees. This lack of consensus is reflected in debates about the genre's history, particularly over determining its exact origins. Question of deeper origins aside, science fiction developed and boomed in the 20th century, as the deep integration of science and inventions into daily life encouraged a greater interest in literature that explores the relationship between technology, society, and the individual. Scholar Robert Scholes calls the history of science fiction "the history of humanity's changing attitudes toward space and time ... the history of our growing understanding of the universe and the position of our species in that universe." In recent decades, the genre has diversified and become firmly established as a major influence on global culture and thought.
Published: Various
List: Short Science Fiction Collections, Sci-Fi #65
Author: Various
Genre: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy Fiction, Science Fiction Adventure, Fantasy Action & Adventure, Anthologies
Episode: Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 65
Part: 1 of 1
Length Part: 6:09:37
Book: 65
Length Book: 6:09:37
Episodes: 1 - 20 of 20
Narrator: Collaborative
Memorium: Gregg Margarite (1957 - 2012), Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Language: English
Rated: Guidance Suggested
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Sci-Fi, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Bram Stoker, Lewis Carroll, Gertrude Atherton, Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, Joseph Conrad, Harriet Beecher Stowe
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/supportJane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë - Book 1, Part 2
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01/15/21 • 410 min
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë - Book 1, Part 2
Title: Jane Eyre
Overview: Jane Eyre; (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman that follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall. The novel revolutionized prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist's moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative, where actions and events are colored by a psychological intensity. Charlotte Brontë has been called the "first historian of the private consciousness", and the literary ancestor of writers like Proust and Joyce. The book contains elements of social criticism with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and it is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of Jane's individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. It, along with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, is one of the most famous romance novels of all time.
Published: 1847
List: 100 Classic Book Collection
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Genre: General Fiction, Romance, Gothic, Bildungsroman
Episode: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë - Book 1, Part 2
Part: 2 of 3
Length Part: 6:50:51
Book: 1
Length Book: 18:36:29
Episodes: 14 - 26 of 38
Narrator: Elizabeth Klett
Language: English
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: love, autonomy, belonging, value, self-sacrifice, integrity, personal value, marriage
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-audiobooks/supportShort Nonfiction Collections - Book 54
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09/24/22 • 319 min
Short Nonfiction Collections - Book 54
Title: Short Nonfiction Collections
Overview: Thousands of short stories are available through our Short Nonfiction Collections series from classic authors Ernest Hemingway, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, James Joyce, J. D. Salinger, William Faulkner, Jack London, Anton Chekhov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Charles Darwin, O Henry, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, and many other classic authors. These nonfiction short stories provide accurate information regarding a real-world topic and may be presented either objectively or subjectively. Nonfiction is one of the fundamental divisions of narrative writing (specifically, prose) — in contrast to fiction, largely populated by imaginary characters and events, though sometimes ambiguous regarding its basis in reality. Each of the short story collections is a book of short stories that may or may not share a tone, theme, setting, or characters with one another. While specific claims in a nonfiction work may prove inaccurate, the typical author genuinely aims to be truthful at the time of their composition, offering accounts of historical or empirical facts. Systematic reporting of the beliefs of others in a nonfiction format is not necessarily an endorsement of the veracity of those beliefs, but rather an exercise in representing the topic. These short story collections are made up of smaller texts—the individual short stories—in order to form a superior whole. In spite of this, each short story does not lose any of its meaning or narrative independence by being included in a collection. This does not mean that these short stories do not gain any new meaning from being included in a collection, though. Because each story's context has changed, surrounded by other stories with their own meanings and tones, the meaning and tone of any individual story might also be affected. In addition to the individual stories, short story collections may also include notes by the author.
Published: Various
List: Short Nonfiction Collections, Nonfiction #54
Author: Various
Genre: Non-Fiction, Essays & Short Works, Academic, Almanac, Autobiography, Biography, Creative Nonfiction, Design, Diary, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Essay, Guides & Manuals, Handbook, History, Journal, Journalism, Letter, Letter Collection, Literary Criticism, Memoir, Natural History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Popular Science, Self-Help, Science, Short Works, Statute, Technical, Theology, Travelogue
Episode: Short Nonfiction Collections - Book 54
Part: 1 of 1
Length Part: 6:04:36
Book: 54
Length Book: 6:04:36
Episodes: 1 - 16 of 16
Narrator: Collaborative
Language: English
Rated: Guidance Suggested
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: anthologies, historical, melodrama, philosophical, picaresque, sea story, tragedy, detective, mystery, horror, science, fiction, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, O Henry, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, JM Barrie, HG Wells, Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo
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The average episode length on Free Audiobooks is 281 minutes.
How often are episodes of Free Audiobooks released?
Episodes of Free Audiobooks are typically released every 23 hours.
When was the first episode of Free Audiobooks?
The first episode of Free Audiobooks was released on Jan 1, 2021.
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