Irvin S. Cobb
Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites
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In 1927, H. P. Lovecraft wrote a long essay on "Supernatural Horror in Literature" in which he discussed the history of what came …
Short Story Collection Vol. 053
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A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members, including short stories by Melville, Bla…
Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are and Isn't That Just Like a Man!
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This warm, affectionate duet of essays by two of the early twentieth century's most popular writers is a bit dated but still entertaining. …
Europe Revised
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Irwin Cobb's humorous Europe Revised is a travelogue and comedy almost in the style of Mark Twain. The dedication says it best, "To My …
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011
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A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, articles, speeches and reports included in this collection…
Short Story Collection Vol. 045
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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 045: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
Cobb's Anatomy
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was born on June 23, 1876. At seventeen years of age, he began writing for the Paducah Daily News, his hometown paper…
J. Poindexter, Colored
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This comic novel relates the first-person adventures in New York City of Jefferson Poindexter, personal assistant to Cobb's famous Judge Pri…
One Third Off
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876–March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and wrote over 60…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052
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Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 050
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. I
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This collection of non-fiction and fiction, with its companion poetry collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th J…
Cobb's Anatomy (version 2)
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Irving S. Cobb discusses the human body and its various strange parts in his own inimitable hilarious style. He discusses the tummy and th…
Christmas Short Works Collection 2021
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The 2021 Christmas collection has some old favourites and some new, some reflections.Shepherds with a difference from New Zealand, and hopef…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085
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"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …
First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. II
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This collection of non-fiction and fiction pieces is the second volume commemorating the First World War. The majority of the items, all cho…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 098
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"The moment a man attempts to tell the truth as he not only thinks but feels it, what he says becomes charged with that man himself.&qu…