The Best Short Stories of 1915


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It seems advisable to undertake a study of the American short story from year to year as it is represented in the American periodicals which care most to develop its art and its audiences, and to appraise so far as may be the relative achievement of author and magazine in the successful fulfillment of this aim. - Summary by Edward J. O'Brien, Editor (9 hr 22 min)

Chapters

Introduction, by Edward J. O'Brien, Editor 23:06 Read by William Allan Jones
The Water-Hole by Maxwell Struthers Burt 47:26 Read by Martha H. Weller
The Wake by Donn Byrne 23:43 Read by Yuri Blackburn
Chautonville by Will Levington Comfort 22:23 Read by Adam Benckeser
La Derniere Mobilisation by W.A. Dwiggins 3:20 Read by Adam Benckeser
The Citizen by James Francis Dwyer 37:36 Read by Murphy8104
Whose Dog-? by Frances Gregg 5:19 Read by Adam Benckeser
Life by Ben Hecht 8:55 Read by Gila Labinger Freeberg
T.B. by Fannie Hurst, Part 1 33:47 Read by Martha H. Weller
T.B. by Fannie Hurst, Part 2 23:12 Read by Martha H. Weller
Mr. Eberdeen's House by Arthur Johnson, Part 1 35:15 Read by Martha H. Weller
Mr. Eberdeen's House by Arthur Johnson, Part 2 16:12 Read by Martha H. Weller
Vengeance is Mine by Virgil Jordan 17:02 Read by Adam Benckeser
The Weaver Who Clad the Summer by Harris Merton Lyon 34:02 Read by Martha H. Weller
Heart of Youth by Walter J. Muilenburg 22:40 Read by Martha H. Weller
The End of the Path by Newbold Noyes 10:20 Read by Michael J. Poland
The Whale and the Grasshopper by Seumas O'Brien 13:17 Read by Martha H. Weller
In Berlin by Mary Boyle O'Reilly 1:54 Read by Yuri Blackburn
The Waiting Years by Katharine Metcalf Rooff, Part 1 23:46 Read by Gila Labinger Freeberg
The Waiting Years by Katharine Metchalf Roof, Part 2 30:41 Read by Gila Labinger Freeberg
Zelig by Benjamin Rosenblatt 15:36 Read by Adam Benckeser
The Survivors by Elsie Singmaster 26:12 Read by Vanessa Kristin Fernandez
The Yellow Cat by Wilbur Daniel Steele 44:03 Read by Murphy8104
The Bounty-Jumper by Mary Synon 42:47 Read by Kate Freeland

Reviews

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(5 stars)

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