Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories
Various
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This book, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, is a collection of 23 "modern short stories", written by various authors as follows: Cornelia A. P. Comer, Amy Wentworth Stone, Elizabeth Ashe, Dallas Lore Sharp, H. G. Dwight, Mary Lerner, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Henry Seidel Canby, Zephine Humphrey, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Katharine Butler, Madeleine Z. Doty, F. J. Louriet, Ernest Starr, C. A. Mercer, Margaret Sherwood, E. Nesbit, E. V. Lucas, Margaret Lynn, Margaret Prescott Montague, and Arthur Russell Taylor. This audio compilation begins with the stories themselves, each Section followed by the editor's Biographical and Interpretative Notes, and at the end of the collection, the book's lengthy Introduction is included for the benefit of scholars who may be interested in editor Charles Swain Thomas' detailed opinions on what makes a short story compelling and why women excel in this genre. (Summary by Michele Fry) (11 hr 43 min)
Chapters
The Preliminaries | 43:03 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Buttercup-Night | 18:57 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Hepaticas | 54:30 | Read by Arie |
Possessing Prudence | 23:01 | Read by Michele Fry |
The Glory-Box | 41:31 | Read by fshort |
The Spirit of the Herd | 18:44 | Read by Lynne T |
In the Pasha's Garden | 45:15 | Read by Arie |
Little Selves | 30:03 | Read by Arie |
The Failure | 26:49 | Read by Jennifer Dorr |
Business is Business | 27:53 | Read by ScottReyonoldsVoice |
Nothing | 22:48 | Read by Julia Niedermaier |
A Moth of Peace | 56:43 | Read by Lucretia B. |
In No Strange Land | 14:36 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Little Brother | 15:48 | Read by Arie |
What Road Goeth He? | 19:35 | Read by Mike Pelton |
The Clearer Sight | 41:28 | Read by Jessica Atha |
The Garden of Memories | 13:43 | Read by Lynne T |
The Clearest Voice | 20:55 | Read by Michele Fry |
The Marble Child | 24:32 | Read by Arie |
The One Left | 11:37 | Read by Julia Niedermaier |
The Legacy of Richard Hughes | 38:21 | Read by Michele Fry |
Of Water and the Spirit | 30:55 | Read by Arie |
Mr. Squem | 21:03 | Read by Arie |
Introduction | 42:04 | Read by Michele Fry |
Reviews
short stories
Queen Sassy
I love this one. The stories tell the tales of being a good human being and that hindsight is always 20-20!