Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series
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This book is composed of 24 short stories, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, and is the second collection of "modern short stories" edited by Charles Swain Thomas. They appeared in the Atlantic monthly magazine around the turn of the century and are written by various authors as follows: Mary Antin, Elizabeth Ashe, Kathleen Carman, Cornelia A. P. Comer, Mazo De La Roche, Annie Hamilton Donnell, James Edmund Dunning, Rebecca Hooper Eastman, William Addleman Ganoe, Lucy Huffaker, Joseph Husband, S. H. Kemper, Christina Krysto, Ellen Mackubin, Edith Ronald Mirrielees, Margaret Prescott Montague, E. Morlae, Meredith Nicholson, Kathleen Norris, Laura Spencer Portor, Lucy Pratt, Elsie Singmaster, Charles Haskins Townsend, Edith Wyatt. This audio compilation begins with the stories themselves, each Section followed by the editor's Biographical and Interpretive Notes. Some of these stories are happy, some are sad, some might be downright tragic, but hopefully they will leave you thinking about life a little bit differently. (Summary by Arie) (0 hr 40 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 4:55 | Read by Arie |
The Lie | 56:58 | Read by Arie |
Blue Reefers | 19:20 | Read by Natalie Paula |
The Debt | 24:03 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Seth Miles and the Sacred Fire | 39:53 | Read by Michele Fry |
Buried Treasure | 47:37 | Read by Mike Pelton |
The Princess of Make-believe | 11:46 | Read by Garess Espinosa |
The Two Apples | 15:16 | Read by Roger Melin |
The Purple Star | 39:43 | Read by Michele Fry |
Ruggs—R.O.T.C. | 39:27 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
The Way of Life | 28:27 | Read by Mike Pelton |
A Year in a Coal-mine | 48:53 | Read by fshort |
Woman’s Sphere | 18:56 | Read by nomorejeffs |
Babanchik | 40:38 | Read by Jack Daniel |
Rosita | 27:53 | Read by ScottReyonoldsVoice |
Perjured | 37:03 | Read by Katharina Huang |
What Mr. Grey Said | 25:36 | Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz |
A Soldier of the Legion | 48:48 | Read by MaryAnn |
The Boulevard of Rogues | 23:39 | Read by Lucretia B. |
What Happened To Alanna | 38:08 | Read by helenjjacobs |
Spendthrifts | 44:05 | Read by MaryAnn |
Children Wanted | 24:46 | Read by Garess Espinosa |
The Squire | 22:39 | Read by Jordan Heron |
Gregory and the Scuttle | 15:08 | Read by Mike Pelton |
In November | 17:14 | Read by Piper Hale |
Reviews
great stories and some excellent readers
Suzie
The stories are well written in beautiful English that you don’t hear any more. Several of the readers were superb. Listening to the questions after each story gives you reason to think back on what you heard and ponder the answers.
short stories
Queen Sassy
I like the stories, not always crazy about the breakdown of these after each story but sometimes it makes you think about it more.