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Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories

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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

Bewertungen

short stories

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I love this one. The stories tell the tales of being a good human being and that hindsight is always 20-20!