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Great American Short Stories

By: Mark Twain, O. Henry, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Narrated by: Walter Covell
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Publisher's summary

This second collection of great American short stories includes these titles:

"Majorie Daw" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
"The McWilliams and the Burglar Alarm" and "Mrs. McWilliams and the Lighting" by Mark Twain
"The Phonograph and the Graft" and "The Lotus and the Bottle" by O. Henry
"The Wild Horse of Tartary" by Clara Morris
"Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra" and "The Phantom Island" by Washington Irving
"The Great Stone Face" and "My Kinsman, Major Molinaux" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Chickamauga" and "The Coup de Grace" by Ambrose Bierce
"The Premature Burial" and "The Oblong Box" by Edgar Allen Poe
"The Descent of Man" by Edith Wharton
"A Mystery of Heroism" by Stephen Crane
"The Boy Who Drew Cats" by Lafcadio Hearn
"The Altar of the Dead" by Henry James

©1985 Jimcin Recordings (P)1985 Jimcin Recordings

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Another good set

Another good selection of stories and, same as the 1st, well read. Looking forward to Volume 3 now.

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