Audiobooks by Bret Harte

"Step into the rugged world of The Luck of Roaring Camp, where rough-hewn miners, chance, and the untamed frontier collide in unexpected ways. Bret Harte's masterful storytelling captures the raw beauty and unvarnished humanity of California's Gold Rush era. With its blend of grit, humor, and heartfelt emotion, this tale shines a light on the unlikeliest bonds and the transformative power of hope. Discover a story where the harshest landscapes yield the richest treasures — not of gold, but of the human spirit."

Bret Harte (Author), Frank Bailey (Narrator)

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A Lonely Ride

"A Lonely Ride by Bret Harte is a short story that captures the essence of a solitary journey through a dark and desolate landscape. The narrative begins with the protagonist boarding a stagecoach in Wingdam, California, on a night that is both ominous and quiet. As the only passenger, he reflects on his surroundings and the peculiar behaviors of those at the hotel, who engage in odd rituals before his departure."

Bret Harte (Author), Walter Miller (Narrator)

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25+ The World's Greatest Short Stories. Vol. 1: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Gold Bug, Daisy Mil

"Contents: - Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Edgar Allan Poe. The Gold Bug - Herman Melville. Bartleby, the Scrivener - Bret Harte. The Luck of Roaring Camp - Leo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - Rudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper - Anton Chekhov. The Lady with the Dog - D.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer - James Joyce. Araby - Ivan Turgenev. First Love - Nikolay Gogol. The Mantle - Mikhail Bulgakov. The Embroidered Towel - Ivan Bunin. The Gentleman from San Francisco - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Carmilla - O.Henry. The Gift of the Magi - Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Robert Louis Stevenson. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - H.G. Wells. The Magic Shop - W.W. Jacobs. The Monkey's Paw - Arthur Conan Doyle. His Last Bow - Henry James. Daisy Miller - H.P. Lovecraft. The Call of Cthulhu - Alexsandr Pushkin. The Queen of Spades - G.K. Chesterton. The Blue Cross"

Alexander Pushkin, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Anton Chekhov, Bret Harte, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D.H. Lawrence, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry James, Herman Melville, Ivan Bunin, Ivan Turgenev, James Joyce, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nikolai Gogol, O. Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Washington Irving, William Wymark Jacobs (Author), David McCord, David Miles, Frank Bailey, Jason Dettrey, Jeremy Albret, Jim Girard, Joanne Thompson, Joe Phoenix, John Lingua, Judy Kriz, Mark Bowen, Martina Mercer-Hall, Michael Goodrick, Mike Hogan, Paul Gibson, Peter Coates, Richard Williams, Sharon Plummer (Narrator)

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3 Stories About - Life & Existence

"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories About - Life & Existence02 - The Four Fists by F Scott Fitzgerald03 - Mold of the Earth by Boleslaw Prus04 - The Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte"

Boleslaw Prus, Bret Harte, F Scott Fitzgerald (Author), Eric Meyers, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Stories About Miners And Mining

"Man has learnt to control his dominion by the use of what initially lay about him; wood and stone for shelter and building as well as resources from the plant and animal worlds over which he slowly obtained dominion. But as he organised into Nations and Empires, he needed more with which to keep the whole machine spinning. Society was growing and consuming more. But many of the richer seams of fuel and minerals lay buried underground. These riches needed exploiting, brought to the surface to be used and sold. In this volume our authors detail sharp-eyed narratives on people whose lives were connected and directed by what happened underground.1 - Stories About Mines and Mining - An Introduction2 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence3 - The Mine Cart by Ryunosuke Akutagawa4 - The Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte5 - An Unexpected Reunion by Johann Hebel6 - The Mines of Falun - Part 1 by E T A Hoffman7 - The Mines of Falun - Part 2 by E T A Hoffman8 - Her Turn by D H Lawrence"

Bret Harte, D.H. Lawrence, E T A Hoffman, Johann Hebel, Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Eric Meyers, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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[German] - Kurzgeschichten: Zehn Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur: Grüne Edition

"Die Kurzgeschichte ist das Genre der Vielfalt. Sie kann alles sein: heiter, abenteuerlich, nachdenklich, frivol, erotisch, schauerlich, satirisch und vieles andere mehr. Sie ist immer spannend und auf den Punkt genau erzählt. Lassen Sie sich von unserer Auswahl weltberühmter Kurzgeschichten in unbekannte und bunte Welten entführen. Mit dabei: Die schwarze Katze (E. A. Poe), Catarina und die Nachtigall (G. Boccaccio), Rezepte gegen Grippe (K. Tucholsky), König Zucker (F. Glauser), Der Glücksbringer von Roaring Camp (B. Harte), Zeitungswesen in Tennessee (M. Twain), Die Vorüberlaufenden (F. Kafka), Der Mann mit der Schramme (A. C. Doyle), Unsere Briefe (G. de Maupassant), Das Gesetz des Lebens (J. London)."

Bret Harte, Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Glauser, Giovanni Boccaccio, Guy De Maupassant, Jack London, Kurt Tucholsky, Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Jürgen Fritsche, Sven Görtz (Narrator)

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Short Stories About Rivalry

"Rivals may start out as friends. Even friends like a bit of rivalry at times, it might spur them on to achieve more themselves. It might also bring out the worst of us as competition turns into more negative vices. In this volume such vaulted authors as Louisa May Alcott, F Scott Fitzgerald, Guy de Maupassant, and a host of literary giants bring this unsettling genre into sharp focus. Genius in every name. 1 - Short Stories About Rivalry - An Introduction 2 - Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F Scott Fitzgerald 3 - Roman Fever by Edith Wharton 4 - The Interlopers by Saki the pseudonym for H H Munro 5 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad 6 - The Power of Darkness by Edith Nesbit 7 - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane 8 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore 9 - Mrs Packletide's Tiger by Saki 10 - The Piece of String by Guy de Maupassant 11 - The Brothers by Louisa May Alcott 12 - No 5 Branch Line. The Engineer by Amelia Edwards 13 - The Iliad of Sandy Bar by Bret Harte 14 - The Bull by Saki 15 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell 16 - Dethroned by I N Potapenko 17 - From The Dead by Edith Nesbit"

Amelia B. Edwards, Bret Harte, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, F Scott Fitzgerald, Guy De Maupassant, Joseph Conrad, Louisa May Alcott, Rabindranath Tagore, Richard Connelli N Potapenko, Saki, Stephen Crane (Author), Christopher Ragland, Eve Karpf, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Stories About Affairs And Infidelity

"Being together is not always the love-strewn path of true happiness rolling off into the sunset. It involves all sorts of other issues that come up to investigate that relationship with questions, pain and trouble. Perhaps infidelity is the most corrosive. The wronged partner seeks justice and answers as well as feeling betrayed and hurt. The other almost certainly knows their behaviour is wrong but seeks to justify it with barely literate utterances. The relationship may not survive, trust and respect will be damaged even broken. Our classic authors including Marjorie Bowen, Gustav Meyrink, Kenneth Grahame, Thomas Hardy and many others bring all facets of this genre into needle-sharp focus. 1 - Stories About Affairs and Infidelity - An Introduction 2 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf 3 - An Imaginative Woman by Thomas Hardy 4 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton 5 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin 6 - The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov 7 - The Caballero's Way by O Henry 8 - La Grande Breteche by Honore de Balzac 9 - The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling 10 - The Cone by H G Wells 11 - The Strength of God by Sherwood Anderson 12 - The Converts by Israel Zangwill 13 - The Difference by Ellen Glasgow 14 - The Inquity of Oblivion by Kenneth Grahame 15 - The Man in the Bottle by Gustav Meyrink 16 - Brown of Calaveras by Bret Harte 17 - Lucy Wren by Ada Radford 18 - Behind the Curtain by Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens 19 - Modern Melodrama by Hugo Crackanthorpe 20 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson 21 - The Pleasant Husband by Marjorie Bowen 22 - The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce 23 - The Storm by Kate Chopin 24 - From The Dead by Edith Nesbit"

Ada Radford, Ambrose Bierce, Anton Chekhov, Bret Harte, Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, Gertrude Barrows Bennett Writing As Francis Stevens, H.G. Wells, Honore de Balzac, Hugo Crackanthorpe, Israel Zangwill, Kate Chopin, Kenneth Grahame, Marjorie Bowen, O Henry, Rudyard Kipling, Sherwood Anderson, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Janet Maw, Kelly Burke (Narrator)

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Stories About Animals

"Many say that some of their greatest friends, and their greatest joys and feelings, are about animals. Rather than find those same joys and feelings from amongst friends, family and the rest of humanity it can be far easier, some say wiser, to find that from other sources. Some animals may be entirely innocent and entirely devoted to us. But we forget that in the world of wild animals survival is the primary instinct and usually the great enemy is the human race. In this volume our classic authors, including H Rider Haggard, Saki, Bret Harte, Jack London and many others bring us many tints and shades of our relationships with the animal world, both wild and domestic. Just be careful. 1 - Short Stories About Animals - An Introduction 2 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 3 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4 - Tobermory by Saki 5 - A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane 6 - The Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling 7 - To Build a Fire by Jack London 8 - Mumu by Ivan Turgenev 9 - A Yellow Dog by Bret Harte 10 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 11 - Misery by Anton Chekhov 12 - The Canary by Katherine Mansfield 13 - Love by Guy de Maupassant 14 - A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett 15 - How They Stopped the 'Run' by Anthony Hope 16 - Long Odds by H Rider Haggard 17 - How I Killed a Bear by Charles Dudley Warner 18 - A Lesson on a Tortoise by D H Lawrence 19 - The Lizard by C J Cutcliffe Hyne 20 - Running Wolf by Algernon Blackwood 21 - Esme by Saki 22 - The White Silence by Jack London 23 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe 24 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe"

Algernon Blackwood, Anthony Hope, Anton Chekhov, Bret Harte, C J Cutcliffe Hyne, Charles Dudley Warner, D.H. Lawrence, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Guy De Maupassant, H Rider Haggard, Honoré De Balzac, Ivan Turgenev, Jack London, Katherine Mansfield, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane (Author), Christopher Ragland, Mark Rice-Oxley, William Dufris (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - The 1870's - The Men

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.The Century moves on decade by decade. War once again scars Europe, in America wagons roll west. Social unrest continues even as conditions improve markedly for the few and only a little for the many. The list of problems and of challenges described by our authors is long and their stories once again full of valuable and telling insights.01 - The Top 10 - The 1870's - The Men - An Introduction02 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostevesky03 - A Ghost Story by Mark Twain04 - God Sees The Truth But Waits by Leo Tolstoy05 - Dickon the Devil by Sheridan Le Fanu06 - The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller by Gustave Flaubert07 - A Strange Story by Ivan Turgenev08 - A Lonely Ride by Bret Harte09 - Coward by Vsevolod Garshin10 - The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda"

Bret Harte, Edward Page Mitchell, Fyodor Dostevesky, Gustave Flaubert, Ivan Turgenev, Jan Neruda, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Sheridan Le Fanu, Vsevolod Garshin (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Stuart Milligan (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - The 1860's - The Men

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.This mid-century decade reveals a journey traversing continents and genres as authors explore and revel in the telling of tumultuous times of social upheaval as nations are divided by Civil War or expand with the brute force of Imperial Dreams. Our writers are here to document and narrate more about this fascinating decade.01 - The Top 10 - The 1860's - The Men - An Introduction02 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky03 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky04 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens05 - The Generous Gambler by Charles Baudelaire06 - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James07 - Malachi's Cove by Anthony Trollope08 - The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte05 - The Astounding Adventure of Wheeler J Calamity, Related by Himslef by W S Gilbert10 - The Spectre Bridegroom by William Hunt11 - The 9.30 Up-Train by Sabine Baring-Gould12 - The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale"

Anthony Trollope, Bret Harte, Charles Baudelaire, Charles Dickens, Edward Everett Hale, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Henry James, Himslef, Sabine Baring-Gould, William Hunt (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Eve Karpf, Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)

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The Top Ten Short Stories - Bret Harte

"The Top 10 - Bret Harte - An IntroductionThe American West. A landscape hewn in vastness as its rips from Plains, to deserts, to mountain, to ocean overlaid by waves of emigration of peoples either dispossessed or searching for a new life and the American dream. These are their stories.Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something."

Bret Harte (Author), Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers (Narrator)

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