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    Short Story Classics
    Short Story Classics
    Short Story Classics
    Audiobook10 hours

    Short Story Classics

    Written by Edgar Allan Poe, George Eliot and Kate Chopin

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    A vintage collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written:

    "The Purloined Letter", by Edgar Allan Poe
    "The Nose", by Nikolai Gogol
    "The Story of an Hour", by Kate Chopin
    "The Gift of the Magi", by O. Henry
    "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal", by Daniel Defoe
    "The Lifted Veil", by George Eliot
    "Life of Ma Parker", by Katherine Mansfield
    "The Baron", by Katherine Mansfield
    "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allan Poe
    "The Seventh Pullet", by Saki
    "The Yellow Paint", by Robert Louis Stevenson
    "The Sphinx Without a Secret", by Oscar Wilde
    "The Boarded Window", by Ambrose Bierce
    "Squire Petrick's Lady", by Thomas Hardy
    "The Dead", by James Joyce
    "The Unknown Quantity", by O. Henry
    "The Venturers", by O.Henry
    "The One-Million-Pound Bank Note", by Mark Twain
    "The Stolen White Elephant", by Mark Twain
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateMay 20, 2013
    ISBN9781467669016
    Short Story Classics
    Author

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. He is a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight; a cocreator of the film documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies; and a three-time New York Times bestselling author. His books include Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, Irrationally Yours, Payoff, Dollars and Sense, and Amazing Decisions. His TED Talks have been viewed more than 27 million times. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and elsewhere. He lives in North Carolina with his family.

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