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    little philosophy of life, A

    by Robert J. Burdette ...
    Narrated by Alexander Ashcroft ...

    Unabridged

    26 min

    "A Little Philosophy of Life" by Robert J. Burdette is a delightful collection of essays that explore the beauty and meaning found in everyday moments. With a perfect blend of gentle humor and timeless wisdom, Burdette reflects on universal themes such as love, laughter, gratitude, and the joys of a simple life. This inspiring work invites listeners to pause, reflect, and embrace the small but ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of the Mustache, and Other "hawk-eyetems"

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Robert Jones Burdette ...
    Robert J. Burdette's lively 1877 humor collection turns everyday life into a stage for wit, irony, and affectionate satire. From mock-serious prefaces and newspaper-style sketches to comic essays on family life, writing, and American manners, the volume delights in the absurdities of ordinary experience. Its title piece, "The Rise and Fall of the Mustache," imagines Adam as a bewildered, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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    When My Ship Comes In (UNABRIDGED)

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    by ROBERT JONES BURDETTE ...
    Narrated by Cynthia Woodall, Glenda Gischer, Linda Kinsey, Mardell John ...

    Unabridged

    33 min

    Whether you interpret this as sincere, overly simplistic, or cynical is up to you! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Wit and Humor of America (Vol. 1-10)

    A Ten-Volume Anthology of American Satire, Tall Tales, Dialect Sketches, and Comic Verse

    by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Everett Hale, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Kendrick Bangs, William Dean Howells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Henry Ward Beecher, John G. Saxe, James Russell Lowell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert W. Chambers, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Wallace Irwin, Eugene Field, Anne Virginia Culbertson, John Paul, Lloyd Osbourne, James Montgomery Flagg, Bill Nye, Robert J. Burdette, Wilbur D. Nesbit, Gelett Burgess, James Whitcomb Riley, Frank L. Stanton, Bayard Taylor, Artemus Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, Charles Dudley Warner, Carolyn Wells, Owen Wister ...
    The Wit and Humor of America gathers ten volumes of American comic writing into a capacious archive of satire, burlesque, dialect sketch, parable, anecdote, verse, and social observation. Moving from early republican wit through nineteenth-century regionalism and the modern magazine sketch, it reveals humor as both entertainment and cultural criticism. Comic monologues, mock-heroic poems, and ... Read more

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  • Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature

    by Various ...
    Add some levity to your reading list with this compilation of some of the wittiest and most amusing humor writing from the American literary canon. Bringing together essays, vignettes and short stories from an array of authors, including Little Women scribe Louisa May Alcott, this delightful volume is sure to ease your cares and bring a smile to your face. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1

    by Robert Louis Stevenson, James Hogg, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, John Brown, Charles Dickens, Frank Richard Stockton, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Daniel Defoe ...
    The short-story commenced its career as a verbal utterance, or, as Robert Louis Stevenson puts it, with the first men who told their stories round the savage camp-fire. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Hospital Sketches

    by Louisa May Alcott ...
    Series series Civil War Classics
    To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams.LITTLE WOMEN made Louisa May Alcott a canonical writer, but it was HOSPITAL SKETCHES that first brought her acclaim. These four sketches, based on letters Alcott ... Read more

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  • Selected Stories of Bret Harte

    Enriched edition. Tales of the American West: Captivating Stories from the California Gold Rush Era

    by Bret Harte, Miles Stokes ...
    In "Selected Stories of Bret Harte," readers are invited to explore a vibrant collection that encapsulates the spirit of the American West during the mid-19th century. Harte's masterful storytelling combines local color with astute social commentary, illustrating the complexities of frontier life through vivid characters and richly detailed settings. Each tale, characterized by a distinctive blend ... Read more

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  • The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain

    by Mark Twain ...
    This comprehensive volume of all of Twain's shorter works is representative of his vast humor and wit. "The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain" includes the following tales: The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Story of the Bad Little Boy, Cannibalism in the Cars, A Day at Niagara, Legend of the Capitoline Venus, Journalism in Tennessee, A Curious Dream, The Facts in the Great ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Bret Harte (Delphi Classics)

    by Bret Harte, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 7 - Delphi Series Four
    The master storyteller of pioneering life in California, Bret Harte created a diverse body of works, achieving critical acclaim from both sides of the Atlantic. This comprehensive eBook presents Harte’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories

    by Mark Twain, Debbie Macomber ...
    For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel,Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain’s short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Short Stories Of Mark Twain

    by Mark Twain ...
    The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say. In this volume we ... Read more

    $1.60 USD