In this representative volume, "The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories" the reader will find twenty-four of Mark Twain's best shorter works. Classic and unforgettable tales that span the author's career are included, such as "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", which is Twain's most famous short story and was his first great success as an author. It is the unforgettable tale of Jim Smiley, the gambler who will bet on anything including...

Determined to secure entry into the elite social circles of late nineteenth-century Rhode Island, Sam Driver enlists the help of a pair of social gadflies but finds his efforts complicated by his daughter's romance with an impoverished young Irishman.

Contains nine short stories by American author Sarah Orne Jewett in which she explores the friendships and resilience of women in nineteenth-century New England.

"New England 1854: Estella Wellstone, a duty-bound daughter born into Boston's high society, has approximately one summer until her wedding to the wealthy suitor her family has selected for her. Though she longs to please her family, nothing seems worse to the naive romantic of twenty-one, than recreating her parents' loveless marriage. So, Estella makes up her mind to fall in love with Henry Hamilton. Everything changes when Estella meets Bodaway,...

BBC Audiobooks America presents 27 classic short stories, taken from the most celebrated humorists from the 19th century.