Audiobook: Going Public ... in Shorts!

From haunting ghost stories to classic fairy tales, Going Public … In Shorts! is a collection of forty classic and lesser-known works by history’s greatest writers. Among the stories included are The Death of a Government Clerk, Anton Chekhov’s defining vignette; The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Mark Twain’s comedic story that earned him national fame; The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry’s masterful Christmastime tale about love and sacrifice; and The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin’s enduring feminist work about a frail woman and her dead husband. Also included are lesser-known stories such as Brown Wolf, a short tale by Jack London; The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, an early thriller-romance by F. Scott Fitzgerald; The Spectre Bridegroom, a folk tale–style ghost story by Washington Irving; and The Prophets’ Paradise, a dreamlike narrative by Robert W. Chambers. Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.