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Featured Article: The Greatest, Most Notable American Writers of All Time
To curate a list of famous American writers who are also considered among the best American authors, a few things count: current ratings for their works, their particular time periods in history, critical reception, their prevalence in the 21st century, and yes, the awards they won. Many of these authors are taught in school today, and hopefully, several more of them will be taught in school in the near future.
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The Custom of the Country
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 281
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 277
In The Custom of the Country, Wharton’s scathing social commentary is on full display through the beautiful and manipulative Undine Spragg....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cannot recommend a better narrator!
- By Esther on 07-29-12
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The Custom of the Country
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 03-23-12
- Language: English
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Ethan Frome (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
In the dead gray cold of Starkfield, Massachusetts, farmer Ethan Frome is struggling to scrape out a living. His duties are to his wife, Zeena - an ungrateful, soul-sick hypochondriac....
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5 out of 5 stars
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COVID cabin fever entertainment
- By Naomi Levine on 12-29-20
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Ethan Frome (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 04-03-18
- Language: English
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The Buccaneers
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4 out of 5 stars 86
Wealthy young American girls visit England and lay siege to the hearts of members of the nobility. This last, unfinished novel of Edith Wharton's is witty, romantic and very perceptive....
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4 out of 5 stars
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An ok story with sass
- By Dana on 02-11-13
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The Buccaneers
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-20-12
- Language: English
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The Age Of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 507
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 447
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Story4 out of 5 stars 435
Newland Archer, gentleman lawyer and heir to one of New York City's best families, is happily anticipating a highly desirable marriage to the sheltered and beautiful May Welland....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful Book But Less-than-Beautiful Performance
- By Janna Wong Healy on 05-17-13
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The Age Of Innocence
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-30-13
- Language: English
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The Glimpses of the Moon
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4 out of 5 stars 54
Set in the 1920s, The Glimpses of the Moon details the romantic misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening
- By Michael Breed on 12-09-09
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The Glimpses of the Moon
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-11-06
- Language: English
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Classic American Short Stories, Volume 1
- By: William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Edith Wharton, and others
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 193
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 103
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Story4 out of 5 stars 105
Unlike the other arts, American literature has been a powerful, influential, and leading aspect of American culture....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully performed!
- By James on 07-08-05
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Classic American Short Stories, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-31-05
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Joanne Woodward
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story5 out of 5 stars 32
The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal which takes place in the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Same narrator from the movie version
- By BookWorm620 on 01-28-17
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The Age of Innocence
- Narrated by: Joanne Woodward
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 09-04-09
- Language: English
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The Edith Wharton BBC Radio Drama Collection
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Anna Massey, Ben Miles, Eleanor Bron, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
A BBC radio collection of full-cast dramatisations, bringing together Edith Wharton’s most popular and best-loved works....
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The Edith Wharton BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Narrated by: Anna Massey, Ben Miles, Eleanor Bron, Tom Hollander, Jessica Raine, Don Gilet, Full Cast, Sian Thomas
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-21-20
- Language: English
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The Writer in the Garden
- By: M. F. K. Fisher, Jamaica Kincaid, Stephen Lacey, and others
- Narrated by: Boyd Gaines, Deborah Hazlett, Simon Jones, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4 out of 5 stars 37
The Writer in the Garden adds up to a glorious compendium of writing that is amusing, original, and idiosyncratic....
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2 out of 5 stars
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A major flaw in timing
- By Kitty on 05-30-14
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The Writer in the Garden
- Narrated by: Boyd Gaines, Deborah Hazlett, Simon Jones, J. D. McClatchy
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 11-30-11
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,720
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,521
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,519
Countess Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narrated to Perfection
- By Ilana on 09-18-12
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The Age of Innocence
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 04-29-08
- Language: English
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Ghosts: Edith Wharton's Gothic Tales
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin, Jonathan Epstein, Corinna May, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Story4 out of 5 stars 124
Beneath the brilliance that was behind The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome was a dark side....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ghastly Shadows of the Feminine Condition
- By Diane on 10-16-12
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Ghosts: Edith Wharton's Gothic Tales
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin, Jonathan Epstein, Corinna May, Jim Frangione, Tod Randolph
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 11-17-11
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67
When Newland Archer, happily engaged to May Welland, meets his fiancée's cousin Ellen, his entire future is cast into doubt....
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1 out of 5 stars
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a looong meditation on toxic masculinity
- By AnglophileLV on 10-05-18
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The Age of Innocence
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-05-16
- Language: English
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The House of Mirth
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Orphaned following the death of her parents, Lily understands that she must use her beauty, grace, and charm to attain the social position she longs for, but she is caught between her desire for wealth and a strong moral conscience, which sabotages every opportunity she encounters....
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The House of Mirth
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 09-11-19
- Language: English
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The Old Maid
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 627
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 545
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Story4 out of 5 stars 550
The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her - the beautiful, upstanding Delia - and her true mother, her plain, unmarried ‘aunt’ Charlotte....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The More I Read Edith Wharton...
- By Ilana on 12-10-13
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The Old Maid
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Series: Old New York, Book 2
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 04-01-10
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 225
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 159
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Story4 out of 5 stars 161
The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton's most famous novel, is a love story, written immediately after the end of the First World War....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterpiece of literary construction
- By Darwin8u on 09-08-13
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The Age of Innocence
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 01-12-09
- Language: English
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The House of Mirth
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Barbarra Caruso
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4 out of 5 stars 96
Lily Bart, a beautiful, intelligent, but penniless young woman, lives on the outskirts of New York's high society...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pride and prejudice can bring a girl down.
- By Anna on 03-30-10
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The House of Mirth
- Narrated by: Barbarra Caruso
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-03-99
- Language: English
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Ethan Frome
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4 out of 5 stars 89
Ethan Frome is the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zeena, and their pretty and vivacious cousin....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sad but Wonderful
- By Sarah on 08-31-17
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Ethan Frome
- Narrated by: Jim Killavey
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 07-15-08
- Language: English
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The House of Mirth
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Margaret Melosh
- Length: 13 hrs
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
The House of Mirth is the story of Lily Bart, a penniless woman of the high society of New York City, who was raised and educated to become...
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poor Quality Recording
- By Natasha Bray on 12-06-19
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The House of Mirth
- Narrated by: Margaret Melosh
- Length: 13 hrs
- Release date: 06-26-19
- Language: English
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In Morocco
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story3 out of 5 stars 36
In Morocco is Edith Wharton's remarkable account of her journey to that country during World War I....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A colorful but dated travelogue
- By Brad on 12-12-10
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In Morocco
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 10-17-08
- Language: English
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The Great American Short Story Collection
- 40 Outstanding Tales by American Writers
- By: Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, O. Henry, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 21 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 70
A thoroughly engaging collection of great classic tales by the very best American authors....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Annoying voice
- By Victoria on 08-24-15
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The Great American Short Story Collection
- 40 Outstanding Tales by American Writers
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 21 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 07-10-15
- Language: English
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