{"product_id":"2940170639403","title":"The Public Domain's Greatest Hits: 50 Amazing Stories - Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"When you read (or listen to) a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you.\" ~ George Saunders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere you will find 50 of the greatest public-domain short stories ever written, as curated by the staff of The Bookquarium, all performed by Frank Marcopolos. (\"Thee perfect voice for audiobooks--it is so listenable!\" said one reviewer.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the greatest writers in history are included in this collection--Ernest Hemingway, Ayn Rand, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack London, William Faulkner, Kate Chopin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Stephen Crane, H.P. Lovecraft, Willa Cather, and Edgar Allan Poe among them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eFrank Marcopolos Bio:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Marcopolos founded \"The Whirligig\" literary magazine in 1999, which has been called \"a landmark, demonstrating the power of the literary underground.\" One reviewer said that \"you get this true lion-roaring sense that Editor Frank Marcopolos knows what he likes, and how to read, and how to publish, and he has guts, and eats insects on Wheaties with bleach.\" Frank's long-form fiction has been reviewed with such praise as \"thorough-goingly entertaining\" and \"highly readable...recalls the style of Michael Chabon or John Irving. A literary gem that should not be missed.\" A broadcasting-school graduate, Frank's unique literary-audio work has been featured in movie trailers, scholastic environments, underground mixtapes, and on YouTube, with one of his audiobooks achieving over 100,000 \"views\" there. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA, without a dog, and records at \u003cstrong\u003eThe Bookquarium\u003c\/strong\u003e Recording Studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories included are as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Old Man by Ernest Hemingway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnthem by Ayn Rand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Build a Fire by Jack London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanding in Luck by William Faulkner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fly by Katherine Mansfield\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Kiss by Kate Chopin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Open Boat by Stephen Crane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoung Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Gift of the Magi by O. Henry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dead by James Joyce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Gun by Philip K. Dick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Door in the Wall by H.G. Wells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Gull's Road by Willa Cather\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Last Leaf by O. Henry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Picture in the House by H.P. Lovecraft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAraby by James Joyce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Interlopers by Saki (H.H. Munro)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUp in Michigan by Ernest Hemingway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Street by H.P. Lovecraft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Damned Thing by Ambrose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Through Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160829411568,"sku":"2940170639403","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170639403_p0.jpg?v=1763808141","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170639403","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}