Bret Harte

A Lonely Ride by Bret Harte is a short story that captures the essence of a solitary journey through a dark and desolate landscape. The narrative begins with the protagonist boarding a stagecoach in Wingdam, California, on a night that is both ominous...

Francis Bret Harte was born on 25th August 1836 in Albany New York.As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11, his satirical poem ‘Autumn Musings’. Expecting praise he received...

A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready is a humorous and insightful novella by Bret Harte that explores the quirks of wealth, identity, and social status in the American West. The story centers on Colonel Starling, a modest businessman in the rough mining...

A Ward of the Golden Gate is a compelling novella by Bret Harte that blends romance, social critique, and frontier drama. Set in California during the Gold Rush era, the story follows Constance Maynard, a young woman raised in the refined East but...

Francis Bret Harte was born on 25th August 1836 in Albany New York.As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11, his satirical poem ‘Autumn Musings’. Expecting praise he received...

Francis Bret Harte was born on 25th August 1836 in Albany New York.As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11, his satirical poem ‘Autumn Musings’. Expecting praise he received...

Clarence is a lesser-known but engaging novel by Bret Harte that explores themes of identity, class, and moral dilemmas in post-Civil War America. The story follows Clarence Dermott, a young man of humble origins who discovers he is the heir to a vast...

Colonel Starbottle's Client" by Bret Harte is a novella written in the late 19th century. This narrative offers a glimpse into the life of Colonel Starbottle, a flamboyant attorney in a small California town, as he navigates a complex case involving...

In Condensed Novels: New Burlesques , Bret Harte offers a witty and playful collection of satirical summaries of well-known 19th-century novels, condensed into humorous, exaggerated sketches. With sharp irony and clever parody, Harte lampoons the...

He went with his widowed mother to California in 1854, and was thrown as a young man into the hurly-burly which he more than any other writer has made real to distant and later people. He was by turns a miner, school-teacher, express messenger,...

Flip: A California Romance is a charming and witty novella by Bret Harte that tells the story of Flip Chubb, a spirited young woman raised in the rough-and-tumble mining camps of California. Brought up among frontiersmen and fortune-seekers, Flip...

Legends and Tales is a collection of short stories and folklore-inspired narratives by Bret Harte, showcasing his talent for blending regional color, humor, and moral insight. Set primarily in the American West and mining towns of California, the...

A collection of short stories set in the American West at the end of the 19th century. (Summary by Nick Bulka) Author - Bret Harte. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Openings in the Old Trail is a collection of short stories by Bret Harte that explores the fading frontier life of the American West. Set in California’s remote mining towns, forests, and rural settlements, these tales reflect on themes of memory,...

Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. (Summary from Wikipedia) Author - Bret Harte. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19...

Man has learnt to control his dominion by the use of what initially lay about him; wood and stone for shelter and building as well as resources from the plant and animal worlds over which he slowly obtained dominion. But as he organised into Nations...

Francis Bret Harte was born on 25th August 1836 in Albany New York.As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11, his satirical poem ‘Autumn Musings’. Expecting praise he received...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Bret Harte’s *Tennessee’s Partner* is a poignant Western tale centered on the unusual loyalty between two rough frontier men in a California mining community. When Tennessee becomes involved in crime and...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Aged Stranger by Francis Bret Harte. This was the fortnightly poetry project for December 28th, 2008. Author - Bret Harte. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Francis Bret Harte was born on 25th August 1836 in Albany New York.As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11, his satirical poem ‘Autumn Musings’. Expecting praise he received...

Experience the Magic of the Old West with Bret Harte’s Timeless Tales!Discover the Digital Audiobook of "The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Stories" by Bret HarteAre you ready to be transported back to the rugged and romantic days of the Old West?...

When a Cherokee Sal dies giving birth to her son in a prospecting camp, the gold miners adopt him as their own. They name him Thomas Luck, as he seems to indicate a change in fortune for the camp. The miners start to turn their lives around in order...

Francis Bret Harte was born on 25th August 1836 in Albany New York.As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11, his satirical poem ‘Autumn Musings’. Expecting praise he received...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Bret Harte’s *The Luck of Roaring Camp* is a sentimental yet sharply observed Western story about a rough California mining settlement transformed by the birth of a baby boy. When the child’s mother dies...