Length8h 19m
About this audiobook
A collection of gripping tales centering on the intense social dynamics, moral dilemmas, and fierce loyalties forged within the crucible of youth. Characters face isolation, peer pressure, and the agonizing choice between popularity and doing what is right. Each story captures the distinct, often ruthless atmosphere of school life, where reputations are made or destroyed in an instant. A compelling exploration of courage and integrity in the face of collective adversity.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length8 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 5, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Story 1.
26Chapter Two.: The Night Watch.
2Chapter One.: The School cuts me.
27Story 9.: Run to Earth.
3Story 1.
28Chapter One.: On the Trail.
4Chapter Two.: I am Beaten.
29Story 9.
5Story 2.: A True Story in two Chapters.
30Chapter Two.: Bowled Out.
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6Chapter One.: The Story.
31Story 10.
7Story 2.
32New Light on an old Fable.
8Chapter Two.: The Ghost.
33A Discovery.
9Story 3.
34Story 11.
10Chapter One.: The Poetry Club.
35Chapter One.
11Story 4.
36The Coastguardsman’s Yarn.
12Chapter One.: Eighteen Hours with a “Kid.”
37A Legend of the Civil War.
13Story 5.: Sigurd the Hero.
38Story 12.
14Chapter One.: The Tower of the North-West Wind.
39Fallen among Thieves.
15Story 6.
40A Grandfather’s Yarn.
16Chapter One.
41Chapter One.
17My First Tragedy.
42Story 13.
18Foreword.
43Our Novel.
19Story 7.: A Night with the Crowned Heads.
44A Summer Holiday Achievement.
20Chapter One.: The Arrest.
45Chapter One.: The Plot.
21Story 7.
46Story 13.
22Chapter Two.: The Trial.
47Chapter Two.: The Plot Thickens.
23Story 8.: A Story of the Civil Wars.
48Story 14.
24Chapter One.: The Interrupted Feast.
49Preface.: Our own Penny-dreadful.
25Story 8.
50Story 14.
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