Short Stories
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Narrated by:
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Hugh Laurie
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Maimie McCoy
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Nigel Hawthorne
About this listen
The Windmill as I First Knew It - Alphonse Daudet, Read by Stephen Fry
Boil Some Water - Lots of It - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Read by Kerry Shale
The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh - Saki, Read by James Rawlings
Idle Thoughts on Babies - Jerome K. Jerome, Read by Hugh Laurie
The Schartz-Metterklume Method - Saki, Read by Maimie McCoy
A Photographer�s Day Out - Lewis Carroll, Read by Nigel Hawthorne
Gentlemen and Players - E.W. Hornung, Read by Nigel Planer
Mrs. Amworth - E.F. Benson, Read by Richard Pasco
Timber - John Galsworthy, Read by Patrick Malahide
Into the Sun Robert - Duncan Milne, Read by Nicky Henson
No. 1 Branch Line - The Signalman - Charles Dickens, Read by Robin Bailey
The Squaw - Bram Stoker, Read by Patrick Malahide
The Loathly Opposite - John Buchan, Read by Iain Cuthbertson
The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe, Read by Patrick Malahide
The Mezzotint - M.R. James, Read by Robin Bailey
Angela - W.S. Gilbert, Read by Martin Jarvis
The Barrister�s Story - Sapper, Read by Brian Cox
Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet - O. Henry, Read by Nigel Hawthorne
Oh Whistle and I�ll Come to You, My Lad - M.R. James, Read by Rupert Friend
The Celebrated Jumping Frog from Calaveras County - Mark Twain, Read by Nigel Hawthorne
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Gemma
- 30-07-11
A Pleasant Listen
I enjoyed this very much. The narrators and sound quality was very good. The stories themselves are mostly engaging and enjoyable, though I'm sure in a varied collection like this every listener will find at least one story they don't like.
The only negative I can think of is that it may not be something I can listen to again and again. Most short stories rely on a surprise or twist at the end, and once you have heard it once they can't hold you in the same suspense. I will certainly give it another listen in a few months when I've hopefully forgotten some of the endings!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 05-11-19
very poor sound quality
All the stories are excellent but the sound levels spoilt the product. Pity. The narrators were also first class. Pity.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Tamara Gonzalez
- 19-02-23
No book titles for chapters
It would have been nice if you could see the title of the story and author on the chapters, in some of the stories the narrator doesn’t even say what the name or author of the story is.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- mrs
- 23-12-12
Excellent collection
Excellent collection of stort stories by some great story tellers. I put on my iphone at bedtime to help me sleep.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Steven Lynch
- 22-05-16
Gentle stories well told
This is a series of short stories by different writers. The stories are old-fashioned, and quite gentle in tone, but the narrators are all exceptionally gifted in bringing them to life.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Stewart Gibson
- 18-11-11
Foppish
Over the top foppish waffle about nothing, rather irritating after a while.Never finished the work.
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3 people found this helpful