A treasure-chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener. Includes: "Reginald on House Parties" by Saki, read by Nigel Hawthorne; "The Sphinx Without a Secret" by Oscar Wilde, read by Martin Jarvis; "Tobermory" by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt; "On Being Idle" by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie; "For Better or Worse" by W.W. Jacobs, read by Joanna David; "The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde, read by T.P. McKenna; "The Garden of Truth" by E. Nesbit, read by Harriet Walker; "The Cat That Walked by Himself" by Rudyard Kipling, read by Liza Goddard; "The Girl from Arles" by Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry; "Mr. & Mrs. Dove" by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres; "Georgie Porgie" by Rudyard Kipling, read by Edward Fox; "Caterpillars" by E.F. Benson, read by Patrick Malahide; "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James, read by Richard Pasco; "Ship to Tarshish" by John Buchan, read by Iain Cuthbertson; "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Pasco; "The Man of the Night" by Edgar Wallace, read by Robin Bailey; "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by Nicky Henson; "B 24" by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Brian Cox; "Pat Hobby & Orson Welles" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale; "Mad" by Guy de Maupassant, read by Derek Jacobi; "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Griffiths; and "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs, read by Patrick Malahide.
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Release date
October 31, 2006 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780792758556
- File size: 223351 KB
- Duration: 07:45:18
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Languages
- English
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AudioFile Magazine
Here we have 22 comic and dramatic short stories. Two are French, a few more American, and the majority are by British Victorian and Edwardian writers. The overall atmosphere of the volume is gothic. (Only F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Pat Hobby and Orson Welles" seems out of place.) The stories vary in familiarity, from W.W. Jacobs's relatively obscure "For Better or Worse" to the same author's overexposed "Monkey's Paw." In between are short works by Kipling, Mansfield, Poe, Hawthorne, Maupassant, and other masters. The collection boasts performances by veteran British actors-- including such audio luminaries as Derek Jacobi, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Stephen Fry, and the late Sir Nigel Hawthorne. The readings range from fine to superb. Not a dud in the lot. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
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