Great Classic Stories - 22 Unabridged Classics

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.

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:

1. Reginald on House Parties by Saki, read by Nigel Hawthorne
2. The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde, read by Martin Jarvis
3. Tobermory by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt
4. On Being Idle by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie
5. For Better or Worse by W.W. Jacobs, read by Joanna David
6. The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde, read by T.P. McKenna
7. The Garden of Truth by E. Nesbit, read by Harriet Walker
8. The Cat That Walked by Himself, by Rudyard Kipling, read by Liza Goddard
9. The Girl from Arles by Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry
10. Mr. & Mrs. Dove by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres
11. Georgie Porgie by Rudyard Kipling, read by Edward Fox
12. Caterpillars by E.F. Benson, read by Patrick Malahide
13. Lost Hearts by M.R. James, read by Richard Pasco
14. Ship to Tarshish by John Buchan, read by Iain Cuthbertson
15. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Pasco
16. The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace, read by Robin Bailey
17. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by Nicky Henson
18. B 24 by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Brian Cox
19. Pat Hobby & Orson Welles by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale
20. Mad by Guy de Maupassant, read by Derek Jacobi
21. The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Griffiths
22. The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs, read by Patrick Malahide