Short Stories: The Ultimate Classic Collection
Published on 27. October 2005
Audio
CD-Audio
978-1-904605-54-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume in CSA Word's famous Short Story compilation series focuses on the very best in timeless short fiction.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Canongate Books
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Audio CD
Dimensions
Height: 150 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Duration
Dauer: 450 min
Weight
140 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904605-54-6 (9781904605546)
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Persons
Amongst the 22 stories included in this instalment, are tales by classic authors such as Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Conan Doyle, read by talented and esteemed actors including Nigel Hawthorne, Hugh Laurie, Derek Jacobi and Richard Griffiths.
Content
CD 1. The Girl from Arles Alphonse Daudet Stephen Fry 08.02 Tobermory Saki Barbara Leigh-Hunt 20.53 The Sphinx Without a Secret Oscar Wilde Martin Jarvis 14.09 On Being Idle Jerome K. Jerome Hugh Laurie 13.29 For Better or Worse W.W. Jacobs Joanna David 22.40 TOTALS 1:18:19 CD 2 Mr & Mrs Dove Katherine Mansfield Rosalind Ayres 22.21 The Model Millionaire Oscar Wilde T.P. McKenna 14.40 The Garden of Truth E. Nesbit Harriet Walter 38.19 TOTALS 1:17:34 CD 3 The Cat that Walked by Himself Rudyard Kipling Liza Goddard 25.27 Pat Hobby & Orson Welles F. Scott Fitzgerald Kerry Shale 15.08 Georgie Porgie Rudyard Kipling Edward Fox 24.52 Mad Guy de Maupassant Derek Jacobi 09.30 TOTALS 1:14:42 CD 4 B 24 Arthur Conan Doyle Brian Cox 35.22 Caterpillars E.F. Benson Patrick Malahide 22.19 The Man of the Night Edgar Wallace Robin Bailey 20.59 TOTALS 1:18:08 CD 5 Reginald on House Parties Saki Nigel Hawthorne 05.55 Dr. Heidegger's Experiment Nathaniel Hawthorne Nicky Henson 20.58 Ship to Tarshish John Buchan Iain Cuthbertson 36.50 The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe Richard Pasco 15.18 TOTALS 1:18:07 CD 6 Lost Hearts M.R. James Richard Pasco 26.15 The Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe Richard Griffiths 25.35 The Monkey's Paw W.W. Jacobs Patrick Malahide 25.49