Short Stories

The Timeless Collection

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Short Stories

By: Jerome K. Jerome, Saki, Lewis Carroll

Narrated by: Hugh Laurie, Maimie McCoy, Nigel Hawthorne

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About this listen

The stories in this superb collection are as follows:

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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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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