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Short Stories: The Vintage Collection

By: Saki, Thomas Hardy, Kate Chopin, James Thurber, P. G. Wodehouse, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Martin Jarvis, Hugh Laurie, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Rupert Degas
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Summary

The fifth volume in CSA Word's massively popular complete and unabridged ‘Short Stories’ collection is bound to please. With something for everyone this collection of classic stories read by only the best-suited and most established readers will delight the ears as a vintage wine excites the gullet; The Vintage Collection is audible gold.

Full story listing:

  • 'The Old Couple' - Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry 13.49
  • 'Pat Hobby Does His Bit' - F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale 14.46
  • 'A Tale of Negative Gravity' - Frank R. Stockton, read by Nicky Henson 41.50
  • 'The Kiss' - Kate Chopin, read by Rupert Degas 06.54
  • 'A Double Tragedy' - Louisa May Alcott, read by Derek Jacobi 53.48
  • 'The Boar Pig' - Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt 12.06
  • 'Sredni Vashtar' - Saki, read by Robin Bailey 11.15
  • 'The Werewolf' - Frederick Marryat, read by Robin Bailey 48.23
  • 'At the Article of Death' - John Buchan, read by Iain Cuthbertson 16.28
  • 'The Toys of Peace' - Saki, read by Rupert Degas 12.25
  • 'The Son’s Veto' - Thomas Hardy, read by Joanna David 38.24
  • 'The Wrong Black Bag' - Angelo Lewis, read by Rupert Degas 25.45
  • 'The Foolhardy Mouse and the Cautious Cat, - James Thurber, read by Liza Goddard 03.15
  • 'The Cat and the Lifeboat' - James Thurber, read by Richard Griffiths 04.51
  • ,The Owl and the Pussycat' - Edward Lear, read by Liza Goddard 01.22
  • 'A Terribly Strange Bed' - Wilkie Collins, read by Robin Bailey 39.10
  • 'Providence and the Butler' - P. G.Wodehouse, read by Martin Jarvis 19.50
  • 'The Box Tunnel' - Charles Reade, read by Rupert Degas 17.33
  • 'On Eating and Drinking' - Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie 13.39
  • 'To Catch a Thief' - E. W. Hornung, read by Rupert Degas 50.28
  • 'The Locket' - Kate Chopin, read by Rupert Degas 14.33

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Could have been easier to navigate.

I had hoped this collection would have introduced me to new 'stories' in a more structured way. There did not seem to be any way of choosing in which order which one listened to these. The chosen order seemed to grate. I would have liked a one sentence introduction to each author. The qualification for 'short' also seemed very variable.

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Boring Stories

Good readers but a poor collection of stories. I should think the most boring stories written by the respective and usually respected authors. Cruelty to the readers (very good but at least they get paid!) and especially to the groaningly bored listeners.

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