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Selected Shorts

By: Edith Wharton
Narrated by: Kathleen Chalfant, Maria Tucci, Brenda Wehle, Christina Pickles
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Summary

Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story has toured to the Mount, the stately and elegant home of the great American writer Edith Wharton, for the last several summers, presenting Broadway and Hollywood actors reading stories by Wharton and other writers. Selected Shorts now presents a collection of four of Edith Wharton's short stories, recorded live at the Mount, and featuring acclaimed actresses Kathleen Chalfant, Christina Pickles, Maria Tucci, and Brenda Wehle.

Mrs. Manstey's View, read by Kathleen Chalfant
Roman Fever, read by Maria Tucci
The Reckoning, read by Brenda Wehle
Xingu, read by Christina Pickles

Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors. The series originates at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. The Selected Shorts radio series is a co-production of Symphony Space and WNYC, New York Public Radio, and is heard on public radio stations nationwide.

©2006 The Symphony Space, Inc. (P)2006 The Symphony Space, Inc.

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