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Short Stories: The Timeless Collection

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jerome K. Jerome, Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Mark Twain
Narrated by: Hugh Laurie, Martin Jarvis, Nigel Hawthorne, Rupert Friend, Stephen Fry
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Short Stories: The Timeless Collection features 20 well-loved and unabridged tales from the best-loved authors in the history of English literature, including the deliciously sardonic Saki and a brilliant semi-autobiographical tale by Charles Dickens, inspired by the railway. An array of well-known readers including Nigel Hawthorne, Martin Jarvis, Brian Cox, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
LISTINGS: The Windmill as I First Knew It by Alphonse Daudet, Boil Some Water Lots of It by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh by Saki, Idle Thoughts on Babies by Jerome K. Jerome, The Schartz-Metterklume Method by Saki, A Photographer's Day Out by Lewis Carroll, Gentlemen and Players by E. W. Hornung, Mrs Amworth by E. F. Benson, Timber by John Galsworthy, Into the Sun by Robert Duncan Milne, No 1 Branch Line The Signalman by Charles Dickens, The Squaw by Bram Stoker, The Loathly Opposite by John Buchan, The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, The Mezzotint by M. R. James, Angela by W. S. Gilbert, The Barrister's Story by Sapper, Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet by O. Henry, Oh Whistle & I'll Come to You My Lad by M. R. James, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain.

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All the stories are excellent but the sound levels spoilt the product. Pity. The narrators were also first class. Pity.

very poor sound quality

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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!

A Pleasant Listen

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This is a series of short stories by different writers. The stories are old-fashioned, and quite gentle in tone, but the narrators are all exceptionally gifted in bringing them to life.

Gentle stories well told

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Excellent collection of stort stories by some great story tellers. I put on my iphone at bedtime to help me sleep.

Excellent collection

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It would have been nice if you could see the title of the story and author on the chapters, in some of the stories the narrator doesn’t even say what the name or author of the story is.

No book titles for chapters

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