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The Best European Short Stories

By: Guy de Maupassant, George Sand, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Friedrich Schiller, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Alexandre Dumas
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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A delightful anthology of great works by some of Europe's greatest short story writers:

  • 1. The Marquise, by George Sand
  • 2. The Bundle of Letters, by Maurus Jokai
  • 3. The Pistol Shot, by Alexander Pushkin
  • 4. The Mad Veteran of Fort Ratonneau, by Ludwig Achim von Arnim
  • 5. Twenty-six Men and a Girl, by Maxim Gorky
  • 6. Zodomirsky’s Duel, by Alexandre Dumas
  • 7. The Mines of Falun, by E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • 8. Mademoiselle Fifi, by Guy de Maupassant
  • 9. Maestro Niccolo and the Pig, by Gio Sabadino
  • 10. The Father, by Björnstjerne Björnson
  • 11. Mons. Cassecrouche’s Inspiration, by George Walter Thornbury
  • 12. Malachi’s Cove, by Anthony Trollope
  • 13. The Judgement of Paris, by Leonard Merrick
  • 14. A Queer Night in Paris, by Guy de Maupassant
  • 15. Immensee, by Theodor Storm
  • 16. The Paradise of Cats, by Emile Zolà
  • 17. In the Reign of Terror, by Anatole France
  • 18. The Scholar, by Ludwig Tieck
  • 19. The Long Exile, by Count Leo Tolstoy
  • 20. The Encased Man, by Anton Chekhov
  • 21. The Criminal from Lost Honour, by Friedrich Schiller
  • 22. The Story of Brave Kasper and Fair Annie, by Clemens Brentano
  • 23. The Black Ferry, by John Galt
  • 24. The Mummy’s Foot, by Théophile Gautier
  • 25. The Clockmaker of Poissy, by Stanley John Weyman
  • 26. One Thing Leads to Another, by Stacy Aumonier
  • 27. The Roman Road, by Kenneth Grahame
  • 28. A Child’s Revenge, by Paul Bourget
  • 29. The Honest Thief, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • 30. The Dead, by James Joyce
  • 31. The Stone Dragon, by R. Murray Gilchrist
  • 32. Story, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Public Domain (P)2014 Red Door Audiobooks Classics Russia
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Could not continue listening to it, as the reader's voice was too heavy... The tone was not relaxing.

Irritating Heavy Voice

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I got to chapter 15 and am not willing to go any further. The narrators reading reminds of Eliza Doolittle's attempt at sounding posh at races - over the top and unnatural. These stories are full passion and action unlike the voice which doesn't change with characters and more importantly emotions. I can't believe the Audiobook published it.

beautiful stories terribly narrated

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worst reading ever. for real, listen the sample before you buy. can't believe someone hired her

worst reading ever

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The narrator has irritating repeated inflections and tones. I gave up listening as I had to work too hard to understand her

Extremely irritating voice

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