Short Stories: The Timeless Collection

Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Jerome, Jerome K.; Carroll, Lewis; Poe, Edgar Allan; Stoker, Bram; Twain, Mark

ISBN 10: 1904605982 ISBN 13: 9781904605980

Publisher: Canongate CSA Audio, 2007

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen Fry is a British actor, playwright, comedian and all round national treasure. As well as his work in television, Fry is the author of four novels and three volumes of autobiography, and has lent his voice to many audiobooks, including the Harry Potter series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Canongate CSA Audio
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904605982
• ISBN 13: 9781904605980
• Binding: Audio CD