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British Classic Short Stories

By: Hugh Walpole, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, John Galsworthy, Richard Middleton, Eleanor Smith
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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A rich and varied collection of classic short stories by British writers:

  • 'Quality' by John Galsworthy
  • 'The Mark on the Wall' by Virginia Woolf
  • 'The Horse Dealer’s Daughter' by D. H. Lawrence
  • 'The Ticking of the Clock' by Louisa Baldwin
  • 'The Fiddler of the Reels' by Thomas Hardy
  • 'The Return' by R. Murray Gilchrist
  • 'Kew Gardens' by Virginia Woolf
  • 'Seashore Macabre' by Hugh Walpole
  • 'Satan’s Circus' by Eleanor Smith
  • 'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton
  • 'The Everlasting Club' by Arthur Gray
  • 'The Tiger' by Hugh Walpole
  • 'The Ghost Ship' by Richard Middleton
  • 'The Umbrella' by Arnold Bennett
  • 'A Tiger’s Skin' by W. W. Jacobs
  • 'Odour of Chrysanthemums' by D. H. Lawrence
  • 'The Deserter' by Stacy Aumonier
  • 'Lilac' by Hugh Walpole
  • 'A Thread of Scarlet' by J. J. Bell
  • 'The Whistle' by Hugh Walpole

Plus over 25 more great short story classics.

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Some good, others not so interesting.

I enjoyed some of the stories in this collection, but found myself being lulled to sleep by the narrator's unvaried and rather sing-song voice. I feel that another narrator could have done more justice to these classic short stories. Cathy Dobson does, however, succeed in voicing the various characters

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