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The Best of British Short Stories

By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stacy Aumonier, W. W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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Publisher's Summary

A fascinating collection of tales from some of Great Britain's finest classic authors:

  • "A Source of Irritation", by Stacy Aumonier
  • "The Misogynist", by Henry Prothero
  • "England, My England", by D. H. Lawrence
  • "They", by Rudyard Kipling
  • "Spindleberries", by John Galsworthy
  • "The Girl Who Was Tired of Love", by Leonard Merrick
  • "Hunted Down", by Charles Dickens
  • "The Open Window", by Saki
  • "Choice Spirits", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Black Poodle" by F. Anstey
  • "The Pavillion on the Links", by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • "Where Was Wych Street?", by Stacy Aumonier
  • "The Withered Arm", by Thomas Hardy
  • "The Croxley Master", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "The Secret Sharer", by Joseph Conrad
  • "The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Shelley
  • "The Inconsiderate Waiter", by J. M. Barrie
  • "The Yarkand Manner", by Saki
  • "The Grey Parrot", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "Odour of Chrysanthemums", by D. H. Lawrence
  • "Old Fags", by Stacy Aumonier
  • "Moti Guj - Mutineer", by Rudyard Kipling
  • "Biffin on the Bassoon", by Harry Graham
  • "The Dead Hand", by Wilkie Collins
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