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International Short Stories Volume 2: English Stories

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The second volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on 'English' short stories, although it includes writers from other parts of the British isles. It features pieces by William Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, J.M. Barrie and many other favorites. Topics range from historical to science fiction, melodramatic to philosophic. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (13 hr 21 min)

Chapters

The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott Part 1

17:43

Read by Tadhg

The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott Part 2

21:52

Read by Tadhg

The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott Part 3

23:18

Read by Tadhg

Mr. Deuceace: Dimond Cut Dimond by William Thackeray

38:45

Read by Larry Greene

The Brothers: A Tale by Edward Bulwer Lytton Part 1

25:32

Read by Mike Pelton

The Brothers: A Tale by Edward Bulwer Lytton Part 2

32:15

Read by Mike Pelton

Dr. Manette's Manuscript by Charles Dickens

33:54

Read by Larry Greene

The Caldron Of Oil by Wilkie Collins

40:12

Read by meridiculous

The Burial Of The Tithe by Samuel Lover Part 1

39:10

Read by Gabriela Cowan

The Burial Of The Tithe by Samuel Lover Part 2

27:37

Read by Gabriela Cowan

The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 1

28:41

Read by Edward Kirkby

The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 2

19:00

Read by Edward Kirkby

The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 3

26:30

Read by Edward Kirkby

The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 4

15:22

Read by Edward Kirkby

The Courting Of Dinah Shadd by Rudyard Kipling Part 1

18:25

Read by Lynne T

The Courting Of Dinah Shadd by Rudyard Kipling Part 2

35:47

Read by Lynne T

The Sire De Maletroit's Door by Robert Louis Stevenson Part 1

30:51

Read by Edward Kirkby

The Sire De Maletroit's Door by Robert Louis Stevenson Part 2

19:48

Read by Edward Kirkby

The Secret Of Goresthorpe Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

44:01

Read by Edward Kirkby

A Change Of Treatment by W. W. Jacobs

15:04

Read by Mike Pelton

The Stickit Minister by S. R. Crockett

10:44

Read by Lynne T

The Lammas Preaching by S. R. Crockett

16:55

Read by Lynne T

An Undergraduate's Aunt by F. Anstey

21:43

Read by Gilles G. Le Blanc

The Silhouettes by A. T. Quiller-Couch

11:28

Read by Lynne T

My Brother Henry by J. M. Barrie

9:10

Read by Gilles G. Le Blanc

Gilray's Flower-Pot by J. M. Barrie

9:47

Read by Gilles G. Le Blanc

Mr. O'Leary's Second Love by Charles Lever

28:19

Read by Gabriela Cowan

The Indifference Of Miller Hofbau by Anthony Hope Hawkins

29:27

Read by reptilehip

The Stolen Body by H. G. Wells

47:00

Read by Chris Ogilvie

The Lazarette Of The "Huntress" by W. Clark Russell

39:21

Read by Edward Kirkby

The Great Triangular Duel by Captain Frederick Marryat

13:22

Read by Greg Giordano

The Three Thimbles And A Pea by George Borrow

10:13

Read by Edward Kirkby

Bewertungen

(3,5 Sterne)

stories were very interesting... and must say I could not understand Gabriella's 1st story and had to skip it but to my surprise her 2nd one was spot on. night and day.