Wonderful Short Stories

Fifty Outstanding Classic Tales

By: Barry Pain, George Gissing, Guy de Maupassant, Katherine Mansfield, Olive Schreiner, Kenneth Grahame, Mark Twain

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

A glittering collection of classic short stories.

1. "The Hoop" by Fedor Sologub
2. "Miracles" by Barry Pain
3. "In a Far-off World" by Olive Schreiner
4. "The House of Cobwebs" by George Gissing
5. "A Dream of Wild Bees" by Olive Schreiner
6. "A Very Black Business" by Ernest Bramah
7. "The Missing Years" by Barry Pain
8. "The Pig and Whistle" by George Gissing
9. "A Soothing Dream" by Fedor Sologub
10. "Life’s Gifts" by Olive Schreiner
11. "The Artist’s Secret" by Olive Schreiner
12. "Pigs Is Pigs" by Ellis Parker Butler
13. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey
14. "The First of April" by A. J. Alan
15. "The Apple Tree" by Katherine Mansfield
16. "The Roman Road" by Kenneth Grahame
17. "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov
18. "The Tree of Death" by Barry Pain
19. "The Mysterious Card" by Cleveland Moffett
20. "The Card Unveiled" by Cleveland Moffett
21. "A Long Ago Affair" by John Galsworthy
22. "The Mummy’s Foot" by Théophile Gautier
23. "The Girl Who Was Tired of Love" by Leonard Merrick
24. "Miss Bracelgirdle Does Her Duty" by Stacy Aumonier
25. "A Queer Night in Paris" by Guy de Maupassant
26. "The Three Strangers" by Thomas Hardy
27. "The Dead" by James Joyce
28. "The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde
29. "The Dolls House" by Katherine Mansfield
30. "A Falling Out" by Kenneth Grahame

...and twenty more amazing classic tales.

Public Domain (P)2015 Red Door Audiobooks

OMG! The Narration!

This is the worst narrated book I have ever listened to! I wish the lady would pick an accent and stick with it, and what is up with all the pauses! Is this a Pinter play!? All I wanted was an expansive short story volume, read in a normal voice...Hell, you could have had Hodor read this and it would have been way better than this over dramatic lady.

the best yet

This collection and the narrator were thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing entertainment. The best I have heard in a long time.

Awful narrator! !!!

The narrator's vouce was so terribly distracting. I am so disappointed. It was hard to listen. I can't believe it.

Chapter Guide for Alexa Navigation

There are actually 53 stories (not 50) and 68 chapters. A chapter guide follows to simplify navigation for Alexa users.
[Amazon, please take note and include chapter guides to future Audible compilations]

Story/Author/Chapter#:

1. "The Hoop" by Fedor Sologub 1

2. "Miracles" by Barry Pain 2,3

3. "In a Far-off World" by Olive Schreiner  4

4. "The House of Cobwebs" by George Gissing  5

5. "A Dream of Wild Bees" by Olive Schreiner 6

6. "A Very Black Business" by Ernest Bramah 7

7. "The Missing Years" by Barry Pain 8

8. "The Pig and Whistle" by George Gissing 9

9. "A Soothing Dream" by Fedor Sologub 10

10. "Life’s Gifts" by Olive Schreiner 11

11. "The Artist’s Secret" by Olive Schreiner 12

12. "Pigs Is Pigs" by Ellis Parker Butler 13

13. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey 14

14. "The First of April" by A. J. Alan 15

15. "The Apple Tree" by Katherine Mansfield 16

16. "The Roman Road" by Kenneth Grahame 17

17. "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov 18

18. "The Tree of Death" by Barry Pain 19-24

19. "The Mysterious Card" by Cleveland Moffett 25

20. "The Card Unveiled" by Cleveland Moffett 26

21. "A Long Ago Affair" by John Galsworthy 27

22. "The Mummy’s Foot" by Théophile Gautier 28

23. "The Girl Who Was Tired of Love" by Leonard Merrick 29

24. "Miss Bracelgirdle Does Her Duty" by Stacy Aumonier 30

25. "A Queer Night in Paris" by Guy de Maupassant  31

26. "The Three Strangers" by Thomas Hardy 32

27. "The Dead" by James Joyce 33

28. "The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde 34

29. "The Dolls House" by Katherine Mansfield 35

30. "A Falling Out" by Kenneth Grahame 36
31. Hot Potatoes by Arnold Bennett 37-42
32. The Saloon Passenger by EW Hornung 43
33. Smoke Skipper by WW Jacobs 44
34. A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield 45
35. The Salt of the Earth by George Gissing? 46
36. The Enemy bu Hugh Walpole 47
37. The Perfect Crime by Seamark 48
38. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 49
39. The Wedding Guest by Guy Boothby 50
40. Mons. Cassecruche's Inspiration by George Walter Thornbury 51
41. Story of a Piebald Horse by WH Hudson 52
42. The Reverand Father Gauche’s Elexir by Alphonse Daudet 53
43. The Drover’s Wife by Henry Lawson 54
44. The Man At the Knife by Edgar Wallace 55
45. The Siege of Berlin by Alphonse Daudet 56
46. The Piece of String by Guy de Maupessant 57
47. The She-Wolf by Hector Hugh Munro 58
48. The Famous Race between the Hearse and a Steamroller by Sidney Keys 59
49. The Room by Stacy Aumonier 60
50. Bagnell Terrace by E.F. Benson 61
51. The One Million Pound Banknote by Mark Twain 62
52. The Finest Story in the World by R. Kipling 63
53. Afterwards by Edith Wharton 64-68