Best of O. Henry, The (Short Story)

Best of O. Henry, The

Seven great stories: 'Voice of the City,' 'The Gift of the Magi,' 'The Cop and the Anthem,' 'The Romance of a Busy Broker,' 'The Green Door,' 'The Hiding of Black Bill' and 'The Ransom of Red Chief'.

Publisher: In Audio
Author: O.Henry
Narrator: Michael Hanson
ISBN: 1 58472 213 4

Classic American Short Stories

Five great American short story writers, dating from the turn of the 19th/20th centuries, are represented here. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American. Bierce's 'An Occurrence...' leaves echoes in the imagination; the stories by Crane and London recall the themes of the Civil War and the Klondike for which they are well known. Twain's humour is to the fore in The Notorious Jumping Frog.... And O. Henry's sharp observation makes his neat tales a joy to listen to. An attractive and accessible collection.

Publisher: NAXOS
Author: Various
Narrator: William Roberts
ISBN: 9 62634 212 9

John Updike Audio Collection, The

The extraordinarily evocative stories depict the generation born in a small-town America during the Depression and growing up in a world where the old sexual morality was turned around and material comforts were easily had. Yet, as these stories reflect so accurately, life was still unsettling, and Updike chronicles telling moments both joyful and painful. The texts are taken from his recent omnibus, The Early Stories, 1953-1975.

In describing how he wrote these stories in a small, rented, smoke-filled office in Ipswitch, Massachusetts, he says, "I felt that I was packaging something as delicately pervasive as smoke, one box after another, in that room, where my only duty was to describe reality as it had come to me -- to give the mundane its beautiful due."

Publisher: Harper Collins US
Author: John Updike
Narrator: Various
ISBN: 0 06 057721 5