Witty Weird and Outrageous (Short Story)

Thirteen stories in all including the best stories of Clovis, 'The Open Window', and 'The Lumber Room' and other favorites.

Publisher: In Audio
Author: Saki
Narrator: Tom Sellwood
ISBN: 1 58472 347 5 Continue ...

Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. It opens with Anglo-Saxon riddles - 'they couldn't keep themselves warm on a diet of Beowulf - and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns and Restoration buffoonery. The rise of the novel in the 18th century brought classic humour from Swift, Sterne and Smollett, the mantle then passing to Charles Dickens in the 19th. Included here are rarities from the antiquarian's cupboard. Children's literature produced unforgettable images from Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland, while in the first half of the 20th century emerged unforgettable comic writers as diverse as Dorothy Parker and P.G. Wodehouse. Entertaining from start to finish.

Publisher: NAXOS
Author: David Timson
Narrator: Full Cast Production
ISBN: 9 62634 269 2 Continue ...

Five stories from influential women writers from the close of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. New Zealand-born, Katherine Mansfield settled in England where she wrote a series of short stories that are widely recognised as among the finest of the 20th century for their economy, clarity, sensitivity and effect. The Garden Party is one of her most famous, while The Daughters of the Late Colonel shows how her wonderful sense of wit throws a shadow of poignance. Kate Chopin, writing in the last years of the 19th century, broke new ground with her daring view of women as individuals with human needs. Lilacs and Ma'ame Pelagie are sympathetic portraits of women with differing dilemmas. Woolf's The Mark on the Wall illustrates, in short story form, the turmoil within the stillness which became such a mark of her later novels.

Publisher: NAXOS
Author: Various
Narrator: Full Cast Production
ISBN: 9 62634 238 2 Continue ...

The American South is a land rich in history and tragedy…and ghosts! Let The Moonlit Road take you on a journey to some genuine haunted places. But don't worry, you don't have to get out of the car if you don't want to!
Publisher: The Moonlit Road.com
Author: Not Known
Narrator: Full Cast Production
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