Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection
- ISBN-10
- 1471217140
- ISBN-13
- 9781471217142
- Series
- Short Stories
- Category
- Short stories, English
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-01-01
- Publisher
- Clipper Audio
Description
For all who enjoy old-fashioned story-telling at its best. This stunning and original collection of carefully selected short stories features a famous array of literary talent and quality performance. With over twenty titles, authors and readers this excellent anthology of short stories from the last 25 years provides an ideal collection for the discerning listener. CD 1: Mothers and Fathers by Angela Huth read by Janet McTeer Shared Credit by Frederic Raphael read by Martin Jarvis The Year's Midnight by Helen Simpson read by Harriet Walter A Place for Everything by Barry Unsworth read by Janet McTeer The Ghost of the Rain Forest by Barry Unsworth read by Rosalind Ayres CD 2: A Feeling for Birds by Lisa St Aubin de Teran read by Janet McTeer Battlefields by Alan Sillitoe read by Janet McTeer Who? by Fay Weldone read by Julie Christie Mrs Alcott Dances Naked in the Rain by Rosie Thomas read by Janet McTeer Presto Barbaro by Ronald Frame read by Janet McTeer CD 3: Sea Lion by Douglas Hurd read by Martin Jarvis The Sons of Upland Farm by George Mackay Brown read by Martin Jarvis Dressing Up by Angela Huth read by Rosalind Ayres Twenty Years by Doris Lessing read by Rosalind Ayres Humphrey's Mother by Penelope Mortimer read by Martin Jarvis The Hero by Joanna Trollope read by Martin Jarvis CD 4: Shreds and Slivers by Ruth Rendell read by Martin Jarvis Brut Millésimé by Ludovic Kennedy read by Rosalind Ayres On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning by Haruki Murakami read by Walter Lewis Baglady by A S Byatt read by Rosalind Ayres Hotel des Voyageurs by William Boyd read by Martin Jarvis Toy Boy by Edwina Currie read by Rosalind Ayres Simon by Patrick O'Brian read by Martin Jarvis
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