The Loot Of Cities
Arnold Bennett
Read by David Wales
Published in 1917, this is a collection of a novella and seven short stories by one of the cleverest authors of the early twentieth century. ‘In Queen's Quorum (1951), a survey of crime fiction, Ellery Queen listed Bennett's The Loot of Cities among the 100 most important works in the genre. This collection of stories recounts the adventures of a millionaire who commits crimes to achieve his idealistic ends. Although it was "one of his least known works," it was nevertheless "of unusual interest, both as an example of Arnold Bennett's early work and as an early example of dilettante detectivism".’ - Summary by David Wales (5 hr 31 min)
Chapters
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 1 The Fire Of London | 34:47 | Read by David Wales |
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 2 A Comedy On The Gold Coast | 34:42 | Read by David Wales |
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 3 A Bracelet At Bruges | 33:25 | Read by David Wales |
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 4 A Solution Of The Algiers Mystery | 33:46 | Read by David Wales |
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 5 In The Capital Of The Sahara | 34:33 | Read by David Wales |
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 6 ‘Lo! ‘Twas A Gala Night!’ | 31:22 | Read by David Wales |
Mr. Penfound’s Two Burglars. The Story Of His Walk With Them | 20:52 | Read by David Wales |
Midnight At The Grand Babylon | 26:29 | Read by David Wales |
The Police Station | 28:15 | Read by David Wales |
The Adventure Of The Prima Donna | 13:13 | Read by David Wales |
The Episode In Room 222 | 13:39 | Read by David Wales |
Saturday To Monday | 12:28 | Read by David Wales |
A Dinner At The Louvre | 14:01 | Read by David Wales |
Reviews
ENJOYABLE COLLECTION
AVID READER
My prior experience with AB has shown him to be a storyteller who has an incredible insight into the working of the mind on even the most trivial of matters. This collection shows another side of him, also a positive one. Some of the tales, especially the first one, exhibit a bit of the subtle, dry wit of Owen Wister. Perhaps it is heightened by the fact that DW reads many of Wister's works. Nevertheless, enjoy this collection.
odd stories
Suzie
Don’t know whether it was the reading style or the stories themselves, but I was left with a slightly uneasy feeling at the end of each tale.