International Short Stories Volume 2: English Stories


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(4.4 stars; 21 reviews)

The second volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on 'English' short stories, although it includes writers from other parts of the British isles. It features pieces by William Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, J.M. Barrie and many other favorites. Topics range from historical to science fiction, melodramatic to philosophic. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (13 hr 21 min)

Chapters

The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott Part 1 17:43 Read by Tadhg
The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott Part 2 21:52 Read by Tadhg
The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott Part 3 23:18 Read by Tadhg
Mr. Deuceace: Dimond Cut Dimond by William Thackeray 38:45 Read by Larry Greene
The Brothers: A Tale by Edward Bulwer Lytton Part 1 25:32 Read by Mike Pelton
The Brothers: A Tale by Edward Bulwer Lytton Part 2 32:15 Read by Mike Pelton
Dr. Manette's Manuscript by Charles Dickens 33:54 Read by Larry Greene
The Caldron Of Oil by Wilkie Collins 40:12 Read by meridiculous
The Burial Of The Tithe by Samuel Lover Part 1 39:10 Read by Gabriela Cowan
The Burial Of The Tithe by Samuel Lover Part 2 27:37 Read by Gabriela Cowan
The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 1 28:41 Read by Edward Kirkby
The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 2 19:00 Read by Edward Kirkby
The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 3 26:30 Read by Edward Kirkby
The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 4 15:22 Read by Edward Kirkby
The Courting Of Dinah Shadd by Rudyard Kipling Part 1 18:25 Read by Lynne T
The Courting Of Dinah Shadd by Rudyard Kipling Part 2 35:47 Read by Lynne T
The Sire De Maletroit's Door by Robert Louis Stevenson Part 1 30:51 Read by Edward Kirkby
The Sire De Maletroit's Door by Robert Louis Stevenson Part 2 19:48 Read by Edward Kirkby
The Secret Of Goresthorpe Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 44:01 Read by Edward Kirkby
A Change Of Treatment by W. W. Jacobs 15:04 Read by Mike Pelton
The Stickit Minister by S. R. Crockett 10:44 Read by Lynne T
The Lammas Preaching by S. R. Crockett 16:55 Read by Lynne T
An Undergraduate's Aunt by F. Anstey 21:43 Read by Gilles G. Le Blanc
The Silhouettes by A. T. Quiller-Couch 11:28 Read by Lynne T
My Brother Henry by J. M. Barrie 9:10 Read by Gilles G. Le Blanc
Gilray's Flower-Pot by J. M. Barrie 9:47 Read by Gilles G. Le Blanc
Mr. O'Leary's Second Love by Charles Lever 28:19 Read by Gabriela Cowan
The Indifference Of Miller Hofbau by Anthony Hope Hawkins 29:27 Read by reptilehip
The Stolen Body by H. G. Wells 47:00 Read by Chris Ogilvie
The Lazarette Of The "Huntress" by W. Clark Russell 39:21 Read by Edward Kirkby
The Great Triangular Duel by Captain Frederick Marryat 13:22 Read by Greg Giordano
The Three Thimbles And A Pea by George Borrow 10:13 Read by Edward Kirkby

Reviews


(3.5 stars)

stories were very interesting... and must say I could not understand Gabriella's 1st story and had to skip it but to my surprise her 2nd one was spot on. night and day.