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The World's Best Classic Short Stories

Written by: O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Saki, Kate Chopin, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories, including:

  • 'The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 'The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
  • 'The Mezzotint' by M. R. James
  • 'The Phantom Rickshaw' by Rudyard Kipling
  • 'The Withered Arm' by Thomas Hardy
  • 'The Model Millionaire' by Oscar Wilde
  • 'The Monkey’s Paw' by W. W. Jacobs
  • 'An Uncomfortable Bed' by Guy de Maupassant
  • 'The Mortal Immortal' by Mary Shelley
  • 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 'Sredni Vashtar' by Saki
  • 'The Nose' by Nicolai Gogol
  • 'Regret' by Kate Chopin
  • 'One Thousand Dollars' by O. Henry
  • 'The Fly' by Katherine Mansfield
  • 'A Descent into the Maelström' by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 'The Sphinx Without a Secret' by Oscar Wilde
  • 'The Inconsiderate' Waiter by J. M. Barrie
  • 'The Black Poodle' by F. Anstey
  • 'The Quest' by Saki
  • 'The Three Strangers' by Thomas Hardy
  • 'Oil of Dog' by Ambrose Bierce
  • 'The Oval Portrait' by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 'Markheim' by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • 'Fear' by Guy de Maupassant
  • 'The Belated Russian Passport' by Mark Twain
  • 'The Changeling' by W. W. Jacobs
  • 'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 'The Eyes of the Panther' by Ambrose Bierce
  • 'The Dead' by James Joyce
  • 'The Secret Sharer' by Joseph Conrad
  • 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin
  • 'The Telltale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 'My Favorite Murder' by Ambrose Bierce
  • 'The Premature Burial' by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 'Tobermory' by Saki
  • 'Memoirs of a Yellow Dog' by O. Henry.

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    I had to stop halfway through the first story because I couldn't listen to the narrator anymore. I don't know if she does it on purpose or if that's just her reading voice but it's hard to pay attention to the story. She has this not quite sing-songy, not quite monotone, I don't know what. Like it has a haunting, droll tone to it. I can't listen it anymore, regardless of my inability to accurately describe it. You would think it would serve Edgar Allan Poe well, but no. I'll have to return this book since she narrates the whole thing. Pity.

    The narrator spoiled it for me

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    No index is a pretty big oversight in a collection of short stories . It's a necessity.

    No index

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    Loved some of the short stories, didn't love some other, but that was okay, The narrator was very dramatic I found, which distracted a little from each story. I like how the chapters were broken up into the short stories, very helpful.

    Good compilation, very dramatic narrator

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    What a Horrible narrating voice. Who picks these narrators? The voice is critical. If it is not appealing, the work is unappealing.

    I like short works.

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