Audiobooks by Perceval Gibbon

Short Stories About Trickery & Deception

"Tales of manipulation, broken promises and tests of faith. As a general rule we are a trusting lot. You say something and, whilst I might disagree, I believe you are acting in good faith. Of course this may be just the beginning of a ruse. If I trust you I might let down my guard, I might seek to share and to create a bond between us. But, if you can’t be trusted, if you have an ulterior motive I might lose out. In the hands of authors such as Maxim Gorky, Ella D’Arcy, Rudyard Kipling, Ivan Turgenev and may others reality may not be what it quite seems. 1 - Short Stories About Trickery & Deception - An Introduction2 - The Man Who Would Be King - Part 1 by Rudyard Kipling3 - The Man Who Would Be King - Part 2 by Rudyard Kipling4 - Chelkash - Part 1 by Maxim Gorky5 - Chelkash - Part 2 by Maxim Gorky6 - Chelkash - Part 3 by Maxim Gorky7 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton8 - The She-Wolf by Saki9 - Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet by O Henry10 - The Wooing of Pastor Cummings by Georgia F Stewart11 - Mrs Packletide's Tiger by Saki12 - As the Crow Flies by John Davys Beresford13 - The Rats in the Walls by H P Lovecraft14 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev15 - Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy16 - The Connoisseur by Perceval Gibbon17 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin18 - The Hired Baby, A Romance of the London Streets by Mary Mackay writing as Marie Corelli19 - The Open Window by Saki20 - Revenge by Samuel Blas21 - Cheating The Gallows by Israel Zangwill22 - Putois by Anatole France23 - Post Mortem by Barry Pain"

Anatole France, Barry Pain, Edith Wharton, Ella D'Arcy, Georgia F Stewart, H.P. Lovecraft, Israel Zangwill, Ivan Turgenev, John Davys Beresford, Kate Chopin, Mary Mackay Writing As Marie Corelli, Maxim Gorky, O Henry, Perceval Gibbon, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Samuel Blas (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley, Warren Keyes (Narrator)

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The Connoisseur

"Perceval Gibbon was born on the 4th November 1879 in Trelech, Carmarthenshire in Wales and, unusually, was partly educated at the Moravian School, in Koenigsfeld, Baden, Germany. Gibbon's early career was as a merchant seaman during which he travelled to Europe, Africa, and the Americas. These early experiences were later reflected in his literary works.He is perhaps best known for his 1912 novel 'Margaret Harding' but began his literary career as a poet with 'African Items' in 1903 followed quickly by two novels and then the first collection of his short stories in 1905: 'Vrouw Grobelaar's Leading Cases'. His short stories were much admired, and many contained cutting and ironic endings.As a journalist he wrote for several newspapers including for the Rand Daily Mail and in the closing stages of the Boer War he wrote for the Natal Witness. As the First World War began its titanic struggle across Europe Gibbon joined British Intelligence and was also a war correspondent with the Italian Army from 1917-1918. By the end of the War he had advanced to the rank of Major in the British Royal Marines.Perceval Gibbon died on the 30th May 1926."

Perceval Gibbon (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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The Victim

"Perceval Gibbon (1879-1926) was an author and journalist working on the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa and several other publications. He is best remembered for his masterly short stories, which were often characterized by an ironic twist at the end. The Victim tells the tale of César Savinien, a French poet who finds himself enjoying a terrifying streak of good fortune. Everything he does turns out brilliantly...but he believes that luck is like a pendulum and that the further it swings in one direction, the further in the opposite direction it will swing when his luck turns.... This is the tale of Savinien's good fortune...and what happens when the pendulum suddenly swings the other way."

Perceval Gibbon (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)

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The Murderer

"Perceval Gibbon (1879-1926) was an author and journalist, working on the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa and several other publications. He is best remembered for his masterly short stories which were often characterized by an ironic twist at the end. The Murderer is just such a tale. It tells the story of Conroy, a young English sailor who is bullied and beaten by the brutal mate of the German merchant ship Villingen. Conroy is goaded on by the other members of the crew and ends up publically blurting out a vow of revenge on the mate. He himself would have quickly forgotton the incident, but his fellow sailors are quick to encourage him to see the thing through. One supplies him with a weapon, others remind him repeatedly of his purpose. But when he is on watch as look-out one night, the mate is accidentally swept off the forecastle head by a wave onto the main deck below, hitting his head hard and killing him instantly, everyone in the crew assumes that Conroy has murdered him. Conroy finds himself in a very uncomfortable position indeed... but then he realizes how to deal with the situation."

Perceval Gibbon (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)

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