Audiobooks by Richard Connell

The Man Who Could Imitate A Bee Audiobook

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. “The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee” by Richard Connell is a comic, ironic story about Hervey Deyo, a painfully serious young ornithologist who longs to be respected as a great scientist but discovers that society prefers him for one absurd party trick: his perfect imitation of a bee. At first the talent wins him attention, romance, and popularity, but it gradually overwhelms his identity until friends, strangers, colleagues, and even newspapers know him mainly as “the bee man.” Connell turns the joke into a quietly bitter satire of fame and social approval, showing how a harmless novelty can trap a person in a reputation he never wanted and reduce a serious life’s work to a buzzing sound."

Richard Connell (Author), Digital Voice Frederick Surrey E (Narrator)

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The Most Dangerous Game: A Classic Survival Thriller and Deadly Manhunt in a Dark Psychological Game of Death

"Survival is the Only Rule. Sanger Rainsford is a master of the kill. He lives by a cold, unwavering creed: the world is comprised of only two classes - the hunters and the huntees. But when he washes ashore on the jagged rocks of Ship-Trap Island, Rainsford is forced to learn a blood-chilling truth. He isn't the predator anymore. He is the trophy. Hidden within a jungle of emerald shadows, the aristocratic General Zaroff has grown bored with lions and tigers. He craves a 'game' that can reason, feel despair, and fight back. He has been waiting for a hunter of Rainsford’s caliber to wander into his trap. In this visceral audiobook experience, you’ll feel the suffocating heat of the jungle and the icy realization that the most dangerous beast of all is man. This is a high-stakes psychological war where every breath is a gamble and every shadow conceals a blade. Will you outwit the master, or end up as a head on his wall? The rules are set. Your head is the prize. Press play now - and join the hunt."

Richard Connell (Author), Daryl Branson (Narrator)

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The Most Dangerous Game

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. A big-game hunter from New York is shipwrecked on an isolated island in the Caribbean, and is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The story is an inversion of the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s."

Richard Connell (Author), Digital Voice Martin G (Narrator)

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The Most Dangerous Game

"'The Most Dangerous Game' by Richard Connell is a gripping adventure thriller that explores the fine line between hunter and hunted. The story follows Sanger Rainsford, a seasoned big-game hunter who, after falling overboard from a yacht, washes up on a mysterious island. There, he encounters General Zaroff, an aristocratic hunter with a sinister passion—hunting humans for sport. As Rainsford becomes the next target in Zaroff’s deadly game, he must rely on his wits, survival skills, and sheer determination to outmaneuver his ruthless pursuer. This timeless tale of suspense, morality, and survival will keep listeners on the edge of their seats until the very last moment. Cover photo by Ntsikelelo Radebe: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-silhouette-of-a-wine-in-a-glass-and-bottle-11357544/"

Richard Connell (Author), Evan Schmitt (Narrator)

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The Most Dangerous Game

"Shipwrecked on a remote island, expert hunter Sanger Rainsford stumbles upon the secluded estate of General Zaroff, a man of wealth, culture… and unusual pastimes. Welcomed as an honored guest, Rainsford soon realizes that there is more to his host’s hospitality than meets the eye. As the stakes rise, he must rely on his instincts and skills to navigate a deadly challenge where losing is not an option. A gripping tale of survival and suspense, now brought to life in a masterful audiobook performance by award-winning narrator Ron Butler. Perfect for fans of action-adventure classics like Lord of the Flies and The Call of the Wild. A must-listen for lovers of suspenseful audiobooks, psychological thrillers, and classic short stories Step onto the island and enter the game. Discover why this timeless short story remains one of the most endearing thrillers written."

Richard Connell (Author), Ron Butler (Narrator)

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The Classic Collection of Richard Edward Connell ( 13 books ): The Most Dangerous Game, The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, The Cage Man, Terrible Epps, The $25,000 Jaw and others

" This anthology brings together a selection of thrilling and thought-provoking short stories by Richard Connell, renowned for his mastery in suspense and adventure. Highlighted by The Most Dangerous Game, a gripping tale of a man hunted for sport, the collection also features lesser-known but equally powerful works such as The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, The Cage Man, Terrible Epps, and The $25,000 Jaw. Each story showcases Connell's unique ability to explore human nature under extreme conditions, blending action with psychological depth. In The Most Dangerous Game, Connell examines the primal instincts of survival and morality, while in The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, he delves into themes of guilt and redemption. Other stories in the collection balance adventure with humor and irony, offering a wide range of emotional and intellectual experiences. The tales are rich in characterization and packed with unexpected twists, ensuring a captivating read from beginning to end. This collection serves as an excellent introduction to Connell's work, appealing to fans of classic literature, adventure, and suspense. Each story is a standalone masterpiece that reflects Connell's enduring literary legacy. "

Richard Connell (Author), Mark Bowen, Peter Coates (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - The 1920's - The Americans

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In this volume the Jazz Age blossoms with an exuberance of spirit and panache. Life is for now, the future seems so very far away. Our American authors bring the decade to life with stories that perhaps could only come to pass in this decade of the United States.01 - The Top 10 - The 1920's - The Americans - An Introduction02 - Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F Scott Fitzgerald03 - Brothers by Sherwood Anderson04 - The Color Out of Space by H P Lovecraft05 - The Great Slave by Zane Grey06 - The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner07 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell08 - The Difference by Ellen Glasgow09 - Skulls in the Stars by Robert E Howard10 - The City of Refuge by Rudolph Fisher11 - Spurs by Tod Robbins"

Ellen Glasgow, F Scott Fitzgerald, H.P. Lovecraft, Richard Connell, Ring Lardner, Robert E. Howard, Rudolph Fisher, Sherwood Anderson, Tod Robbins, Zane Grey (Author), Christopher Ragland, Kelly Burke, Warren Keyes (Narrator)

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[German] - Das gefährlichste aller Spiele: The Moste Dangerous Game

"„The Most Dangerous Game“ wird auch als die „beliebteste Kurzgeschichte, die jemals auf Englisch geschrieben wurde“ bezeichnet. Das Buch ist inspiriert von den Großwild-Jagdsafaris in Afrika und Südamerika, die in den 1920er-Jahren unter wohlhabenden Amerikanern besonders in Mode waren. Die Geschichte wurde mehrfach adaptiert und auf die Kinoleinwand gebracht. Der Großwildjäger Sanger Rainsford und sein Freund Whitney reisen für eine Jaguarjagd in den Amazonas-Regenwald. Nach einer Unterhaltung über ihre anstehende Safari geht Whitney zu Bett, während Rainsford noch an Bord bleibt und dort plötzlich mehrere Schüsse hört. Er klettert auf die Reling der Jacht, fällt versehentlich über Bord und schwimmt zur Ship-Trap Island, die als Schiffsfalle berüchtigt ist. Auf der Insel findet er ein palastartiges Schloss, das von zwei Kosaken bewohnt wird: dem Besitzer General Zaroff und seinem gigantischen taubstummen Diener Ivan. Zaroff, ein weiterer Großwildjäger, kennt Rainsford als den Autor eines Buches über die Jagd auf Schneeleoparden in Tibet. Beim Abendessen gesteht der mittelalte Zaroff, dass er, obwohl er seit seiner Kindheit Tiere jagt, keine Freude mehr an der Jagd auf Großwild habe und nach einer neuen Herausforderung sucht."

Richard Connell (Author), Norbert Wendel (Narrator)

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Short Stories About Survival

"Our 'fight of flight' response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. Our need to survive, to outlive whatever danger poses, that immediate threat to our lives is little short of a marvel. Everything else is abandoned in order to survive. Whilst in modern times that ability has been somewhat modified and 'reasoned' away to an extent, in past years it's what usually kept you alive.In this volume people struggle valiantly to survive and to exist no matter the extent of the threat they face. In the words of our authors including William Hope Hodgson, Richard Connell, Jack London, Honore de Balzac and a wealth of others, they vividly demonstrate how or whether the participants survive ... or fail. 01 - Short Stories About Survival - An Introduction 02 - The White Silence by Jack London 03 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 04 - The Interlopers by Saki the pseudonym for H H Munro 05 - The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte 06 - Taman by Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov 07 - The Great Slave by Zane Grey 08 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson 09 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell 10 - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane 11 - To Build a Fire by Jack London 12 - The Snowstorm - Part 1 by Leo Tolstoy 13 - The Snowstorm - Part 2 by Leo Tolstoy"

Bret Harte, Honoré De Balzac, Jack London, Leo Tolstoy, Richard Connell, Saki, Stephen Crane, William Hope Hodgson, Zane Grey (Author), Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)

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The Most Dangerous Game: or The Hounds of Zaroff

"'The Most Dangerous Game', also published as 'The Hounds of Zaroff' is the classic horror yarn about big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford, from New York City, who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where a sadistic Russian aristocrat hunts humans for sport. Rainsford must fight for his life. The thrill-packed story was inspired by the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s. Author Richard Connell’s taut thriller was first published in Collier's on January 19, 1924 and is one of many works that entered the public domain in the United States in 2020. It has been called the 'most popular short story ever written in English.' Upon its publication, it won the O. Henry Award. Narrator Edward E. French ( an Oscar nominated and Emmy Award Winning Makeup FX Artist) brings the story to life in this tense performance reading."

Richard Connell (Author), Edward E. French (Narrator)

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B. J. Harrison Reads The Most Dangerous Game

"Sanger Rainsford and Whitney are two friends, who are on their way for a jaguar hunt in the Amazonian rainforest. The two men discuss how the world consists of predators and prey, and that they are from the first type. While debating, the two men hear gunshots. Rainsford climbs onto the yacht’s rail and accidentally falls overboard. Thankfully, he manages to save himself and swims to an island called Ship-Trap, which is famous for its countless shipwrecks. There he meets General Zaroff and his gigantic servant, Ivan. What will Whitney do to rescue his friend after he falls overboard? Will he try to save him? What will Rainsford experience on the island? Who are General Zaroff and Ivan, and how will they welcome Rainsford? And what is 'the most dangerous game'? Find all the answers in Richard Connell’s short story 'The Most Dangerous Game' from 1924. B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere. Richard Edward Connell Jr. (1893 - 1949) was an American author and journalist. He is best known for his short story 'The Most Dangerous Game' (1924), but he also wrote many screenplays and movie scripts. Connell’s short stories were mainly published in the two magazines 'The Saturday Evening Post' and 'Collier’s Weekly'. In 1942 he received an Academy Award nomination for his work 'Meet John Doe'."

Richard Connell (Author), B.J.Harrison (Narrator)

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The Most Dangerous Game

"Richard Edward Connell Jr was born on the 17th October 1893, in Poughkeepsie, New York. He began his writing career as a journalist for The Poughkeepsie Journal as well as attending Georgetown College for a year and then Harvard University. At Harvard, Connell edited The Lampoon and The Crimson. He subsequently worked for The New York American and as a copy writer for the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson.During the First World War Connell served in France with the US Army and was the editor of his camp's newspaper.After the war, he turned to writing short stories, and eventually wrote over 300 of them for the periodicals and journals of the day including regular contributions to The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's. The attention of his audience kept him popular for decades. He is perhaps best remembered for his macabre short story 'The Most Dangerous Game', written in 1924. In 1942 he was even nominated for an Academy Award (Best Original Story) for the Frank Capra movie 'Meet John Doe' based on his story 'A Reputation'.Richard Connell died on 22nd November 1949 in Beverly Hills, California. He was 56."

Richard Connell (Author), Christopher Ragland, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Richard Connell

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