Audiobooks by Ring Lardner

"The Golden Honeymoon is a story about the road, a long marriage, old memories, and the kind of conversation that's been going on for fifty years — and shows no sign of stopping. There's Florida sunshine, checkerboard pride, the quiet company of shared days, an unexpected brush with the past, and more oranges than anyone really asked for. Told in the voice of a man who always has something to say — and a wife who's heard every word — this Ring Lardner classic is funny, plainspoken, and sharper than it first lets on. A story about what's left unsaid when you've already said everything else."

Ring Lardner (Author), Mark Bowen (Narrator)

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Symptoms of being 35

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. At the breakfast table of middle age, a man pauses between bites of waffle and sips of lukewarm coffee to face a quietly hilarious crisis: turning 35. In Symptoms of Being 35, Ring W. Lardner delivers a droll, sharply observed portrait of a man reckoning with the subtle absurdities of adult life. From creaking knees to creeping self-doubt, unopened bills to inexplicable mismatched socks, the signs are all there—and Lardner, with his trademark wit and understatement, catalogues them with knowing charm. Originally published in the early 20th century, this short story remains timeless in its comedic dissection of modern anxieties and the quiet comedy of growing older. Perfect for listeners who enjoy wry humor, vintage style, and a gentle nudge that maybe, just maybe, 35 isn’t as young as it used to be."

Ring Lardner (Author), Digital Voice Andrew E (Narrator)

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Anthology of Classic Short Stories. Vol. 7 (Humour, Satire and Tall Tales): The Ransom of Red Chief

"Satire, Humor and Irony in some cases have been regarded as the most effective source to understand a society, the oldest form of social study. Contents: The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry What Stumped the Blue Jays by Mark Twain The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain The Toys of Peace by Saki (H. H. Munro) The Artful Hussar by Johann Peter Hebel From The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner When I Was a Witch by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Micromegas: A Philosophical History by Voltaire"

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Johann Peter Hebel, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Ring Lardner, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Saki, Voltaire (Author), Jim Gerard, Mark Bowen (Narrator)

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Stories To Make You Laugh

"Pure laughter, whether our own or others, makes us all feel more comfortable with the world and situations we find ourselves in. Why something is funny is hard to say but we know that there are people who are funny and can say funny things. It’s an immediate advantage for them.In this volume your hosts including Mark Twain, Nikolai Gogol, J M Barrie, O Henry and many others who range from the simply funny and the absurd to ….. well, other ways of funny.1 - Stories to Make You Laugh - An Introduction2 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky3 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky4 - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calveras County by Mark Twain5 - The Mouse by Saki6 - How I Killed a Bear by Charles Dudley Warner7 - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol8 - Luck by Mark Twain9 - My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock10 - The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde11 - The Ransom of Red Chief by O Henry12 - The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner13 - How the Widow Won the Deacon by William James Lampton14 - How To Tell A Story by Mark Twain15 - The Idiot's Journalism Scheme by John Kendrick Bangs16 - The Inconsiderate Waiter by J M Barrie17 - Lost in a London Fog by Louisa May Alcott18 - Revenge by Ambrose Bierce19 - John Mortonson's Funeral by Ambrose Bierce20 - The Death of a Government Clerk by Anton Chekhov21 - The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether by Edgar Alan Poe22 - Eve's Diary by Mark Twain23 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky"

Ambrose Bierce, Anton Chekhov, Charles Dudley Warner, Edgar Alan Poe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, J. M. Barrie, John Kendrick Bangs, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Nikolai Gogol, O Henry, Oscar Wilde, Ring Lardner, Saki, Stephen Leacock, William James Lampton (Author), Eric Meyers, Laurel Lefkow, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Foundations of Fiction - Modernism

"In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving. Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. It’s a reality that the term ‘modernism’ was first used for stories well over a century ago. Like fine wines they have aged remarkably well. In this volume the talents of Virginia Woolf, F Scott Fitzgerald, Katherine Mansfield, James Joyce are testament to the craft, imagination and literary chops these authors have brought to prose in one of its most enduring literary movements. 01 - Foundations of Fiction - Modernism - An Introduction2 - Bliss by Katherine Mansfield3 - Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F Scott Fitzgerald4 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf5 - The Dead by James Joyce6 - Here We Are by Dorothy Parker7 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence8 - If I Were A Man by Charlotte Perkins Gilman9 - Tomorrow by Eugene O'Neill10 - Friday by Zona Gale11 - The Defense of Strikerville by Damon Runyon12 - Rooms by Gertrude Stein13 - The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf14 - The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield15 - Eveline by James Joyce16 - His Smile by Susan Glaspell17 - A Cullenden of Virginia by Thomas Wolfe18 - Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield19 - The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner20 - Winter Dreams by F Scott Fitzgerald21 - Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf22 - Ariel's Triumph by Booth Tarkington23 - Speed by Sinclair Lewis24 - Araby by James Joyce25 - The Ice Palace by F Scott Fitzgerald26 - The Fly by Katherine Mansfield27 - White Bread by Zona Gale28 - A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield"

Booth Tarkington, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D.H. Lawrence, Damon Runyon, Dorothy Parker, Eugene O'Neill, F Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, Ring Lardner, Sinclair Lewis, Susan Glaspell, Thomas Wolfe, Virginia Woolf, Zona Gale (Author), Eric Meyers, Eve Karpf, Laurel Lefkow (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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The American Short Story - Volume 7

"Once more the year begins. The first month of the Gregorian calendar. Cold winds howl, the landscape shivers, frost, snow, ice are the many blankets for the land. Daylight is thin, it arrives late and leaves early ceding the hours to shadow and the ink of night.From the pens of our remarkable poets including Shelley, Dickenson, Shakespeare, Whitman, Gilbran and a wealth of others comes sumptuous verse that describe our moods, feelings, travels and desires of the dawning year."

F Scott Fitzgerald, Ring Lardner, Wallace Thurman (Author), Eric Meyers, Laurel Lefkow, Warren Keyes (Narrator)

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[Hebrew] - תספורת והרפתקאות אחרות

"הגיע הזמן להחזיר את רינג לרדנר למקום הראוי לו בפנתיאון הסיפור הקצר האמריקאי לצד בני דורו המינגוויי, ש' אנדרסון, פיצג'רלד ופוקנר. משה רון ויום אחד, כעבור שמונים שנות המתנה, תורגמו יצירותיו של רינג לרדנר לעברית. יצירות הכרחיות, פשוטות אך מכוננות, שעושות את הבלתי אפשרי בספרות: מעלות על פני כל סוגי הקוראים חיוך קבוע, 'מטופש' ורחב לכל אורך הקריאה. מדוע? משום שרינג לרדנר יודע להיות מצחיק בטירוף, שרמנטי, אירוני, שובב, חמוץ ומתוק, חסר פשרות: אחד האמנים האולטימטיבים של סוגת הסיפור הקצר במאה העשר ים. הקריאה ביצירותיו של לרדנר פורשת בפנינו צילום רנטגן, מפה, דיוקן מופתי של ארצות-הברית של פעם: של אנשיה, נופיה ומחלותיה השכיחות. דמויותיו של לרדנר טרודות תמיד במרדף אחר כסף, הכרה, אהבה ונחמה. הן רצות מהאופרה למשחק בייסבול, ובין מפגשים משפחתיים לאירועים המתרחשים בשולי העיר. עולם ספרותי שלם, ציור צבעוני וענק ממדים של תרבות שנהפכה בחלוף הזמן ל'גלובלית'. אהוב ומוערך באותה המידה על ידי פוקנר, סלינג'ר, וירג'יניה וולף, סקוט פיצג'רלד והמינגוויי, הסיפורים של לרדנר הם תוספת ספרותית חיונית למדף הספרות המתורגמת בישראל, ואנו מתרגשים מהאירוע כאילו כתבנו את הספר בעצמנו. 'למיליונים רבים הוא העניק פורקן ועונג.' סקוט פיצג'רלד 'הסופר האהוב עלי הוא אחי ד. ב. ואחריו רינג לרדנר.' ג'. ד. סלינג'ר ב'התפסן בשדה השיפון' 'בכישרון ובקלילות היוצאים מגדר הרגיל, במשיכות המכחול שאין זריזות מהן, במגע הבוטח, ביכולת האבחנה הדקה מן הדקה.' וירג'יניה וולף מִכרה של אמריקה האמיתית. ה. ל. מנקן"

Ring Lardner (Author), ריקי בליך (Narrator)

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The Petrified Forest & Ninotchka

James M. Cain, Ring Lardner (Author), Barbara Stanwyck, Fred Macmurray, Jack Carson (Narrator)

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Hollywood Double Bill - Double Indemnity & Alibi Ike

James M. Cain, Ring Lardner (Author), Barbara Stanwyck, Fred Macmurray, Jack Carson (Narrator)

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Bib Ballads

Ring Lardner (Author), Jack Thro (Narrator)

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The Facts

"When Billy Bowen and Ellen McDonald's engagement is broken off, nobody quite knows the full story. Slowly the facts are pieced together to reveal a hilarious catalogue of mishaps and misunderstandings which result in a most catastrophic Christmas list. Ring Lardner's comic genius at his most masterful!"

Ring Lardner (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)

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