"A collection of poignant, romantic and funny tales performed by Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt. This collection includes a bonus track of an exclusive interview with William Hurt. Hurt's readings are thoughtful, tender, romantic, and resonant. A treasure.
Tobias Wolff's "Nightingale", Ron Carlson's "Towel Season", Richard Ford's "Communist", Aleksandar Hemon's "Blind Jozef Pronek"
Presented by Selected Shorts"
"Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the detective fiction genre with his mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales brought Poe fame and fortune. Years later, Dorothy Sayers would describe 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' as 'almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice.' Indeed, Poe's short mysteries inspired the creation of countless literary sleuths, among them Sherlock Holmes. Today, the Dupin stories still stand out as unique and utterly engrossing.
In addition to 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' this collection contains 'The Purloined Letter' (also featuring C. Auguste Dupin), 'The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade,' 'A Descent into the Maelstrom,' 'The Raven,' and 'The Masque of the Red Death.'"
"There is a man that haunts the streets by night. His visage provokes involuntary torrents of hatred. His voice is huskily whispered, and his deformity lies within. This audiobook collection contains some of the finest short fiction from the great Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, The Bottle Imp, Markheim, Olalla, and The Body Snatcher. These files have been remastered since their initial advent through The Classic Tales Podcast, making this a perfect choice for the classic horror fan"
"Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, Leo Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day, death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face to face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?
This novella was the artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction. A thoroughly absorbing and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation.
Also included in this volume are 'The Forged Coupon,' 'After the Dance,' 'My Dream,' 'There Are No Guilty People,' and 'The Young Tsar.'"
"A dashing lineup of elegant crime tales and gritty hardboiled detective stories, alternately menacing and cozy, with two exotic locales, and murder in the mix
C.S. Montanye's "A Shock for the Countess" performed by Fionnula Flanagan, Dashiell Hammett's "The Creeping Siamese" performed by John Shea, Ed McBain's "Improvisation" performed by Isaiah Sheffer, Louise Erdrich's "Gleason" performed by Robert Sean Leonard, Shirley Jackson's "The Summer People" performed by René Auberjonois, Nadine Gordimer's "Country Lovers" performed by Hattie Winston
Presented by Selected Shorts"
"This is a short story of Georg Bendemann and his relationship with his aging father. While Georg is telling his father of his friend in Russia his father goes into a rage, ridiculing and degrading his son. Then at the end of his rant he issues his final judgment - death by drowning."
"The main character in this short story is Gabriel Conroy and the entire short story takes place during his attendance at a holiday party, annually thrown by his aunts. Near the end of the party Gabriel sees his wife, Gretta, in a new and expanded way at the same moment when she is reminiscing on a song being sung at the party. Listen as James Joyce weaves harsh realities back into this story, as is characteristic with other stories in this series, Dubliners."
"Charles Dickens started his literary career as a journalist reporting for ‘The Morning Chronicle,’ a profession which encouraged his observing eye. This collection of essays and short stories was first published in that journal and anticipates, and frequently demonstrates, the genius that was to come. The Sketches ‘Illustrative of Everyday Life and Everyday People’ are a valuable documentary account of existence in the great metropolis during the early part of the nineteenth century and exhibit to the full the waspish wit, joie de vivre and compassion, for which the author was known. From the humorous gossip of ‘The Curate’ to the informative ‘Scotland Yard’ and on to a campaigning descriptive piece about Newgate Prison, Dickens takes us on a rewarding journey across our capital city, enlivened by the quirks and foibles of its inhabitants. This is the first of several volumes of Dickens’ journalistic writing to be published in audio format by Assembled Stories. We are sure you will enjoy them."
"Quie?n mato? a la bella Mariana? La pericia de un detective... y la sombra de un pa?jaro revelan la identidad del asesino. Relato policial del conocido escritor y periodista argentino Rodolfo Walsh."
"Two award-winning works of fiction by one of America's finest writers, together in one collection.
In 'The Shawl,' a woman named Rosa Lublin watches a concentration camp guard murder her daughter. In 'Rosa,' that same woman appears thirty years later, 'a mad woman and a scavenger' in a Miami hotel. She has no life in the present because her past will never end. In both stories, there is a shawl—a shawl that can sustain a starving child, inadvertently destroy her, or magically conjure her back to life.
Both stories were originally published in the New Yorker in the 1980s; each was included in the annual Best American Short Stories and awarded First Prize in the annual O. Henry Prize Stories collection. Each succeeds in imagining the unimaginable: the horror of the Holocaust and the unfillable emptiness of its aftermath. Fiercely immediate, complex, and unforgettable, each is a masterwork by a writer the New York Times hailed as 'the most accomplished and graceful literary stylist of our time.'"
"A boon for book lovers, this compilation features funny, fantastical and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word.
Walter R. Brooks' "Ed Has His Mind Improved" performed by Tony Roberts, Italo Calvino's "The Adventure of a Reader" translated by William Weaver performed by John Shea, Adam Haslett's "Notes to My Biographer" performed by Isaiah Sheffer, Evelyn Waugh's "The Man Who Liked Dickens" performed by Leonard Nimoy, Molly Giles' "The Writers' Model" performed by Blair Brown, Ray Bradbury's "Exchange" performed by Rochelle Oliver, Audrey Niffenegger's "The Night Bookmobile" performed by Christina Pickles
Presented by Selected Shorts"
"A collection that anyone who's taken that walk down the aisle can relate to! Moving stories about married couples' powerful and complicated loves.
Sherman Alexie's "Do You Know Where I Am?" performed by Keir Dullea, Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Wife's Story" performed by Joanna Gleason, Karen E. Bender's "Eternal Love" performed by Joanne Woodward, Shahrnush Parsipur's "Mrs. Farrokhlaqa Sadraldivan Golchehreh" translated by Kamran Talattof and Jocelyn Sharlet performed by Frances Sternhagen, Luis Alberto Urrea's "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses" performed by Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Canin's "We Are Nighttime Travelers" performed by Harold Gould
Presented by Selected Shorts"
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