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Audiobooks Narrated by Cathy Dobson
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"When Theodoric Voler boards a train he finds he is not alone in the compartment. Not only is there a female companion asleep in one corner, there is a mouse which has hidden itself inside his clothes. Can the sensitive and prudish young man manage to undress and extricate the mouse without his female companion waking up? Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) at his most satirical. A superb and witty observation on the sensibilities and mores of British Edwardian society."
"A vintage collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written.The Fly by Katherine Mansfield, The Mezzotint by M. R. James, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe, The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy, The Jew's Beech Tree by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Tobermory by Saki, The Lady or the Tiger by Frank Stockton, B24 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Withered Arm by Thomas Hardy, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, The Finest Story in the World by Rudyard Kipling, Cannibalism in the Cars by Mark Twain, The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter by Ambrose Bierce, The Brogue by Saki, The Stalled Ox - Saki, Hunted Down - Charles Dickens."
"Alexander Pushkin's greatest short story. Hermann, a young German officer serving in the Engineers regiment, is obsessed by gambling, although he never indulges in it himself. One night he hears a tale about how a wealthy 87-year-old Countess in St. Petersburg once learned the secret of how to win on three cards from the Duc d'Orleans. He becomes obsessed with learning the secret himself.
In pursuit of this aim, he becomes enamoured of the Countess' companion, the beautiful Lizaveta. A nocturnal visit to his paramour, however, turns to tragedy as he finds himself in the chamber of the Countess and tries first by persuasion and then by force to get her to reveal the secret of the cards. The denouement of the story is uncanny and captivating."
"David Herbert Richards Lawrence (1885-1930) is recognized as one of the greatest English novelists, poets, playwrights and short story writers. His works address themes such as emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct, wrapped up in gripping plots which range from the poignant to the downright creepy. "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" is widely thought of as one of Lawrence's finest works.
The descendents of the deceased horse dealer have fallen on hard times and are being evicted from the family stud farm. The three brothers and one sister are sitting around the breakfast table, discussing what each of them will do in the face of their sudden destitution. Only the horse dealer's daughter, Mabel, remains silent. She has made up her mind what to do...but will not communicate with the others.
A visit from Jack Ferguson, the local doctor, shifts the focus to this character. When he returns to his surgery and then sets off for his visiting round, he becomes aware of a lonely, black-clad woman's figure walking resolutely across the fields in the direction of the pond...."
"Edward Alexander Crowley (1875-1947) was a British writer, poet, magician and follower of the occult who wrote under the name Aleister Crowley. His works scandalised Victorian England with their diabolical and deviantly sexual themes.
'The Drug' is the story of a man who accepts a strange drug from an alchemist and goes on a terrifying psychic trip."
"Sophie, Countess of S'gur, was a Russian-born French writer who lived from 1799 to 1874. This collection of stories draws on the rich heritage of French medieval literature, courtly love, magic charms and gallant deeds. In each story, the hero or heroine must undertake a quest or overcome a series of impossible challenges in order to reach their goal - often with the aid of magic. The tests involve patience, endurance and hard physical labour, as well as overcoming character flaws or atoning for past misdeeds. The stories are remarkably vibrant and well written, containing many elements of surprise and humour as well as chivalry and courtly romance, and as such, reach across the ages and appeal to a modern audience. These stories will delight children and adults alike: 'Blondine, Bonne Biche and Beau Manon', 'Good Little Henry', "The Story of Rosette', 'The Little Grey Mouse', and 'Ourson'."
"First written in 1904, this is one of Edith Nesbit's best-loved children's stories. It it the second story about a group of five children - Robert, Anthea, Cyril, Jane, and their baby brother, the Lamb - who live in London. One day their mother buys a new carpet for the nursery which mysteriously contains a stone egg. When the egg falls into the fire by accident, nobody can possibly imagine what adventures will be unleashed. The egg hatches the Phoenix who reveals that the carpet is in fact a magic wishing carpet, which will take the children on a rollercoaster ride of adventures, scrapes and mishaps. They end up stuck inside a tunnel with buried treasure, on a sunny Southern shore where their cook is made Queen of the Island, having tea with the Rania in India, and even when they are at home in Camden town they mysteriously and unexpectedly become the owners of an unfeasibly large number of cats. There are many more adventures... but you will need to listen and find out for yourselves..."
"Kipling's classic tale taken from the Just So Stories. The stickly prickly hedgehog and the slow solid tortoise devise an exercise regime which will enable them to avoid becoming lunch for the painted jaguar. The effects surprise everyone, especially the painted jaguar."
"A.J. Glinski was to Poland what the Brothers Grimm were to Germany. He travelled the country and collected folk legends and fairy tales and wrote them down exactly as they were told to him by local peasants. This Frog Princess is part of the collection of traditional folk tales which he first published in 1862. A king has three sons and is determined that one shall be his heir - but which? He orders them to marry and decrees that the one who picks the best wife shall be the next king. The youngest finds himself marrying a frog, against his better judgement. But when it turns out that the frog is extraordinarily gifted in such skills as carpet weaving and baking, he looks like winning the contest to be king. His frog princess is indeed a real princess under a magic spell - but his attempt to break the spell and keep his bride in human form backfires. His bride transforms herself into a duck and flies away. A lengthy quest and many adventures follow before he is able to regain his lost bride. Absolutely enchanting!"
"When Theophil Eshley, the bovine painter, is called upon by his neighbour Adela Pingsford to remove a stray ox from her garden things go inevitably and comically wrong. No oxen are harmed in the course of this story, but sadly the same cannot be said of assorted chrysanthemums, drawing rooms and egos."
"First published in 1900, The Book Of Dragons is one of Edith Nesbit's best loved and most inventive children's books. Her heroes and heroines are children faced unexpectedly with real live dragons, which are fiery, fierce, ravenous, irritating, grumpy, furry and even gifted cooks! They appear from caves, from the pages of a magical book, at the North Pole or from mysterious dungeons where nobody dares enter. Her stories are superbly written and surprise and delight at every turn. Absolutely riveting. * I. The Book of Beasts
* II. Uncle James, or The Purple Stranger
* III. The Deliverers of Their Country
* IV. The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told
* V. The Island of the Nine Whirlpools
* VI. The Dragon Tamers
* VII. The Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold
* VIII. Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice"
"One of the hobbies of Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, was the collection of gruesome tales of the supernatural. These stories were told to him by friends, acquaintances and sent to him by strangers, and he duly recorded them in a book over the course of his long life – he lived to be 94. This is the complete collection in one volume.
• "The Harper of Inverary"
• "The Man in the Iron Cage"
• "The Secret of Glamis"
• "The Grey Man of Wrotham"
• "The Haunting of Hinton Ampner"
• "The Death of Lord Tyrone"
• "The Passenger with the Bag"
• "Marche!"
• "The Man in a Silk Dress"
• "The Strange Experience of the Reverend Spencer Nairne"
• "The Renishaw Coffin"
• "The Butler in the Corridor"
• "The Telephone at the Oratory"
• "The Strangling Woman"
• "Here I Am Again!"
• "Head of a Child"
• "The Woman in White"
• "The Corpse Downstairs"
• "The Murderers Dream"
• "The Mad Butler"
• "Lady Gorings Dream"
• "The Sexton of Chilton Polden"
• "The Last Appearance of Mr. Bullock"
• "The Corpse that Rose"
• "The Footsteps at Haverholme Priory"
• "I will pay you all to-morrow"
• "The Haunted Bungalow"
• "The Monk of Bolton Abbey"
• "The Gentleman with the Latch-Key"
• "The Bordeaux Diligence"
• "The Appearance of Mr. Birkbeck"
• "The Vampire Cat"
• "Lord Lytton and a Horoscope"
• "Colonel P.s Ghost Story"
• "Shrieks in the West Room at Flesbury"
• "The Shrouded Watcher"
• "The Ghostly Passenger"
• "The Fawn Lady of Burton Agnes"
• "The Ghost of Lord Conyers Osborne"
• "The Ghost of Lady Carnarvon"
• "The Ghost of Bishop Wilberforce"
• "The Ship in Distress"
• "The Widow in the Train"
• "Killed in Action"
• "The Troubled Spirit of Tintern Abbey"
• "Labédoyères Doom"
• "Exorcism at St. Donats Castle"
• "What the Gardener Saw"
• "Three in a Bed"
• "The Simla Bungalow"
• "The Cardinal of Waverley Abbey"
• "Someone by his Side"
• "Bishop Kings Escape"
• "Two Friends"
• "The Spanish Knife"
• "Turn to the Right!"
• "President Lincolns Dream"
• "John Arthingtons Escape"
• "Two Submarines"
• "The Fighting Rooks and the Black Mouse"
• "Lord Decies Ring"
• "The Death of Lord Hastings"
• "The Rustling Lady of Lincoln"
• "The Bloody Hand"
• "The Tweenie"
• "Waiting for a Submarine
• "The Restless Dead"
• "The Countess of Belvedere""
