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Audiobooks Narrated by Lisa Giles
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"Bush Studies is a collection of six short stories by the enigmatic Australian author, Barbara Baynton (1857–1929). Embedded in Baynton’s merciless, rugged vistas, these stories highlight the tragedy, harshness and humor of nineteenth century Australian bush life—particularly from the perspective of the women involved.
Haunting and evocative, the nuanced tones of Lisa Giles brings Baynton’s stories back to life, as memories of a past that continues to echo into the present.
Stories include:
“A Dreamer”
“Squeaker’s Mate”
“Scrammy ‘And”
“Billy Skywonkie”
“Bush Church”
“The Chosen Vessel”"
"Between 1922 and 1923, Katherine Mansfield wrote four volumes of short stories:
The Garden Party and Other Stories
Bliss and Other Stories
In a German Pension
The Dove’s Nest and Other Stories
This recording includes all sixty-three stories from the four collections, including a number of incomplete stories collated after Mansfield’s death.
This recording also includes an introduction written and narrated by Australian literary scholar Susannah Fullerton."
"The Dove’s Nest and Other Stories is a collection of both finished and unfinished short stories written by Katherine Mansfield. The collection was published posthumously, not long after Mansfield’s death in 1923, by her husband, John Middleton Murry.
CONTENTS:
Introductory Note - The Doll’s House - Honeymoon - A Cup of Tea - Taking the Veil - The Fly - The Canary
This collection also includes the following unfinished stories:
A Married Man’s Story - The Doves’ Nest - Six Years After - Daphne - Father and the Girls - All Serene! - A Bad Idea - A Man and His Dog - Such a Sweet Old Lady - Honesty - Susannah - Second Violin - Mr. and Mrs. Williams - Weak Heart - Widowed
“About the author” written and read by Susannah Fullerton."
"This collection of short stories, by celebrated New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, was first published in 1920. Many of Mansfield’s short stories explore New Zealand landscapes and identity, and her work has been a shaping force in the short story genre.
CONTENTS:
Prelude - Je ne Parle pas Français - Bliss - The Wind Blows - Psychology - Pictures - The Man without a Temperament - Mr. Reginald Peacock’s Day - Sun and Moon - Feuille d’Album - A Dill Pickle - The Little Governess - Revelations - The Escape"
"In a German Pension (1911) was Katherine Mansfield’s first published collection of short stories. Many of these works had been previously published in the British weekly magazine, The New Age, which also featured work by figures including G. K. Chesterton, H. G. Wells, and George Bernard Shaw. The word “pension' in the title refers to a European guest-house.
After several relationally tumultuous years—which saw Mansfield fall pregnant out of wedlock, only to marry another man whom she left on the night of the wedding (an outcome that Mansfield’s mother blamed on a lesbian relationship)—Katherine was whisked off by her mother to Bad Wörishofen, a German spa town. Around this time, she miscarried her child. The stories contained in this collection were written soon after.
Contents:“Germans at Meat”“The Baron”“The Sister of the Baroness”“Frau Fischer”“Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding”“The Modern Soul”“At ‘Lehmann’s’”“The Luft Bad”“A Birthday”“The Child Who Was Tired”“The Advanced Lady”“The Swing of the Pendulum”“A Blaze”
“About Katherine Mansfield'—written and read by Susannah Fullerton."
"The Garden Party and Other Stories was published in 1922. A collection of fifteen short stories, it explores themes including life and death, gender and family roles, relationships and duty.
CONTENTS:
Introduction to Katherine Mansfield, written and read by Susannah Fullerton“At the Bay”“The Garden Party”“The Daughters of the Late Colonel”“Mr. and Mrs. Dove”“The Young Girl”“Life of Ma Parker”“Marriage à la Mode”“The Voyage”“Miss Brill”“Her First Ball”“The Singing Lesson”“The Stranger”“Bank Holiday”“An Ideal Family”“The Lady’s Maid”"
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