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    Favourite Short Stories: 50 Classic Tales
    Favourite Short Stories: 50 Classic Tales
    Favourite Short Stories: 50 Classic Tales
    Audiobook24 hours

    Favourite Short Stories: 50 Classic Tales

    Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, O. Henry and G. K. Chesterton

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    A thoroughly engaging collection of classic short stories from some of the greatest writers who lived.

    1. "The Furnished Room" by O. Henry
    2. "The Hoop" by Fedor Sologub
    3. "His Brother’s Keeper" by W. W. Jacobs
    4. "Query" by Seamark
    5. "The Three Strangers" by Thomas Hardy
    6. "The Mummy’s Foot" by Théophile Gautier
    7. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey
    8. "Charles" by A. J. Alan
    9. "Malachi’s Cove" by Anthony Trollope
    10. "A Dill Pickle" by Katherine Mansfield
    11. "Pigs Is Pigs" by Ellis Parker Butler
    12. "Moon’s Gibbet" by Egerton Castle
    13. "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs
    14. "A Coincidence" by A. J. Alan
    15. "In a Far-Off World" by Olive Schreiner
    16. "Humplebee" by George Gissing
    17. "At the Farmhouse" by E. F. Benson
    18. "Rose Rose" by Barry Pain
    19. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey
    20. "The Cat" by E. F. Benson
    21. "Gabriel Ernest" by Saki
    22. "The Dancing Partner" by Jerome K. Jerome
    23. "The Enemy" by Hugh Walpole
    24. "The Wedding Guest" by Guy Boothby
    25. "A Joy Ride" by A. J. Alan
    26. "The Green Light" by Barry Pain
    27. "The Man of the Night" by Edgar Wallace
    28. "A Long-Ago Affair" by John Galsworthy
    29. "Lost Treasure" by Caradoc Evans
    30. "The Invisible Man" by G. K. Chesterton
    31. "The Red Headed League" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    32. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F. Harvey
    33. "My Adventure in Norfolk" by A. J. Alan
    34. "The Bus Conductor" by E. F. Benson
    35. "The Comedy at Fountain Cottage" by Ernest Bramah
    36. "The House of Cobwebs" by George Gissing
    37. "A Source of Irritation" by Stacy Aumonier
    38. "The Nightmare Room" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    39. "The White Dog" by Fedor Sologub
    40. "The Club of One-Eyed Men" by Arthur Somers Roche...and ten more great short stories.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateMay 20, 2015
    ISBN9781467698566
    Favourite Short Stories: 50 Classic Tales
    Author

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most famous for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes and long-suffering sidekick Dr Watson. Conan Doyle was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

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