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    The Great British Short Story Collection
    The Great British Short Story Collection
    The Great British Short Story Collection
    Audiobook32 hours

    The Great British Short Story Collection

    Published by Red Door Consulting

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    A gripping collection of over 50 of the greatest short stories written by great British writers.

    1. "The Missing Years" by Barry Pain
    2. "His Brother's Keeper" by W. W. Jacobs
    3. "A Madman's Manuscript" by Charles Dickens
    4. "The House of Cobwebs" by Barry Pain
    5. "Old Fags" by Stacy Aumonier
    6. "A Long-Ago Affair" by John Galsworthy
    7. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey
    8. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey
    9. "Rose Rose" by Barry Pain
    10. "An Undergraduate's Aunt" by F. Anstey
    11. "An Idyll of London" by Beatrice Harraden
    12. "Hot Potatoes" by Arnold Bennett
    13. "Bagnell Terrace" by E. F. Benson
    14. "Malachi's Cove" by Anthony Trollope
    15. "Moon's Gibbet" by Egerton Castle
    16. "The Dancing Partner" by Jerome K. Jerome
    17. "The Giraffe Problem" by Barry Pain
    18. "The Man who was Blind" by Edwin Pugh
    19. "The Perfect Murcer" by Stacy Aumonier
    20. "The Other Side" by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock
    21. "The Roman Road" by Kenneth Grahame
    22. "At the Farmhouse" by E. F. Benson
    23. "The Dead Hand" by Wilkie Collins
    24. "The Wind in the Portico" by John Buchan
    25. "The Smile of La Gioconda" by Morley Roberts
    26. "The Room" by Stacy Aumonier
    27. "The Octave of Jealousy" by Stacy Aumonier
    28. "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling
    29. "The Salt of the Earth" by Barry Pain
    30. "The Diary of Mr. Poynter" by M. R. James

    ....and over 20 more exciting stories.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateMay 30, 2015
    ISBN9781467698696
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