Short Stories Set on Holiday: A mix of happy, sad and downright terrifying short stories set on vacation

Written by John Buchan

Narrated by Eve Karpf

The expected joy that a few days in a different setting can, and most probably will, make is one of life’s most pleasant pleasures. Usually. But in this volume our classic authors including John Buchan, Edith Wharton, E M Delafield, M R James and a host of others really do seem to want to make some of those few days of indolent pleasure into something rather unpleasant.

1 - Short Stories Set on Holiday - An Introduction

2 - Roman Fever by Edith Wharton

3 - The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner

4 - An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr

5 - No Man's Land by John Buchan

6 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James

7 - The Blank Cheque by Lewis Carroll

8 - A Little Holiday by Oswald Sickert

9 - Strychnine for Village Dogs by Arthur Gask

10 - The Green Bowl by Sarah Orne Jewett

11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda

12 - Holiday Group by E M Delafield

13 - Christmas Eve at a Cornish Manor House by Clara Venn

14 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group
• Release date: Aug 8, 2023
• ISBN: 9781835470916

John Buchan

John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. He was born in Perth, an eldest son, and studied at Glasgow and Oxford. In 1901 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa. In 1907 he married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor and they subsequently had four children. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940. Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford; his research interests include military history from the 18th century to date, including contemporary strategic studies, but with particular interest in the First World War and in the history of the British Army.