Short Stories: The Ultimate Classic Collection

Amongst the 22 stories included in this instalment, are tales by classic authors such as Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Conan Doyle, read by talented and esteemed actors including Nigel Hawthorne, Hugh Laurie, Derek Jacobi and Richard Griffiths.

• CD 1. The Girl from ArlesAlphonse DaudetStephen Fry08.02 TobermorySakiBarbara Leigh-Hunt20.53 The Sphinx Without a SecretOscar WildeMartin Jarvis14.09 On Being IdleJerome K. JeromeHugh Laurie13.29 For Better or WorseW.W. JacobsJoanna David22.40 TOTALS1:18:19 CD 2 Mr & Mrs DoveKatherine MansfieldRosalind Ayres22.21 The Model MillionaireOscar WildeT.P. McKenna14.40 The Garden of TruthE. NesbitHarriet Walter38.19 TOTALS1:17:34 CD 3 The Cat that Walked by HimselfRudyard KiplingLiza Goddard25.27 Pat Hobby & Orson WellesF. Scott FitzgeraldKerry Shale15.08 Georgie PorgieRudyard KiplingEdward Fox24.52 MadGuy de MaupassantDerek Jacobi09.30 TOTALS1:14:42 CD 4 B 24Arthur Conan DoyleBrian Cox35.22 CaterpillarsE.F. BensonPatrick Malahide22.19 The Man of the NightEdgar WallaceRobin Bailey20.59 TOTALS1:18:08 CD 5 Reginald on House PartiesSakiNigel Hawthorne05.55 Dr. Heidegger's ExperimentNathaniel HawthorneNicky Henson20.58 Ship to TarshishJohn BuchanIain Cuthbertson36.50 The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan PoeRichard Pasco15.18 TOTALS1:18:07 CD 6 Lost HeartsM.R. JamesRichard Pasco26.15 The Black CatEdgar Allan PoeRichard Griffiths25.35 The Monkey's PawW.W. JacobsPatrick Malahide25.49