International Short Stories Volume 2: English Stories


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(4.4 stars; 22 reviews)

The second volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on 'English' short stories, although it includes writers from other parts of the British isles. It features pieces by William Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, J.M. Barrie and many other favorites. Topics range from historical to science fiction, melodramatic to philosophic. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (13 hr 21 min)

Chapitres

The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott Part 1 17:43 Lu par Tadhg
The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott Part 2 21:52 Lu par Tadhg
The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott Part 3 23:18 Lu par Tadhg
Mr. Deuceace: Dimond Cut Dimond by William Thackeray 38:45 Lu par Larry Greene
The Brothers: A Tale by Edward Bulwer Lytton Part 1 25:32 Lu par Mike Pelton
The Brothers: A Tale by Edward Bulwer Lytton Part 2 32:15 Lu par Mike Pelton
Dr. Manette's Manuscript by Charles Dickens 33:54 Lu par Larry Greene
The Caldron Of Oil by Wilkie Collins 40:12 Lu par meridiculous
The Burial Of The Tithe by Samuel Lover Part 1 39:10 Lu par Gabriela Cowan
The Burial Of The Tithe by Samuel Lover Part 2 27:37 Lu par Gabriela Cowan
The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 1 28:41 Lu par Edward Kirkby
The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 2 19:00 Lu par Edward Kirkby
The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 3 26:30 Lu par Edward Kirkby
The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Part 4 15:22 Lu par Edward Kirkby
The Courting Of Dinah Shadd by Rudyard Kipling Part 1 18:25 Lu par Lynne T
The Courting Of Dinah Shadd by Rudyard Kipling Part 2 35:47 Lu par Lynne T
The Sire De Maletroit's Door by Robert Louis Stevenson Part 1 30:51 Lu par Edward Kirkby
The Sire De Maletroit's Door by Robert Louis Stevenson Part 2 19:48 Lu par Edward Kirkby
The Secret Of Goresthorpe Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 44:01 Lu par Edward Kirkby
A Change Of Treatment by W. W. Jacobs 15:04 Lu par Mike Pelton
The Stickit Minister by S. R. Crockett 10:44 Lu par Lynne T
The Lammas Preaching by S. R. Crockett 16:55 Lu par Lynne T
An Undergraduate's Aunt by F. Anstey 21:43 Lu par Gilles G. Le Blanc
The Silhouettes by A. T. Quiller-Couch 11:28 Lu par Lynne T
My Brother Henry by J. M. Barrie 9:10 Lu par Gilles G. Le Blanc
Gilray's Flower-Pot by J. M. Barrie 9:47 Lu par Gilles G. Le Blanc
Mr. O'Leary's Second Love by Charles Lever 28:19 Lu par Gabriela Cowan
The Indifference Of Miller Hofbau by Anthony Hope Hawkins 29:27 Lu par reptilehip
The Stolen Body by H. G. Wells 47:00 Lu par Chris Ogilvie
The Lazarette Of The "Huntress" by W. Clark Russell 39:21 Lu par Edward Kirkby
The Great Triangular Duel by Captain Frederick Marryat 13:22 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Three Thimbles And A Pea by George Borrow 10:13 Lu par Edward Kirkby

Critiques


(3.5 stars)

stories were very interesting... and must say I could not understand Gabriella's 1st story and had to skip it but to my surprise her 2nd one was spot on. night and day.