AuthorJohn Buchan
NarratorIain Cuthbertson
Duration27m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Short Stories
Key StageKS4
PublisherCSA Word
VersionUnabridged
Published in 1899, in "Grey Weather", a collection of short stories and poems by the author, Buchan.
Author: Nnedi Okorafor
Author Nnedi Okorafor
Narrator Yetide Badaki
Duration 10h 55m
Kabu kabu-unregistered illegal Nigerian taxis-generally get you where you need to go. Nnedi Okorafor's Kabu Kabu, however, takes the listener to exciting, fantastic, magical, occasionally dangerous, and always imaginative locations you didn't know you needed. This debut short story collection by an award-winning author includes notable previously p...
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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Author: Hilary Mantel
Author Hilary Mantel
Narrator Jane Carr
Duration 4h 30m
In these ten bracingly subversive tales, all of Hilary Mantel's gifts of characterisation and observation are fully engaged. Childhood cruelty is played out behind the bushes in 'Comma'; nurses clash in 'Harley Street' over something more than professional differences. Whether set in a claustrophobic Saudi Arabian flat or on a precarious mountain r...
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Author: Zadie Smith
Author Zadie Smith
Narrator Zadie Smith
Duration 6h 5m
In the summer of 1959, an Antiguan immigrant in north west London lives the last day of his life, unknowingly caught in someone else's story of hate and division, resistance and revolt. A mother looks back on her early forays into matters of the human heart - and other parts of the human body - considering the ways in which desire is always an act...
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Author Edgar Allan Poe
Narrator Richard Griffiths
Duration 25m
Be cruel to animals at your peril - this story extols the virtues of being kind to all creatures to achieve happiness in life, a lesson that our unhappy protagonist is far from learning, whether in regards to human or animal life. A shocking story told with a dry dark humor, this tale is to be heard to be believed and is a true classic from the mas...
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Galloping Foxley (a Roald Dahl Story)
Author: Roald Dahl
Author Roald Dahl
Narrator Richard Griffiths
Duration 37m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Galloping Foxley by Roald Dahl, read by Richard Griffiths. In Galloping Foxley, Roald Dahl tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a commuter is disturbed by an encounter with a man he vividly remembers from school . . . Galloping Foxley is taken from the short story collection S...
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Author: John Buchan
Author John Buchan
Narrator Iain Cuthbertson
Duration 16m
A shepherd nears his final hours in this bleak yet insightful and evocative picture of dying. Encompassing many of the stages of grief, the man experiences fear, resignation and resolution in this lonely tale which also examines religion and the possible solace of companionship.
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Author: John Buchan
Author John Buchan
Narrator Iain Cuthbertson
Duration 10m
A short and dark story about three men, a father and two brothers, who make their living by poaching and other such illegal activities and are 'hard drinkers and quick fighters'. When tragedy strikes, the reaction of their community is not necessarily what they may have expected. An intense and brief study of a moody setting and unsettling characte...
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Author: John Buchan
Author John Buchan
Narrator Iain Cuthbertson
Duration 21m
One of the Runagates Club stories, where members of a dinner club take it in turns to relate a tale to the other guests. A man is shipwrecked on a desert island in the Archipelago. He has heard that either he will find nothing to eat or else he will be eaten by the local savages. Either way things don't look too promising. He is, in fact, captured...
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Author: Roald Dahl
Author Roald Dahl
Narrator Murphy Cillian
Duration 55m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Katina by Roald Dahl, read by Cillian Murphy. In Katina, Roald Dahl tells of a young Greek girl fascinated by the British planes and airbase that have come to her village. Katina is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartim...
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Author: Various
Author Various
Narrator Sally Scott
Duration 2h 30m
Brought to you by Penguin. How often do you think about your bedtime routine? Almost half of people in Britain say they're kept awake at night due to worry and stress - so making time to switch off in the hour before bed is more important than ever. Penguin Sleep Tales are ten specially designed descriptive audio tales to help you wind down and rel...
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