AuthorOscar Wilde
NarratorT P Mckenna
Duration14m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Short Stories
PublisherCSA Word
VersionUnabridged
Worthy but penniless Hughey Erskine is horrified by his painter friend's heartless attitude to the tramp posing for a portrait. Hughey gives the tramp money, only to learn there has been a mixup which may set Hughey back further from marrying his adoring fianc‚e.
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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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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The Ultimate Horror Collection
Author: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Oscar Wilde, Sheridan le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James
Author H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Oscar Wilde, Sheridan le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James
Narrator Peter Noble, Malk Williams, Jonathan Keeble, Karen Cass, Julie Teal
Duration 93h 12m
The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by H.P. Lovecraft; Edgar Allan Poe; M.R. James; Oscar Wilde; Joseph Le Fanu; Bram Stoker; Mary Shelley; Robert Louis Stevenson; and Henry James.
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Father Brown Series 2 Episode 1: The Absence of Mr Glass
Author: G K Chesterton
Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 1
Duration 29m
Andrew Sachs stars as the famous clerical sleuth in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, h...
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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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Author: Oscar Wilde
Author Oscar Wilde
Narrator Rupert Graves
Duration 2h 52m
Haunting and poignant, the great Oscar Wilde's famous supernatural story of youth and age is narrated brilliantly by Rupert Graves. Wilde's only novel combines sparkling wit, social satire and luxurious description. Full of many of his most famous witticisms, it is essentially a novel about the lust for eternal youth versus the inevitable reality o...
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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: Oscar Wilde
Author Oscar Wilde
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
Duration 4h 54m
Written during his time in Reading Gaol, De Profundis is Oscar Wilde's moving letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, whose relationship with Wilde led to the poet's imprisonment. Here Wilde repudiates Lord Alfred and reflects on his ordeal, acknowledging how the depths of his sorrow have helped liberate him towards a fuller, freer wisdom. Brimming with bea...
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Author: F Scott Fitzgerald
Author F Scott Fitzgerald
Narrator Kerry Shale
Duration 11m
A popular story in the acclaimed 'Pat Hobby' series. Poor Pat Hobby's fates go from bad to worse when he gets the wrong impression of a heated situation. Amusing and delightfully cringeworthy at times, Pat Hobby is a stubborn anti-hero who you won't be able to resist.
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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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