Publisher's Synopsis
A treasure chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener.
This audio recording includes the following short stories:
- Reginald on House Parties by Saki, read by Nigel Hawthorne
- The Sphinx without a Secret by Oscar Wilde, read by Martin Jarvis
- Tobermory by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt
- On Being Idle by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie
- For Better or Worse by W.W. Jacobs, read by Joanna David
- The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde, read by T. P. McKenna
- The Garden of Truth by E. Nesbit, read by Harriet Walker
- The Cat That Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling, read by Liza Goddard
- The Girl from Arles by Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry
- Mr. & Mrs. Dove by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres
- Georgie Porgie by Rudyard Kipling, read by Edward Fox
- Caterpillars by E. F. Benson, read by Patrick Malahide
- Lost Hearts by M. R. James, read by Richard Pasco
- Ship to Tarshish by John Buchan, read by Iain Cuthbertson
- The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Pasco
- The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace, read by Robin Bailey
- Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by Nicky Henson
- B-24 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Brian Cox
- Pat Hobby & Orson Welles by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale
- Mad by Guy de Maupassant, read by Derek Jacobi
- The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Griffiths
- The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs, read by Patrick Malahide
