Summary

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