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BBC Classics: Ultimate Story Collection
BBC Classics (Related to this series)
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 3 June 2021
- Run Time
- 26 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Short stories, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Classic horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Traditional or cultural fiction and true stories, tales and retellings, Romance, Humorous fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (2 reviews)
What to expect
A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authors
Suspense and horror
1 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire - Arthur Conan Doyle
2 The Signalman - Charles Dickens
3 Lost Hearts - MR James
4 The Sealed Room - Arthur Conan Doyle.
5 Mrs Badgery - Wilkie Collins
6 Wailing Well - MR James
7 The Open Window - Saki
8 How it happened - Arthur Conan Doyle
9 The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe
10 The Cone - HG Wells
11 A Haunted House - Virginia Woolf
12 Rats - MR James
13 The Oval Portrait - Edgar Allan Poe
14 Tarquin of Cheapside - F. Scott Fitzgerald
15 One Crowded Hour - Arthur Conan Doyle
16 The Mezzotint - MR James
17 The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe
Love
18 The Kiss - Kate Chopin
19 Eleonora - Edgar Allan Poe
20 About Love - Anton Chekhov
21 The Lovers - Hans Christian Anderson
22 Love - Guy De Maupassant
23 The Sphinx Without a Secret - Oscar Wilde
24 A Wedding Gift - Guy De Maupassant
25 Kew Gardens - Virginia Woolf
26 The District Doctor - Ivan Turgenev
27 Happiness - Guy De Maupassant
28 A Blunder - Anton Chekhov
29 The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky - Stephen Crane
30 In a Far-Off World - Olive Schreiner
31 The Cook's Wedding - Anton Chekhov
32 The Recruit - Honore de Balzac
33 The Nightingale and the Rose - Oscar Wilde
34 Pyramus and Thisbe - Ovid
35 Aunt Hetty on Matrimony - Fanny Fern
36 A Country Cottage - Anton Chekhov
37 Marriage a la Mode - Katherine Mansfield
38 The Statue of Limitations - Ernest Dowson
39 The Dilettante - Edith Wharton
Humorous
40 Tobermory - Saki
41The Mesmeric Mountain - Stephen Crane
42 The Children's Joke - Louisa May Alcott
43 At The Siren - Anton Chekhov
44 The Garden Party - Katherine Mansfield
45 The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe
46 The New Dress - Virginia Woolf
47 How I Built Myself A House - Thomas Hardy
48 The Model Millionaire - Oscar Wilde
49 A Pair of Silk Stockings - Kate Chopin
50 At The Barbers - Anton Chekhov
51 A Respectable Woman - Kate Chopin
Folk & Fable
52 The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde.
53 The Elves and the Shoemaker - The Brothers Grimm
54 The Emperor's New Clothes -Hans Christian Andersen
55 The Tongue Cut Sparrow - Yei Theodora Ozaki
56 Finn and the Scottish Giant - Harold F. Read
57 The Postmaster - Rabindranath Tagore
58 The Toys of Peace - Saki
59 The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde
60 The Flower Gatherer - Edward Thomas
61 Araby - James Joyce
62 The Interlopers - Saki
63 Tom Thumb - The Brothers Grimm
64 The Kabuliwalah - Rabindranath Tagore
65 The Monkey's Paws - WW Jacobs
Christmas
66 The Little Match Girl - Hans Christian Andersen
67 Papa Panov's Special Christmas - Leo Tolstoy
68 Christmas Storms and Sunshine - Elizabeth Gaskell.
69 The Gift of the Magi - O'Henry
70 At Christmas Time - Anton Chekhov
71 A Dill Pickle - Katherine Mansfield
Classic Tales
72 The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
73 The Fall of Lord Barrymore - Arthur Conan Doyle
74 The Necklace - Guy De Maupassant
75 Holiday Group - EM Delafield
76 Three Questions - Leo Tolstoy
77 The Cop and the Anthem - O'Henry
78 The Fly - Katherine Mansfield
79 The Christening - DH Lawrence
80 After the Race - James Joyce
81 The String Quartet - Virginia Woolf
82 Two Friends - Guy De Maupassant
83 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce.
84 A Gentleman Friend - Anthon Chekhov
85 Ma'ame Pelagie - Kate Chopin
86 Second Best - DH Lawrence
87 El Verdugo - Honore de Balzac
88 The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin
89 The Man of No Account - Bret Hart
90 The Piece of String - Guy De Maupassant
©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf & many others
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 26 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 June 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529142587
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Short stories, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Classic horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Traditional or cultural fiction and true stories, tales and retellings, Romance, Humorous fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authorsSuspense and horror1 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire - Arthur Conan Doyle2 The Signalman - Charles Dickens3 Lost Hearts - MR James4 The Sealed Room - Arthur Conan Doyle.5 Mrs Badgery - Wilkie Collins6 Wailing Well - MR James7 The Open Window - Saki8 How it happened - Arthur Conan Doyle9 The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe10 The Cone - HG Wells11 A Haunted House - Virginia Woolf12 Rats - MR James13 The Oval Portrait - Edgar Allan Poe14 Tarquin of Cheapside - F. Scott Fitzgerald15 One Crowded Hour - Arthur Conan Doyle16 The Mezzotint - MR James17 The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan PoeLove18 The Kiss - Kate Chopin19 Eleonora - Edgar Allan Poe20 About Love - Anton Chekhov21 The Lovers - Hans Christian Anderson22 Love - Guy De Maupassant23 The Sphinx Without a Secret - Oscar Wilde24 A Wedding Gift - Guy De Maupassant25 Kew Gardens - Virginia Woolf26 The District Doctor - Ivan Turgenev27 Happiness - Guy De Maupassant28 A Blunder - Anton Chekhov29 The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky - Stephen Crane30 In a Far-Off World - Olive Schreiner31 The Cook's Wedding - Anton Chekhov32 The Recruit - Honore de Balzac33 The Nightingale and the Rose - Oscar Wilde34 Pyramus and Thisbe - Ovid35 Aunt Hetty on Matrimony - Fanny Fern36 A Country Cottage - Anton Chekhov37 Marriage a la Mode - Katherine Mansfield38 The Statue of Limitations - Ernest Dowson39 The Dilettante - Edith WhartonHumorous40 Tobermory - Saki41The Mesmeric Mountain - Stephen Crane42 The Children's Joke - Louisa May Alcott43 At The Siren - Anton Chekhov44 The Garden Party - Katherine Mansfield45 The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe46 The New Dress - Virginia Woolf47 How I Built Myself A House - Thomas Hardy48 The Model Millionaire - Oscar Wilde49 A Pair of Silk Stockings - Kate Chopin50 At The Barbers - Anton Chekhov51 A Respectable Woman - Kate ChopinFolk & Fable52 The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde.53 The Elves and the Shoemaker - The Brothers Grimm54 The Emperor's New Clothes -Hans Christian Andersen55 The Tongue Cut Sparrow - Yei Theodora Ozaki56 Finn and the Scottish Giant - Harold F. Read57 The Postmaster - Rabindranath Tagore58 The Toys of Peace - Saki59 The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde60 The Flower Gatherer - Edward Thomas61 Araby - James Joyce62 The Interlopers - Saki63 Tom Thumb - The Brothers Grimm64 The Kabuliwalah - Rabindranath Tagore65 The Monkey's Paws - WW JacobsChristmas66 The Little Match Girl - Hans Christian Andersen67 Papa Panov's Special Christmas - Leo Tolstoy68 Christmas Storms and Sunshine - Elizabeth Gaskell.69 The Gift of the Magi - O'Henry70 At Christmas Time - Anton Chekhov71 A Dill Pickle - Katherine MansfieldClassic Tales72 The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman73 The Fall of Lord Barrymore - Arthur Conan Doyle74 The Necklace - Guy De Maupassant75 Holiday Group - EM Delafield76 Three Questions - Leo Tolstoy77 The Cop and the Anthem - O'Henry78 The Fly - Katherine Mansfield79 The Christening - DH Lawrence80 After the Race - James Joyce81 The String Quartet - Virginia Woolf82 Two Friends - Guy De Maupassant83 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce.84 A Gentleman Friend - Anthon Chekhov85 Ma'ame Pelagie - Kate Chopin86 Second Best - DH Lawrence87 El Verdugo - Honore de Balzac88 The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin89 The Man of No Account - Bret Hart90 The Piece of String - Guy De Maupassant©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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