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Classic Tales Of Humour
- Narrator
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 26 February 2004
- Run Time
- 3 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Short stories, Humour
What to expect
A varied collection of short stories which will keep the listener constantly amused, Nigel Hawthorne extracts every ounce of humour in an exemplary reading.
Stories included:
Brugglesmith by Rudyard Kipling
The Cricket Match from England, Their England by A.G. Macdonell
Reginald on House Parties by Saki
The Great Winglebury Duel by Charles Dickens
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain
A Photographer's Day Out by Lewis Carroll
Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet by O. Henry
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Details
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll
- Narrator
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Duration
- 3 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 February 2004
- ISBN
- 9780857866448
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Short stories, Humour
Synopsis
A varied collection of short stories which will keep the listener constantly amused, Nigel Hawthorne extracts every ounce of humour in an exemplary reading.Stories included: Brugglesmith by Rudyard KiplingThe Cricket Match from England, Their England by A.G. MacdonellReginald on House Parties by SakiThe Great Winglebury Duel by Charles DickensThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark TwainA Photographer's Day Out by Lewis CarrollJeff Peters as a Personal Magnet by O. Henry
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