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Great Classic Stories
- 22 Unabridged Classics
- Narrated by: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 01-19-07
- Language: English
- Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Regular price: $20.97
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Publisher's Summary
This collection was previously published as Short Stories: The Ultimate Classic Collection.
Critic Reviews
"Emilia Fox reads beautifully. She also supplies an appealing, believable voice for Victoria, the Cockney heroine." (AudioFile)
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- Kaite McGrew
- 05-23-17
awesome
I love this collection of awesome short stories read by incredible readers I think you'll really enjoy these if you like classic literature great stories and really good sound actors
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Wendy
- Brigham City, UT, USA
- 10-22-09
Enjoyable listen
The previous reviewer must have done something wrong, because I got nearly 8 hours of audio. Great narrators & great stories.
12 of 14 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Margaret
- 08-21-16
a strange collection ...
... or maybe just not for me. I truly enjoyed only one or two of the stories in this collection. Some off the rest were downright unpleasant, including the flattest and at the same time the most horrifying ghost story I have ever read. There's also an story by Conan Doyle (not a Sherlock Holmes story) that I found unentertaining. And if you're looking for laughs at the expense of the Downton Abbey set, skip this collection and go back to Wodehouse.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Arlan Purdy
- United States
- 02-19-16
Mostly entertaining
As you might expect with a variety pack, the quality of story and the quality of narration varies. Probably does not have the best work from any of the authors. But enjoyable overall. Helped me through a long drive.
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- Jane Jacobs
- 10-24-17
Uneven, disappointing collection of performances
I was attracted by the star-studded cast including Sir Derek Jacobi, Stephen Fry, Martin Jarvis and Nigel Hawthorne... and was disappointed these talented narrators performed some of the shortest pieces.These (and a few other narrators) delivered inspired performances, compared to a handful of others that were laughably amateurish. After a few minutes of listening, I had to skip over those.The production value was often substandard (including clicks, mouth noises, audible gasping breaths, and even one bizarre mispronunciation). Very disappointed.
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- John
- Lampasas, TX, United States
- 02-07-18
Deliciously good
Would you consider the audio edition of Great Classic Stories to be better than the print version?
Great stories that make you want to listen to them from your easy chair by the fire with a hot beverage and a big bowl of buttered popcorn at hand. Cozy stories from Victorian England thereabouts and narrated by British actors you know. Nigel Hawthorne, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie for three. Each one is delightful and paints a word picture of life in Olde England.
Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?
They are all second to none.
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- Kendrick
- San Jose, CA, USA
- 12-15-08
Great Stories (Abridged by Audible)
I was rather shocked when I downloaded this Audiobook to discover how much it had been cut down. While it say in my library, it claimed to have 7 hours of stories, while the Audible version only had the first hour and a half.
14 of 30 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Ruth
- New Haven, CT, United States
- 12-07-11
Too much horror, not enough "literature"
I'm currently a student in an MFA in Creative Writing program, with a focus on short story.
I am therefore trying to read a wide range of short stories, and bought this and 2 other collections from Audible.com
I was sorry that so many of these stories were in the "horror" genre.
6 of 13 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- S
- FRAMINGHAM, MA, United States
- 04-23-12
Dissapointing
I could only bear the first two stories. The voice is not appealing and the stories are dull.
3 of 10 people found this review helpful
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- Ruth Lambert
- New Haven, Connecticut
- 12-07-11
Too much horror, not enough "literature"
I'm currently a student in an MFA in Creative Writing program, with a focus on short story.
I am therefore trying to read a wide range of short stories, and bought this and 2 other collections from Audible.com
I was sorry that so many of these stories were in the "horror" genre.
3 of 11 people found this review helpful