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The Yellow Wallpaper
- By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Narrated by: Jo Myddleton
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 477
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 404
Instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimulating company, she sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unnerving and disturbing
- By ESK on 12-29-13
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Remembering Roth
- By: James Atlas
- Narrated by: James Atlas
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 881
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 782
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 782
In 1977, when he was 28, James Atlas published his first book, a biography of the poet Delmore Schwartz, and was stunned to receive a congratulatory letter from Philip Roth. He had been moved by the tragic story it told. Thus began a friendship that lasted, with a few intervals, until his death. He was living in rural Connecticut then, having exiled himself from the literary noise of Manhattan in order to focus on his work, and was on his own. He invited Atlas to come visit, which he did - the first of numerous pilgrimages to the Roth homestead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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made me think as much as many long books.
- By K D on 03-10-19
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The Open Boat
- By: Stephen Crane
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
As a well-paid war correspondent, Stephen Crane was shipwrecked en route to Cuba in early 1897. He and a small party of passengers spent 30 hours adrift off the coast of Florida, an experience that Crane would later transform into this, his most famous short story, in 1898.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth hearing again
- By HamIAm on 09-15-15
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Selected Shorts: American Classics
- By: Amy Tan, Donald Barthelme, Eudora Welty, and others
- Narrated by: Freda Foh Shen, David Strathairn, Stockard Channing, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
A compilation of classic tales by great American writers performed by terrific actors, with a lineup including Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, and PEN Award winners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic classics
- By Michael on 08-30-12
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Selected Shorts: Even More Laughs
- By: T. Coraghessan Boyle, Jonathan Lethem, Miranda July, and others
- Narrated by: Jerry Zaks, Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
From silly chuckles to rueful ironic glee to deep cosmic laughter, this new volume of humorous tales samples the best of recent seasons of the popular public radio series Selected Shorts.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Even more laughs than what?
- By Michael on 08-30-12
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The Pearl Thief
- By: Elizabeth Wein
- Narrated by: Maggie Service
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,069
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,062
From the internationally acclaimed best-selling author of Code Name Verity comes a stunning new story of pearls, love and murder. Sixteen-year-old Julie Beaufort-Stuart is returning to her family's ancestral home in Perthshire for one last summer. It is not an idyllic return to childhood. Her grandfather's death has forced the sale of the house and estate, and this will be a summer of good-byes. Not least to the McEwen family - Highland travellers who have been part of the landscape for as long as anyone can remember.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Freshwater Pearls and Scottish Plaid
- By Cynthia on 08-14-17
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The Yellow Wallpaper
- By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Narrated by: Jo Myddleton
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 477
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 404
Instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimulating company, she sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unnerving and disturbing
- By ESK on 12-29-13
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Remembering Roth
- By: James Atlas
- Narrated by: James Atlas
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 881
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 782
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 782
In 1977, when he was 28, James Atlas published his first book, a biography of the poet Delmore Schwartz, and was stunned to receive a congratulatory letter from Philip Roth. He had been moved by the tragic story it told. Thus began a friendship that lasted, with a few intervals, until his death. He was living in rural Connecticut then, having exiled himself from the literary noise of Manhattan in order to focus on his work, and was on his own. He invited Atlas to come visit, which he did - the first of numerous pilgrimages to the Roth homestead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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made me think as much as many long books.
- By K D on 03-10-19
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The Open Boat
- By: Stephen Crane
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
As a well-paid war correspondent, Stephen Crane was shipwrecked en route to Cuba in early 1897. He and a small party of passengers spent 30 hours adrift off the coast of Florida, an experience that Crane would later transform into this, his most famous short story, in 1898.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth hearing again
- By HamIAm on 09-15-15
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Selected Shorts: American Classics
- By: Amy Tan, Donald Barthelme, Eudora Welty, and others
- Narrated by: Freda Foh Shen, David Strathairn, Stockard Channing, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
A compilation of classic tales by great American writers performed by terrific actors, with a lineup including Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, and PEN Award winners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic classics
- By Michael on 08-30-12
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Selected Shorts: Even More Laughs
- By: T. Coraghessan Boyle, Jonathan Lethem, Miranda July, and others
- Narrated by: Jerry Zaks, Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
From silly chuckles to rueful ironic glee to deep cosmic laughter, this new volume of humorous tales samples the best of recent seasons of the popular public radio series Selected Shorts.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Even more laughs than what?
- By Michael on 08-30-12
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The Pearl Thief
- By: Elizabeth Wein
- Narrated by: Maggie Service
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,069
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,062
From the internationally acclaimed best-selling author of Code Name Verity comes a stunning new story of pearls, love and murder. Sixteen-year-old Julie Beaufort-Stuart is returning to her family's ancestral home in Perthshire for one last summer. It is not an idyllic return to childhood. Her grandfather's death has forced the sale of the house and estate, and this will be a summer of good-byes. Not least to the McEwen family - Highland travellers who have been part of the landscape for as long as anyone can remember.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Freshwater Pearls and Scottish Plaid
- By Cynthia on 08-14-17
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Selected Shorts: Funny Business
- By: Simon Rich, David Schickler, Joe Meno, and others
- Narrated by: Wyatt Cenac, Isiah Sheffer, Kirsten Vangsness, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
From wild and wacky to knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud fun, these humorous tales represent some of the best of recent seasons of the hit public radio series Selected Shorts. Comedian Wyatt Cenac gives a killer performance of Simon Rich’s hilarious tale of woe from the point of view of a condom in a young man’s wallet. Alec Baldwin gives a delightful over-the-top performance of James Thurber’s wonderfully silly classic tale of the day everybody in a small Ohio town thought the dam broke.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some very entertaining, some not
- By D. Littman on 11-22-14
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A Hobbit, A Wardrobe and a Great War
- How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918
- By: Joseph Loconte
- Narrated by: Dave Hoffman
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 624
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 566
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 568
The First World War laid waste to a continent and altered the political and religious landscape of the West. For a generation of men and women, it brought the end of innocence - and the end of faith. Yet for J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, the Great War deepened their spiritual quest. Both men served as soldiers, survived the trenches, and used the experience of that conflict to ignite their Christian imagination. Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbits, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia, and perhaps no conversion to Christianity by C. S. Lewis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delivers what the title says.
- By Zebedee on 03-10-17
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The Souls of Black Folk
- By: W. E. B. Du Bois
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,027
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 897
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 898
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,” writes Du Bois, in one of the most prophetic works in all of American literature. First published in 1903, this collection of 15 essays dared to describe the racism that prevailed at that time in America—and to demand an end to it. Du Bois’ writing draws on his early experiences, from teaching in the hills of Tennessee, to the death of his infant son, to his historic break with the conciliatory position of Booker T. Washington.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Essays of 'life and love and strife and failure'
- By ESK on 02-08-13
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The Real Thing and Other Stories
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Illusion and love - two of James' favourite things - grin thorough this collection of funny and wicked tales. The illusion of social class, a favourite stamping ground for James, is explored in the glittering social comedy "The Real Thing", first published in 1892, in which an artist attempts vainly to capture the nature of aristocracy via painting what he takes to be 'real' members of that social group.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Russell Tovey
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 322
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 296
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 292
A disturbing tale of a young man's uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery, The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered proof of both Wilde's genius and his perversion. Oscar Wilde's scandalous best seller of 1891 was one of the most damning pieces of evidence used against him in the trial that brought about his downfall.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Censored Version W/ Good Narration
- By Seabass on 02-01-18
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The Age of Innocence
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: David Horovitch
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 801
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 691
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Story4 out of 5 stars 700
Countess Ellen Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of the charming Newland Archer, engaged to be married to her cousin, May Welland. Though he accepts the society's standards and rules he is acutely aware of their limitations. He knows May will assure him a conventional future but Ellen, scandalously separated from her husband, forces Archer to question his values and beliefs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narrated to Perfection
- By Ilana on 09-18-12
Publisher's Summary
Mrs. Manstey's View, read by Kathleen Chalfant
Roman Fever, read by Maria Tucci
The Reckoning, read by Brenda Wehle
Xingu, read by Christina Pickles
Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors. The series originates at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. The Selected Shorts radio series is a co-production of Symphony Space and WNYC, New York Public Radio, and is heard on public radio stations nationwide.
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- Daniel
- FPO, AE, USA
- 05-08-10
Excellent readings, BUT...
...please note that the stories are, in fact, abridged.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Nan
- 08-21-08
Unexpected pleasure
I have enjoyed reading more short stories and was very pleased with these. Perhaps since this was done for the series Selected Shorts, the readers were well chosen. These are interesting short stories with a nice twist at the end.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Scott
- 11-23-07
excellent
well-written, well-read.
poignant, saddening, irreverent, hysterical.
having participated in reading groups before, i particularly enjoyed 'xingu.'
short stories are a wonderful way to enjoy audio books. if, like me, you prefer unabridged to abridged, i will forgive you if a glance at the thirty-or-so hours of invested life required to make it through, say, 'our mutual friend,' causes you to blanch.
i can listen to one story before sleep and pick up the next night without a problem.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-24-17
Outstanding
Love the sense of humor. You can relax and laugh, i highly recommend these shorts.
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- Jefferson Spires
- 04-08-18
Edith Wharton
This was my first Audible Edith Wharton and they are very entertaining tales. So there!
0 of 1 people found this review helpful