In this story of romance, marriage and travel, Adam, a 41-year-old journalist, is making a trip to Israel with his new wife Elsee. His marriage to his first wife, Elaine, ended in a divorce which meant he sadly sees very little of his three children. When he was alone and looking for love, Adam was encouraged by friends to give up the dream of find...

While tending to his broken-down car, Hobby, a failing writer, is mistaken by a wealthy tourist couple for a guide to the homes of movie stars. Hobby takes their money and attempts to visit the homes of some minor celebrities he is acquainted with, but the couple demand to be taken to the home of Shirley Temple. Hilarity and damn lies inevitably en...

Fun In An Artists Studio is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Pat Hobby series, written during his later years as a writer. Pat Hobby, a down-and-out Hollywood screenwriter, is bemused when a Romanian Princess takes an interest in him and asks him to pose for a painting. This funny, slightly tragic tale is both heartwarming and funny at the same time.

A major figure in the early development of the science fiction genre, Page has been closely compared to H.G. Wells, even said to have presaged many of Wells' major works with his own. The Clock That Went Backward sees our heroes on a journey through time and space - a concept that has since inspired movie adaptations as diverse as 'Bill and Ted's E...

Our narrator begins this story by explaining how, in his opinion, spirituality has ruined many more promising careers than drink, gambling or the alluring smiles of women. He then goes on to tell the tale of Mo Lisky, who held an assured position for a long time but became handicapped through a private feud. One afternoon, Elle Raboots, an acquaint...

A scheming solicitor hatches an elaborate plan to steal a client's inheritance in this story of deception and fraud. Jack Shepherd, television's Wycliffe in the eponymous Cornwall-based series, is an apt reader for Wallace's accomplished prose.

Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, a brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle (the creator of Sherlock Holmes). He is in many ways the antithesis of Holmes; a gentleman thief, who plays Cricket for England and supports himself by ingenious burglaries. This story is one of the fascinating series, chronicled by Raffle...

From the acclaimed author of The Railway Children comes a tale of love and intrigue. Within the exquisite gardens of a hotel two lovers come together. Finding themselves inexplicitly drawn to each other, night after night they meet, but only within the confines of their dreams. As their dreams merge into one the lovers must unite in waking life to...

The Great Winglebury Duel is a story based in Winglebury; a town inhabited by liberal people. A town renowned for great architecture and art, none better than found at the Winglebury Arms, Dickens' inimitable character studies make this short story essential and captivating listening. A funny and highly-enjoyable listen.

Dracula's Guest follows a mysterious and unnamed young Englishman's wanderings around Munich and through a dense, dark forest on Walpurgis Night, a mysterious pagan festival of witches. This beautifully simplistic and eerie horror tale from the writer of Dracula is guaranteed to send shivers up your spine.

A husband and wife attend a function at which they hope the husband will be made president of a large charity organization. As the night wears on and the wife sees the husband do something rather shocking in public, she begins to question what really is important, as well as asking herself what is important in her marriage and their lives together,...

Originally written in French, The Girl from Arles is a doomed love story concerning a young and handsome man named Jan, who falls in love with a woman who can never be his. A heart-rending and tragic-romantic short story that will move even the most hardened souls.

A story of innate animal instinct and 'survival of the fittest' of sorts, this tale listens to a man relating a story of instinctive hate and its shocking consequences. The detached and matter-of-fact revelations of the narrator lend this story a chilling and unsettling air, and the story poses a listener questions about wrong and right when faced...

One of the great adventure stories of literature, The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic tale of malice, conspiracy and retribution - with a moral at its centre. Edmond Dantes makes his audacious bid for freedom from the living death of the Chateau d'If, hell-bent on compensating his friends but destroying those who had falsely incriminated him. he...

Taken from the novel 'England Their England', The Cricket Match follows an amateur cricket team of literary (and other) people traveling to play a village team in rural England. Also adapted for a 1973 television feature directed by acclaimed director Stephen Frears.

This classic Irish short story is read fittingly by T. P. McKenna, whose commanding Irish brogue is a perfect suit for this vignette by William Carleton, a well-respected Irish 'peasant novelist'.

Angela tells the story of a 'poor paralysed fellow' who becomes infatuated with a girl who visits him. A melancholy and emotive tale of longing, desire and loss, Angela is a well-crafted short story by the great W.S. Gilbert (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame).

The Hon. James Inglis relates his experiences of life in India, and in particular, the experience of tracking a wild tiger through the undergrowth on all fours, so close to the magnificent beast that danger was always close at hand. An absorbing big game story, which is astounding and well-told.

Written in the first person in the form of a letter, a man who has been in jail for three years professes his innocence of murder. In so doing he reveals a fascinating story of burglary and murder and a possible travesty of justice.

Taken from a fascinating collection of tales, including stories related by members of a select club consisting of an actor, a barrister, a doctor, a soldier, a writer and an 'ordinary man'. Each member of this club is obliged to entertain his fellows to dinner from time to time, after which he relates a story connected with his profession or trade...

One of Kipling's famed 'Just So' stories, this lyrical tale makes a perfect suit for audio and explains why cats are.well, like cats are! This story goes back to the beginning and imagines the first time a cat deigned to put a foot inside a human dwelling. The cat and the humans have a bumpy ride agreeing the terms of a future arrangement as the ca...