A treasure chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener.

This audio recording includes the following short stories:

• “Reginald on House Parties” by Saki, read by Nigel Hawthorne

• “The Sphinx without a Secret” by Oscar Wilde, read by Martin Jarvis

• “Tobermory” by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt

• “On Being Idle” by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie

• “For Better or Worse” by W.W. Jacobs, read by Joanna David

• “The Model Millionaire” by Oscar Wilde, read by T. P. McKenna

• “The Garden of Truth” by E. Nesbit, read by Harriet Walker

• “The Cat That Walked by Himself” by Rudyard Kipling, read by Liza Goddard

• “The Girl from Arles” by Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry

• “Mr. & Mrs. Dove” by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres

• “Georgie Porgie” by Rudyard Kipling, read by Edward Fox

• “Caterpillars” by E. F. Benson, read by Patrick Malahide

• “Lost Hearts” by M. R. James, read by Richard Pasco

• “Ship to Tarshish” by John Buchan, read by Iain Cuthbertson

• “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Pasco

• “The Man of the Night” by Edgar Wallace, read by Robin Bailey

• “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by Nicky Henson

• “B-24” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Brian Cox

• “Pat Hobby & Orson Welles” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale

• “Mad” by Guy de Maupassant, read by Derek Jacobi

• “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Griffiths

• “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs, read by Patrick Malahide