The Best European Short Stories

By: Guy de Maupassant, George Sand, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Friedrich Schiller, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

A delightful anthology of great works by some of Europe's greatest short story writers:

• 1. "The Marquise", by George Sand
• 2. "The Bundle of Letters", by Maurus Jokai
• 3. "The Pistol Shot", by Alexander Pushkin
• 4. "The Mad Veteran of Fort Ratonneau", by Ludwig Achim von Arnim
• 5. "Twenty-six Men and a Girl", by Maxim Gorky
• 6. "Zodomirsky’s Duel", by Alexandre Dumas
• 7. "The Mines of Falun", by E. T. A. Hoffmann
• 8. "Mademoiselle Fifi", by Guy de Maupassant
• 9."Maestro Niccolo and the Pig", by Gio Sabadino
• 10. "The Father", by Björnstjerne Björnson
• 11. "Mons. Cassecrouche’s Inspiration", by George Walter Thornbury
• 12. "Malachi’s Cove", by Anthony Trollope
• 13. "The Judgement of Paris", by Leonard Merrick
• 14. "A Queer Night in Paris", by Guy de Maupassant
• 15. "Immensee", by Theodor Storm
• 16. "The Paradise of Cats", by Emile Zolà
• 17. "In the Reign of Terror", by Anatole France
• 18. "The Scholar", by Ludwig Tieck
• 19. "The Long Exile", by Count Leo Tolstoy
• 20. "The Encased Man", by Anton Chekhov
• 21. "The Criminal from Lost Honour", by Friedrich Schiller
• 22. "The Story of Brave Kasper and Fair Annie", by Clemens Brentano
• 23. "The Black Ferry", by John Galt
• 24. "The Mummy’s Foot", by Théophile Gautier
• 25. "The Clockmaker of Poissy", by Stanley John Weyman
• 26. "One Thing Leads to Another", by Stacy Aumonier
• 27. "The Roman Road", by Kenneth Grahame
• 28. "A Child’s Revenge", by Paul Bourget
• 29. "The Honest Thief", by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• 30. "The Dead", by James Joyce
• 31. "The Stone Dragon", by R. Murray Gilchrist
• 32. "Story", by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Public Domain (P)2014 Red Door Audiobooks

The reader lacks the ability to use voice to create atmosphere

Furthermore, the selection of stories was not satisfactory. Selection of short stories writers was poorly done

Un listenable - Great Stories ruined

The reader was so bad I returned the book after the first story. Very disappointed as I am a big fan of the other authors

disappointing

Would you try another book from the authors and/or Cathy Dobson?

stories are fine, reader is awful

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

some stories great but hard with the stone cold reader

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Cathy Dobson?

not sure--

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

disappointment

Any additional comments?

no