Audio Booklet Short Stories

Listening to audiobook short stories while doing gardening or household chores is a good way of passing time that would otherwise be tedious. By Any Other Nerd

YouTube is a good source of audio book stories. The Borrow Box App is another good source of audio books on a wide range of subjects and genres.

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The 'Colonel's Lady', by Somerset Maugham:

W. Somerset Maugham - Wikipedia



A woman her husband didn't know.

 

'The Clergyman's Daughter'...An Agatha Christie mystery:

Agatha Christie - Wikipedia



Analysis: The Clergyman's Daughter/The Red House

 

'In a Far Country'. A short story by Jack London:


Jack London - Wikipedia



Story of the Week: In a Far Country

 

'The Law of Life'. A short story by Jack London:



The Law of Life - Wikipedia

https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the-law-of-life.pdf

Audio Booklet Short Stories

 

The truth is (often) stranger than fiction.



What's the Frequency, Kenneth? - Wikipedia

What's The Frequency Kenneth?

 

The 'End of the Party', a short story by Graham Greene.

 

The 'Magic Shop', by H.G.Wells.


H. G. Wells - Wikipedia



The Magic Shop

 

'The Last Answer': A short story by Isaac Asimov.

 

'The Boy at Mugby', by Charles Dickens.

Charles Dickens - Wikipedia



Brings me back to my childhood in the mid 50's when my mother and grandfather would take me and my sister on an annual pilgrimage by steam train to Newastle to visit kinsfolk there. There would be food and confectionery vendors selling their wares through open train windows, whilst the train was stationary at Broadmeadow railwaystation.

Mugby Junction - Wikipedia
"Mugby Junction" by Charles Dickens | The Involarium Library
Mugby Junction by Charles Dickens

 

'The Guest' by Albert Camus.



The short story was adapted to a motion picture film, 'Far From Men' starring Viggo Mortenson...





Some of the musical score from the film sound track of 'Far From Men'; it and the visuals give some notion of the setting within which Camus' short story is set.

 

'The White Silence'. An adventure tale of risk, authored by Jack London.



Analysis of 'The White Silence'

 

'The Three Hermits' by Leo Tolstoy:

 

'The Bet' by Anton Chekhov:

 

'The Renegade' (or, 'A Confused Spirit'), by Albert Camus:



The Renegade (short story) - Wikipedia

The Renegade, or a Confused Mind

 

'A Rose for Emily'. A short story by William Faulkner.




A literary discussion of a Rose for Emily


Miss Emily reminds me somewhat of Great Expectations' Miss Havisham, only that Miss Havisham's suitor avoided the fate of Homer Baron.