Short Stories audiobooks

The Witch a la Mode

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcale

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The hero of this story returns to England to undertake a 'respectable' marriage but is drawn to see the passionate love of his life once more. Their mutual passion attracts and repels the couple in equal measure but the young man pulls away in a literal fire of passion. He escapes from the witch of his desires to the respectability he craves but... Read more

Samson and Delilah

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

'Samson and Delilah' is set against a Cornish backdrop. Lawrence and his wife tried to settle in Cornwall during the First World War but were hounded by the authorities and forced to leave. Lawrence pointedly describes the local people as' mindless' in this story. It is almost a Homeric story of a husband returning home after a long absence,... Read more

The Thimble

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In 'The Thimble', Lawrence moves to the world of the affluent middle classes, a world to which he perhaps aspired. The story is a touching one of a disfigured husband returning home from the war to a beautiful new wife. The thimble of the story can be seen to represent purposeless, surface beauty, which has no function. The husband casts the... Read more

England, My England

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

'England, My England' is set in the years before the Great War of 1914, seen by some as an idyllic time of sunshine and peace before everything was shattered by the mechanised war of 1914 to 1918. The family are placed in an idealised setting, deep in the English countryside but there are snakes in this Garden of Eden. There is conflict between... Read more

Admit This to No One

By: Leslie Pietrzyk

Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Tim Campbell, Cassandra Campbell...

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of short stories laying bare the trappings of power in Washington, DC and the relationships caught in the middleIn Admit This to No One, we meet a group of women connected to a central figure either personally or professionally, and for better or for worse—an all-powerful and elusive Speaker of the House, whose political career has... Read more

Here in Our Auschwitz, and Other Stories

By: Tadeusz Borowski

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 12 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The most complete English-language collection of the prose of Tadeusz Borowski, the most challenging chronicler of Auschwitz, with a foreword by Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny.In 1943, the twenty-year-old Polish poet Tadeusz Borowski was arrested and deported to Auschwitz as a political prisoner. What he experienced in the camp left him... Read more

Murder on the Links & After the Funeral

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great AudiobookMurder on the LinksIn Agatha Christie’s class mystery Murder on the Links, Hercule Poirot attempts to unravel the grisly conundrum of not one, but two dead bodies discovered on a French golf course. An urgent cry for help brings Hercule Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save... Read more

Tickets Please

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

'Tickets Please' returns Lawrence to his native Nottingham during the first world war. The social revolution of women doing jobs previously done by men, also begins to change the relationship between the sexes and the women in the story are aggressive and wanting their rights. But are they happier for conquering the flighty male in the story or... Read more

The Mortal Coil

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

'The Mortal Coil' is one of Lawrence's darker stories. From adversity the lovers find a kind of happiness in each other only for death to snatch it away. Read more

Ennakkaagava

By: Sivasankari

Narrated by: Raaghav Ranganathan

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

படைப்பிலக்கியத்தின் நோக்கமே மனிதநேய அடிப்படையையும், வாழ்வில் ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களையும் படிப்பவர் மனங்களில் ஏற்பட செய்வதே. திருமதி சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் இச்சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பு அதனை செவ்வனே நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. இந்த சிறுக்கதைகள் தொகுப்பில் ஆசிரியர், நம் தற்போதைய வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளை பிரதிபலிக்கச் செய்து உள்ளார். இப்படைப்புகளின் வாயிலாக தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தை... Read more

Kaalgal

By: Sivasankari

Narrated by: Jayageetha

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

படைப்பிலக்கியத்தின் நோக்கமே மனிதநேய அடிப்படையையும், வாழ்வில் ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களையும் படிப்பவர் மனங்களில் ஏற்பட செய்வதே. திருமதி சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் இச்சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பு அதனை செவ்வனே நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. இந்த சிறுக்கதைகள் தொகுப்பில் ஆசிரியர், நம் தற்போதைய வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளை பிரதிபலிக்கச் செய்து உள்ளார். இப்படைப்புகளின் வாயிலாக தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தை... Read more

A Dead Politician, the New York System, and The Big Blue Bugs

By: Mark Binder

Narrated by: Mark Binder

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Combine a traditional audiobook with live performance from an Audie Award nominee for a deliciously quirky collection set in America's smallest state.The home of H. P. Lovecraft and haunted by Edgar Allen Poe, Rhode Island has long been a nexus of horror.What lurks under the streets of Providence?What is swimming up Narragansett Bay?What do you... Read more

Velai

By: Sivasankari

Narrated by: Jayageetha

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

படைப்பிலக்கியத்தின் நோக்கமே மனிதநேய அடிப்படையையும், வாழ்வில் ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களையும் படிப்பவர் மனங்களில் ஏற்பட செய்வதே. திருமதி சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் இச்சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பு அதனை செவ்வனே நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. இந்த சிறுக்கதைகள் தொகுப்பில் ஆசிரியர், நம் தற்போதைய வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளை பிரதிபலிக்கச் செய்து உள்ளார். இப்படைப்புகளின் வாயிலாக தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தை... Read more

The Prussian Officer

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

'The Prussian Officer'. There is an anti-militarism theme, unpopular as the nation drew near to war and an examination of latent homosexuality as the officer in the story struggles with his feelings for his orderly. The young soldier is driven beyond breaking point but finds a kind of redemption in his final return to natural surroundings and,... Read more

The Thorn in the Flesh

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

‘The Thorn in the Flesh’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1914. The story can be read in tandem with 'The Prussian Officer' which was written in the same year and has a similar setting and theme. In this story, the young soldier fights against his own shortcomings as a soldier and as a man. He flees the scene of his crime into the arms of his... Read more

A Sick Collier

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

'A Sick Collier'. Lawrence returns in this story to the scenes of his childhood and the colliers he was brought up with. The wife in the story is probably based on his mother although the husband is unlike the drinking, brutal father portrayed in 'Sons and Lovers', Lawrence's autobiographical novel. The story is a vivid portrayal of the life of... Read more

The White Stocking

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

'The White Stocking'. In this beautifully observed study of a new marriage and the sexual tensions that run through it, Lawrence returns to his theme that happiness in marriage can only come with the submission of the woman to the man. The young wife strains against the bonds of being married and dallies with another man but returns to the arms... Read more

Bonee

By: Sivasankari

Narrated by: Jayageetha

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

படைப்பிலக்கியத்தின் நோக்கமே மனிதநேய அடிப்படையையும், வாழ்வில் ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களையும் படிப்பவர் மனங்களில் ஏற்பட செய்வதே. திருமதி சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் இச்சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பு அதனை செவ்வனே நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. இந்த சிறுக்கதைகள் தொகுப்பில் ஆசிரியர், நம் தற்போதைய வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளை பிரதிபலிக்கச் செய்து உள்ளார். இப்படைப்புகளின் வாயிலாக தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தை... Read more

The Shadow in the Rose Garden

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

'The Shadow in the Rose Garden'. Lawrence is often accused of misogyny and this story used as evidence against him. There is the simple but honest mine worker, who has taken on a wife who is 'above' him but who is struggling to understand her and her feelings for him. Slowly, the story unravels the woman's past. The reader cannot be entirely... Read more

La tierra errante

By: Cixin Liu

Narrated by: Alberto Mieza, Esther Solans & Víctor Viedma

Length: 15 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Primera antología de relatos del autor chino que ha deslumbrado a cinco millones de lectores con El problema de los tres cuerpos. El sol se está muriendo, y la Tierra, consumida por los últimos suspiros de esta estrella, también desaparecerá. Pero la humanidad, en lugar de abandonar el planeta, construye doce mil grandiosos motores de fusión... Read more

Suicidios ejemplares

By: Enrique Vila-Matas

Narrated by: Carlos Di Blasi

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

En el prólogo de esta colección de suicidios imaginarios se nos habla de unos grafittis misteriosos que hace unos años aparecieron en la ciudad nueva de Fez, en Marruecos: "Se descubrió que los trazaba un vagabundo, un campesino emigrado que no se había integrado en la vida urbana y que para orientarse debía marcar itinerarios de su propio mapa... Read more

The Shades of Spring

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

'The Shades of Spring'. In this story the hero has moved on in the world and is married yet cannot forget his old love. He retraces the steps to her farm hoping for what? He finds his old love attached to a physical young man who can give the girl what he could not - pure physical love - and this she prefers to his more intellectual love. Read more

Cuentos Loquillos pero Bonitos

By: Valentina Foglia

Narrated by: Valentina Foglia

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Cuentos escritos y narrados con la inocencia y frescura de una niña de 10 años. Cuentos simples con temas que asombran y despiertan la imaginación de los niños. Read more

Karanteenissa opettajan kanssa - Eroottinen novelli

By: Vanessa Salt

Narrated by: Anna-Kreetta Kastanja

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

"Nojasin hitaasti vielä edemmäs ja laitoin toisen käteni Klausin karvaiselle, kiinteän lihaksikkaalle reidelle. Hän voihkaisi. Liu'uin ylöspäin, kunnes saavutin kivikovan kullin."Koronavirus-pandemian alussa yhdeksäntoistavuotias Mireille on koulumatkalla Lontoossa. Toistaiseksi tapauksia on ollut vain muutamia, ja harva osaa arvata, millainen... Read more