Short Stories audiobooks

Alumbramiento

By: Andrés Neuman

Narrated by: Jordi Salas

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

En la habitación de un sanatorio, rodeado por el médico, las enfermeras y su esposa, un hombre intenta dar a luz y concebir a otro hombre. Con este insólito y estremecedor inicio arranca Alumbramiento. Su primera parte se compone de relatos que, a través de diferentes formas y estrategias narrativas, escenifican y cuestionan los roles masculinos... Read more

La vida ausente

By: Ángel Zapata

Narrated by: Eduardo Díez

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Relatos de una de las voces más personales de la actual narrativa española y uno de los grandes teóricos del género cuento. Ángel Zapata (Madrid, 1961) es escritor. Profesor de escritura creativa en los Talleres Fuentetaja, colabora habitualmente como crítico literario y columnista en diversos medios de la prensa nacional. Entre otros... Read more

Warum ist die Banane krumm? - Abridged

By: Petra Maria Schmitt & Christian Dreller

Narrated by: Dominik Freiberger & Ingeborg Wunderlich

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hier können nicht nur Kinder etwas lernen! Die 16 lustigen und spannenden Geschichten auf diesem Hörbuch geben verblüffende Antworten auf brennende Kinderfragen. Für alle, die es genau wissen wollen, werden Fragen beantwortet, wie z.B. "Warum hat der Regenwurm keine Füße?", "Wie kommt das Salz ins Meer?", "Wohin geht die Sonne, wenn wir... Read more

Warum haben wir Tomaten auf den Augen? - Abridged

By: Petra Maria Schmitt & Christian Dreller

Narrated by: Dominik Freiberger & Ingeborg Wunderlich

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hier kann man Bauklötze staunen. Viele unserer Redensarten klingen wirklich lustig. 16 Geschichten erklären, warum wir manchmal nur Bahnhof verstehen, wieso wir uns einen Ast lachen oder auf die Tube drücken. Warum glauben manche Menschen, dass ihr Schwein pfeift? Und warum soll man kein Frosch sein? Read more

Das große Buch - Abridged

By: Franz Hohler

Narrated by: Franz Hohler

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Warum gibt es in der Schweiz so viele Berge? Was geschah an Weihnachten wirklich? Was ist eine unsterbliche Zahnbürste? Und wo genau liegt eigentlich das Paradies? Die Welt ist voller Rätsel und aus jeder noch so seltsamen Frage lässt sich eine Geschichte spinnen. Wie das geht, zeigt Franz Hohler, einer der großen Autoren der Schweiz, der... Read more

Warum brauchen Haie keinen Zahnarzt? - Abridged

By: Petra Maria Schmitt & Christian Dreller

Narrated by: Dominik Freiberger & Ingeborg Wunderlich

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hier wird Wissen zum Hörspaß! Spannende Geschichten beantworten die Fragen wissbegieriger Kinder, wie zum Beispiel "Kann man im Handstand essen und trinken?", "Warum bekommen Pinguine keine kalten Füße?" oder "Wie kommen die Streifen in die Zahnpasta?". Read more

Kleine Ponyhofgeschichten - Abridged

By: Maren von Kitzing

Narrated by: Sabine Falkenberg

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

Inhalt: 1. Ansage 0'39 2. Überraschungsbesuch im Garten 4'37 3. Übernachten im Stall 4'10 4. Das fl iegende Pferd 4'44 5. Prinzessinnen können das auch! 4'30 6. Nicht nur für Mädchen 4'33 7. Wo ist das Fohlen? 4'50 8. Puck, das kleine Pony 4'28 9. Die Überraschung 4'06 10. Nicht ohne meinen besten Freund 4'35 11. Besuch vom Hufschmied... Read more

Sorge dich nicht - wachse! Persönliche Krisen überwinden und bewältigen (Die Runde Ecke Vol. 2)

By: Patrick Lynen

Narrated by: Patrick Lynen

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Geschichten aus dem wahren Leben. Zu 100% echt und so packend erzählt, dass man einfach nur zuhört - heutzutage eine Seltenheit. Überraschendes, Bewegendes, Trauriges, Lustiges, Erlebnisse mit Kollegen oder Freunden. Packende Geschichten über den ganz normalen Wahnsinn des Alltags ... skurrile Momente, Neuanfänge, Veränderungsprozesse, Abstürze... Read more

The Wrong House

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. In "The Wrong House" an elderly lady is traumatised when a funeral cortege turns up unexpectedly at her door. Read more

Vorlesegeschichten - Fritzi Flitzeflink, Band 1 (ungekürzt)

By: Marit Bernson

Narrated by: Julia Rost

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Fritzi Flitzeflink ist das einzige koboldartige Wesen im Zweiflüssewald. Sie wohnt in einem Loch hoch oben auf einem Tannenbaum und spielt am liebsten den ganzen Tag mit ihren Freunden. Sie hat dichtes, wuscheliges Fell. Und sie kann zaubern. Oder eigentlich kann sie es nicht, aber sie tut es trotzdem. Sie sprüht dann Funken aus ihren Fingern,... Read more

This Flower

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. "This Flower" is the story, written in 1919 of a woman in an illicit affair having an illegal abortion. Read more

See-Saw

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf."See-Saw" is an evocative and poignant description of young and old enjoying the weather on a fine spring day. The youngest are playing "house" and pretending to be grown ups. The elderly are regressing... Read more

Carnation

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. "Carnation" is the evocative story of a French class in a girls' school, teenage hormones and daydreams, a heatwave, a teacher with an embarrassing penchant for romantic poetry ... and a carnation... Read more

Violet

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.'Violet' is the ironic account of a meeting with an old acquaintance while travelling and a confidence which is altogether less scandalising than the narrator had hoped. Read more

Two Tuppenny Ones Please

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf."Two Tuppenny Ones, Please" is an evocative sketch of an overheard conversation between two women (and a bus conducter) on an omnibus during the First World War. Read more

Spring Pictures

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf."Spring Pictures" is a series of exquisite and evocative sketches from Mansfield's 1915 travels in France behind the lines during the First World War. Read more

Late at Night

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf."Late at Night" is a wistful and bitter monologue by a young woman who has received a disturbing letter from a young man she fancies. Read more

A Suburban Fairy Tale

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. 'A Suburban Fairy Tale' is a disturbing story set in an English family at the end of the First World War. While the parents are revelling in the end of rationing and enjoying the availability of all kinds... Read more

The Black Cap

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf."The Black Cap" is a sketch about a woman leaving her husband and eloping with her lover. But then her lover turns up at the station wearing a piece of totally inexplicable and unacceptable headgear... Read more

Something Childish but very Natural

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. "Something Childish but very Natural" is a story about a young couple who meet by chance on a train and fall head over heels in hot-headed teenage love. Read more

An Indiscreet Journey

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. Set in 1915 in France, "An Indiscreet Journey" is a tale of travelling behind the lines in war-torn Europe where soldiers and civilians are living a strange precarious existence. Read more

Pension Séguin

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. 'Pension Séguin' is one of Mansfield's popular travel anecdotes. She arrives at a town in France with an apparent shortage of suitably quiet and respectable rooms. At first glance the Pension Séguin would... Read more

Fifty Tiny Tales

By: Katherine Mansfield, Arthur Machen & O. Henry

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

An entrancing collection of 50 great short stories by leading classic writers. An entrancing collection of 50 great short stories by leading classic writers. 'The Green Door' by O. Henry 'The Ceremony' by Arthur Machen 'The Little Girl' by Katherine Mansfield 'The Downs' by Amyas Northcote 'The Outsider' by H. P. Lovecraft 'The... Read more

Millie

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. Millie is a countrywoman who is left alone on the farm when her husband and the farmhands join a posse chasing a local murderer. While they are gone an injured stranger appears at the farm, and Millie must... Read more