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Catalog date:
2012-04-18
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The Toys of Peace

Saki (1870 - 1916)

This is the fifth collection of short stories by Saki (H.H. Munro), and was published posthumously in 1923. Even so, many of the stories are quite up to the standard of those collected earlier. (Summary by Graham Redman)

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Toys of Peace Graham Redman
 00:14:34
Play 02 Louise Graham Redman
 00:10:21
Play 03 Tea Graham Redman
 00:12:14
Play 04 The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh Graham Redman
 00:13:21
Play 05 The Wolves of Cernogratz Graham Redman
 00:12:26
Play 06 Louis Graham Redman
 00:12:36
Play 07 The Guests Graham Redman
 00:10:29
Play 08 The Penance Graham Redman
 00:16:36
Play 09 The Phantom Luncheon Graham Redman
 00:11:08
Play 10 A Bread and Butter Miss Ruth Golding
 00:12:56
Play 11 Bertie's Christmas Eve Bill Mosley
 00:15:52
Play 12 Forewarned voicebynatalie
 00:17:16
Play 13 The Interlopers Debra
 00:13:19
Play 14 Quail Seed roeg11
 00:16:46
Play 15 Canossa jennycbnyn
 00:10:19
Play 16 The Threat roeg11
 00:12:10
Play 17 Excepting Mrs. Pentherby Martin Geeson
 00:15:59
Play 18 Mark Chuck Williamson
 00:12:22
Play 19 The Hedgehog Ruth Golding
 00:15:05
Play 20 The Mappined Life Martin Geeson
 00:12:16
Play 21 Fate Bill Mosley
 00:13:48
Play 22 The Bull Bill Mosley
 00:12:54
Play 23 Morlvera asterix
 00:11:03
Play 24 Shock Tactics David Richardson
 00:12:22
Play 25 The Seven Cream Jugs jennycbnyn
 00:13:57
Play 26 The Occasional Garden Amy Gramour
 00:10:03
Play 27 The Sheep NoelBadrian
 00:14:21
Play 28 The Oversight Chuck Williamson
 00:12:43
Play 29 Hyacinth Andee
 00:12:47
Play 30 The Image of the Lost Soul NoelBadrian
 00:06:25
Play 31 The Purple of the Balkan Kings Maggie Smallwood
 00:08:45
Play 32 The Cupboard of the Yesterdays Kristin G.
 00:09:27
Play 33 For the Duration of the War NoelBadrian
 00:12:42