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The Best British Short Stories of 1922

Various

Twenty-four short stories by famous and not-so-famous British authors. (Summary by David Wales)

Note: A shortened section 21 was replaced on Dec 30, 2014 with the full text.

Genre(s): Short Stories

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 00	Introductory Essays	John Cournos	Etext	David Wales	00:25:17	en
Play 01	Where was Wych Street?	Stacy Aumonier	Etext	David Wales	00:45:53	en
Play 02	Looking-Glass, The	J. D. Beresford	Etext	David Wales	01:05:42	en
Play 03	Olive, The	Algernon Blackwood	Etext	David Wales	00:30:39	en
Play 04	Once a Hero	Harold Brighouse	Etext	David Wales	00:42:54	en
Play 05	Pensioner, The	William Caine	Etext	David Wales	00:12:20	en
Play 06	Broadsheet Ballad	A. E. Coppard	Etext	David Wales	00:18:58	en
Play 07	Christmas Present, The	Richmal Crompton	Etext	David Wales	00:11:17	en
Play 08	Seaton's Aunt Part 1	Walter De la Mare	Etext	David Wales	00:52:15	en
Play 09	Seaton's Aunt Part 2	Walter De la Mare	Etext	David Wales	00:35:15	en
Play 10	Reaper, The	Dorothy Easton	Etext	David Wales	00:12:09	en
Play 11	Song, The	May Edginton	Etext	David Wales	00:34:02	en
Play 12	Hedonist, A	John Galsworthy	Etext	David Wales	00:21:16	en
Play 13	Bat and Belfry Inn, The	Alan Graham	Etext	David Wales	00:38:23	en
Play 14	Lie, The	Holloway Horn	Etext	David Wales	00:07:06	en
Play 15	Girl in It, A	Rowland Kenney	Etext	David Wales	00:31:14	en
Play 16	Backstairs of the Mind, The	Rosamond Langbridge	Etext	David Wales	00:11:57	en
Play 17	Birth of a Masterpiece, The	Lucas Malet	Etext	David Wales	00:33:58	en
Play 18	Genius Part 1	Elinor Mordaunt	Etext	David Wales	00:31:04	en
Play 19	Genius Part 2	Elinor Mordaunt	Etext	David Wales	00:30:04	en
Play 20	Devil to Pay, The	Sir Max Pemberton	Etext	David Wales	00:33:19	en
Play 21	Empty Arms	Roland Pertwee	Etext	David Wales	00:35:43	en
Play 22	Lena Wrace	May Sinclair	Etext	David Wales	00:34:11	en
Play 23	Dice Thrower, The	Sidney Southgate	Etext	David Wales	00:22:52	en
Play 24	Stranger Woman, The	G. B. Stern	Etext	David Wales	00:38:55	en
Play 25	Woman Who Sat Still, The	L. Parry Truscott	Etext	David Wales	00:22:47	en
Play 26	Major Wilbraham	Hugh Walpole	Etext	David Wales	00:43:58	en

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