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A Celebration of the Short Story

The Fly by Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield’s 1922 story about a boss and his old employee reliving old times.

• 15 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry

O. Henry’s parable about a homeless man seeking shelter, and the lengths he goes to.

• 16 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Cone by HG Wells

HG Wells’ twisted tale about a man taking revenge on an adulterer.

• 27 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Christening by DH Lawrence

DH Lawrence’s story of a young unmarried mother, her baby and her stern collier father.

• 24 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

Tarquin of Cheapside by F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s strange Elizabethan-set tale of a young writer is seeking refuge.

• 16 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

Ma'ame Pelagie by Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin portrait of a woman on a plantation adjusting after the American Civil War.

• 22 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Kabuliwalah by Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore’s tale of a little girl befriending a travelling fruit salesman.

• 22 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

How It Happened by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle's ghostly tale of a man and his motor.ÌýWho survives to tell the story?

• 8 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce’s American Civil War tale about an entrapped Confederate plantation owner.

• 23 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin’s tale of a woman who spends a windfall on herself, instead of her children.

• 12 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

A Gentleman Friend by Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov’s fable about a woman’s search for luxury and her encounter with a dentist.

• 9 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

A Blunder by Anton Chekhov

Chekhov’s sketch about an old couple waiting for a man to propose to their daughter.

• 5 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

Araby by James Joyce

James Joyce’s story from Dubliners about a boy enchanted by a woman and a utopian bazaar.

• 13 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Fly by Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield’s 1922 story about a boss and his old employee reliving old times.

• 15 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry

O. Henry’s parable about a homeless man seeking shelter, and the lengths he goes to.

• 16 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Cone by HG Wells

HG Wells’ twisted tale about a man taking revenge on an adulterer.

• 27 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Christening by DH Lawrence

DH Lawrence’s story of a young unmarried mother, her baby and her stern collier father.

• 24 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

Tarquin of Cheapside by F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s strange Elizabethan-set tale of a young writer is seeking refuge.

• 16 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

Ma'ame Pelagie by Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin portrait of a woman on a plantation adjusting after the American Civil War.

• 22 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Kabuliwalah by Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore’s tale of a little girl befriending a travelling fruit salesman.

• 22 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

How It Happened by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle's ghostly tale of a man and his motor.ÌýWho survives to tell the story?

• 8 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce’s American Civil War tale about an entrapped Confederate plantation owner.

• 23 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin’s tale of a woman who spends a windfall on herself, instead of her children.

• 12 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

A Gentleman Friend by Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov’s fable about a woman’s search for luxury and her encounter with a dentist.

• 9 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

A Blunder by Anton Chekhov

Chekhov’s sketch about an old couple waiting for a man to propose to their daughter.

• 5 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

Araby by James Joyce

James Joyce’s story from Dubliners about a boy enchanted by a woman and a utopian bazaar.

• 13 mins

Stories for Summer

A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin’s cleverly observed story about a woman’s ambivalence towards a guest.

• 11 mins

Stories for Summer

Holiday Group by EM Delafield

EM Delafield’s subtle and satirical story of a family's summer trip to the coast.

• 32 mins

Stories for Summer

The Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore’s tale of a postman leaving his job and the poor girl he's been looking after.

• 16 mins

Stories for Summer

A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf

Woolf’s strangely romantic sketch of a ghostly couple watching over their old home.

• 6 mins