Short Stories

In the years after the Second World War, the BBC invited some of the leading English and Irish writers of short stories to read a selection of their own work on the radio. For the first time this unrivalled archive of recordings is now made available for wider distribution.
 
This three-CD set includes a wide range of stories – from the elegantly-turned miniatures of Somerset Maugham to the eerie supernatural tales of Algernon Blackwood. Around a dozen writers will be featured in all, including Kingsley Amis, Phyllis Bentley, Edna O'Brien, A E Coppard, Lord Dunsany, V S Pritchett and William Trevor. The set offers a unique opportunity to hear some of the works of the most highly regarded masters of the craft in their own voices.