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The Great Russian Short Story Collection
- 25 Classic Tales by the Great Russian Authors
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
The ultimate collection of great short stories by the best Russian classic authors.
- 1. "Her Lover" by Maxim Gorky
- 2. "The Empty Drum" by Count Leo Tolstoy
- 3. "The Hoop" by Fedor Sologub
- 4. "The District Doctor" by Ivan Turgenev
- 5. "The White Dog" by Fedor Sologub
- 6. "The Cloak" by Nikolai Gogol
- 7. "A Soothing Dream" by Fedor Sologub
- 8. "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 9. "A Work of Art" by Anton Chekhov
- 10. "Children Wiser Than Their Fathers" by Count Leo Tolstoy
- 11. "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov
- 12. "The Coffin Maker" by Alexander Pushkin
- 13. "The Three Hermits" by Count Leo Tolstoy
- 14. "Twenty-Six Men and a Girl" by Maxim Gorky
- 15. "The Queen of Spades" by Alexander Pushkin
- 16. "A Candle" by Count Leo Tolstoy
- 17. "The Self-Sacrificing Rabbit" by Nicolai Schedrin
- 18. "The Honest Thief" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 19. "Comrades" by Maxim Gorky
- 20. "The Long Exile" by Count Leo Tolstoy
- 21. "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol
- 22. "The Chorus Girl" by Anton Chekhov
- 23. "The Old Verger" by Vladimir Korolenko
- 24. "The Encased Man" by Anton Chekhov
- 25. "The Pistol Shot" by Alexander Pushkin
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- The Pry
- 31-05-20
Awful
Wow but this is terrible. One of the stories listed (The Nose) is missing and others are duplicated. The reading sounds like a telephone answering machine and the word emphasis is misplaced throughout. Apologies to Cathy Dobson but this is very poor!
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-11-19
Classic stories spoiled by reader
Just started listening today. Immediately put off by the rather strange style of the narrator.
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- Dermot Shearer
- 24-04-21
really off putting narator
had to give up on this one. really contrived and artifical narration was just too irritating
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- ephgrave7
- 19-03-18
Dreadfully Artifical Reading
What disappointed you about The Great Russian Short Story Collection?
The reader is possibly the worst I have come across. Completely artificial and inappropriate emphasis and intonation
Would you be willing to try another one of Cathy Dobson’s performances?
Definitely not !!
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The stories are by significant authors but any positive qualities they may have are more than outweighed by the very strange reading.
Any additional comments?
There are several other adverse comments on this reader on other titles on Red Door Audio
Books catalogue. I cant imagine why she was chosen other than for financial reasons
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- H McD
- 11-01-21
Sadly awful narration
Completely unlistenable - such a shame as I was so looking forward to these short stories. Sounds like a teenager being silly.
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- Mick Allthwaite
- 30-12-20
Horribllllllllllllla
Oh, I’m sure I can’t say anything about the stories because of the narrator. If this was free it would be an arduous and difficult listen. Not dissimilar to paying to hear, the chalk board with nails thing. Actually, I feel robbed. Wish I listened to the sample. Damn it, I feel like a proper goose!
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- MRM London
- 08-07-20
Great stories ruined by dreadful reading!
I have purchased and listen to a large number of audiobooks through audible. I have found the standard of presentation to be generally excellent but I am sorry to say that this one is really quite dreadful. The reader as the very unfortunate habit of speeding up and raising the pitch of her voice in the middle of every single sentence and then slowing down and dragging the last word out of EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE!! This is slightly entertaining early on but drives you absolutely mad by the time you have listened to the whole book. Avoid!!
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