Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches


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In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in step or out of sorts, where they are meant to be or warned not to go, out of luck or, more often than not, in it. - Summary by A. Gramour (6 hr 46 min)

Chapters

ORPHEUS IN MAYFAIR 20:49 Read by Kate Follis
THE CRICKET MATCH AN INCIDENT AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL 15:03 Read by acousticwave
THE SHADOW OF A MIDNIGHT- A GHOST STORY 11:39 Read by Emma Charlotte
JEAN FRANCOIS 12:38 Read by Ulrike Denis
THE FLUTE OF CHANG LIANG 12:48 Read by acousticwave
“WHAT IS TRUTH?” 13:42 Read by Kate Follis
A LUNCHEON-PARTY 42:54 Read by Kate Follis
FETE GALANTE 10:13 Read by VfkaBT
THE GARLAND 9:50 Read by VfkaBT
THE SPIDER’S WEB 13:09 Read by Nemo
EDWARD II. AT BERKELEY CASTLE BY AN EYE-WITNESS 9:12 Read by VfkaBT
THE ISLAND 17:29 Read by Kate Follis
THE MAN WHO GAVE GOOD ADVICE 14:22 Read by Kate Follis
RUSSALKA 15:18 Read by Emma Charlotte
THE OLD WOMAN 10:55 Read by sunshinealways
DR. FAUST’S LAST DAY 15:44 Read by Kate Follis
THE FLUTE-PLAYER’S STORY 43:06 Read by Kate Follis
A CHINAMAN ON OXFORD 15:25 Read by Kate Follis
VENUS 27:10 Read by Allen Rubinstein
THE FIRE 11:08 Read by Nemo
THE CONQUEROR 12:38 Read by Eva Davis
THE IKON 14:29 Read by Mike Pelton
THE THIEF 11:31 Read by Mike Pelton
THE STAR 11:25 Read by Ulrike Denis
CHUN WA 13:49 Read by jimsvox4