Little Stories


Read by Ben Tucker

(4.5 stars; 20 reviews)

Physician and author S. Weir Mitchell brings us a short collection of stories of the human condition. Through diverse settings as the mystical Arabian desert to a lonely park bench, from a jocular sea port to a dusty library packed with archaic tomes written in foreign tongues, S. Weir Mitchell shows us what it means to live as others live. Through hauntings both literal and metaphorical, through desperate acts and moral dilemmas, we are shown through these slight sketches that life is as complicated or simple as we choose to make it. (Summary by Ben Tucker) (1 hr 10 min)

Chapters

A Consultation 8:26 Read by Ben Tucker
Two Men 2:36 Read by Ben Tucker
Haroun the Caliph 2:02 Read by Ben Tucker
The Waters of Oblivion 12:51 Read by Ben Tucker
Conversion 1:03 Read by Ben Tucker
A Man and a Woman 4:46 Read by Ben Tucker
A Ghost of Glory 7:03 Read by Ben Tucker
The Wise Man's Sack 2:50 Read by Ben Tucker
A Dilemma 12:51 Read by Ben Tucker
The Jewels of Consistency 1:40 Read by Ben Tucker
''Thou Art the Soul of Thy House'' 9:15 Read by Ben Tucker
A Step-Son of Knowledge 1:45 Read by Ben Tucker
The Sins of the Fathers 3:16 Read by Ben Tucker

Reviews

A treasure box


(5 stars)

Ben very aptly describes this collection. He is a superb narrator, providing the necessary atmosphere of each tale with great characterisations but speaking subtly and never going O.T.T. I've listened to it twice and am utterly enthralled. It will go into my favourites for future explorations. Thanks Ben , for so much enjoyment.