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Classic Irish Short Stories, Volume 1

By: James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Seamus O'Kelly, more
Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
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 The Irish have always had a knack for telling wonderful stories, and their fantastic ability has been recognized from early Gaelic times. For centuries, stories of all kinds have been offered to friends and strangers alike as a form of entertainment and communication. Today in Ireland, the short story is revered even above the novel. Hearing these magnificent stories, we become aware of more than just the humor and travail of a small island. In some magical, mysterious fashion, as we listen, we all become Irish in a grand, tragi-comedy of life, and these stories show us what makes the human being the special creature he is.

Volume I includes "Homesickness" and "Julia Cahill's Curse" by George Moore; "Innocence" by Sean O'Faolain; "The Fairy Goose" by Liam O'Flaherty; "The Sphinx without a Secret" by Oscar Wilde; "Adventures of a Strolling Player" by Oliver Goldsmith; "The Weaver's Grave" by Seamus O'Kelly; "My Oedipus Complex" by Frank O'Connor; "The Boarding House" by James Joyce; and "The Leaping Trout" by David Hogan.

©2003 Audio Connoisseur (P)2003 Audio Connoisseur Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Short Story Witty Comedy Irish Literature Classic

Critic reviews

"Charlton Griffin reads all of the stories and effectively voices different characters; there are times you would swear there are several readers." ( AudioBooksToday.com)
"An enjoyable collection....The combination of reader, sound effects, and music makes for a classy production and another strong addition to the Audio Connoisseur catalog." ( AudioFile)
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Some beautifully written stories. It's a pity the bad narration was so distracting. The accent he puts on is some warped version of an English country accent and nothing like an Irish accent. I found it offensive.

Good stories, bad narration

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I loved this audio book for the narration and the music and the stories themselves..... if you want to relax and listen to old fashioned cozy tales from Ireland then look no further..... the stories are well chosen and The more you listen to them the more you want hear them again and again .....I’ve been a story listener rather than a reader all my life... what makes a good audio for me is music ... background sound effects ( if appropriate) narrator and the story obviously.... this audiobook has it all!!!! I listen to it quite often and I even let my husband listen to it
(who is half Irish) and he fell in Love with the stories and the way it was presented too...... 10/10

Perfect If you love to hear Irish shorts

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Collection spoiled by readers awful attempts at accents. Collection itself good . Hence poor overall rating

Poor reading- awful accents

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The narration in this ruins some good stories.

I spent much of my time wondering which was worse:
* the pronunciation of the Irish names and words
… or…
* the put-on Irish accents of the narrators

The latter were comparable with Tom Cruise’s accent in Far And Away.
The former were commonplace mis-pronunciations. However, if the creators Audio Connoisseur had any professionalism they’d have got these right.

But then, it reached rock-bottom in the last chapter. “Fuschia” the shrub is hardly obscure or difficult to pronounce. >FEW-sha< is it’s simple pronunciation.
Alas, in this audiobook, it’s pronounced >FUZZ-key-ah<

I just don’t know what to say.
Some good stories, some poor enough.
But the performances are an atrocity.

So bad. So, so bad.

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