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Selected Shorts: Edith Wharton
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Set of two CDs
$19.95
 Members' Price: $16.96
Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story
Ideal literary companions for driving, flying, or just resting your eyes, these boxed CD sets—coproduced by Symphony Space and WNYC New York Public Radio—feature acclaimed actors (including Robert Sean Leonard, John Lithgow, and Christina Pickles) reading compact masterpieces at Peter Norton Symphony Space. The live audience’s audible gasps and guffaws add to your listening pleasure! Stories generally range in length from about ten minutes to just under an hour.
Four short stories by Edith Wharton--"Mrs. Manstey's View," "Roman Fever," "The Reckoning," and "Xingu"--are presented as read in public performances, complete with audience sighs, gasps, and amused chuckles. Wharton's sense of irony comes across loud and clear when her stories are read aloud--the surprise ending of "Roman Fever" was especially a crowd pleaser. Acclaimed actresses performed in the setting of The Mount, Wharton's home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts. For those blessed with a short commute, short-story readings offer just a little literature on the go!
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