The Toys Of Peace And Other Papers, By Saki
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 6:22:38
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Sinopse
We are merely trammelled by the ordinary decent conventions of civilised society.A series of professionally produced readings of the final collection of satirical short stories by Saki (H H Munro).
Episódios
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For the Duration of the War
20/09/2018 Duração: 10min“It was there, among the gooseberry bushes and beneath the medlar trees, that the temptation to the perpetration of a great literary fraud came to him.”
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The Purple of the Balkan Kings
31/12/2017 Duração: 07min“Luitpold Wolkenstein drank his coffee, but the flavour had somehow gone out of it.”
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The Image of the Lost Soul
30/11/2017 Duração: 06min“There floated up to him, through the noise and bustle of the Cathedral world, a faint heart-aching message from the prisoner in the wicker cage far below.”
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The Oversight
11/08/2017 Duração: 10min“‘Intensive bear-gardening was Sir Richard’s description of the whole affair, and I don’t think he exaggerated.’”
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The Occasional Garden
01/05/2017 Duração: 09min“‘It’s too large to be ignored altogether and treated as a yard, and it’s too small to keep giraffes in.’”
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The Seven Cream Jugs
30/03/2017 Duração: 12min“This particular scion was known by the ignominious and expressive label of Wilfrid the Snatcher.”
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Shock Tactics
31/01/2017 Duração: 11min“‘Don’t forget the jewels. They are a detail, but details interest me.’”
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The Mappined Life
17/09/2016 Duração: 09min“‘We are just so many animals stuck down on a Mappin terrace…’"
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Excepting Mrs. Pentherby
01/05/2016 Duração: 12min“‘The hand that rocks the cradle rocks the world, in a volcanic sense.’"
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The Threat
05/04/2016 Duração: 10min“‘In the process of recapture the birds learned a quantity of additional language which unfitted them for further service in the Suffragette cause.’"
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Quail Seed
30/09/2015 Duração: 14min“‘We might be living in the Arabian Nights,’ said Miss Fritten, excitedly."