The third of CSA Word's popular women's short story collections
Nine works by time-honoured female and male writers exploring what love, family, and marriage mean. This collection brings together stories by Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield, Wilkie Collins and Marcel Proust, with forays into the supernatural and the comedic by Sabine Baring-Gould and Saki.
“Miss Mina and the Groom” by Wilkie Collins, read by Juliet Stevenson
“The Mission of Jane” by Edith Wharton, read by Harriet Walter
“Perilous Play” by Louisa May Alcott, read by Rosalind Ayres
“Happy Women” by Louisa May Alcott, read by Juliet Stevenson
“The Leaden Ring” by Sabine Baring-Gould, read by Juliet Stevenson
“A Young Girl's Confession” by Marcel Proust, read by Juliet Stevenson
“Genefer” by Sabine Baring-Gould, read by Rosalind Ayres
“The Singing Lesson” by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres
“A Dill Pickle” by Katherine Mansfield, read by Harriet Walter