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Funny Stories

Mrs Badgery by Wilkie Collins

A man moves in to his new home, only to find the previous occupant hasn’t moved out.

• 24 mins

Funny Stories

Lost Hearts by MR James

A young orphan is sent to live with his uncle who is involved in some unusual alchemy...

• 26 mins

Funny Stories

The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs

Three wishes are granted to the owner of ‘the monkeys paw’ with terrifying consequences.

• 26 mins

Funny Stories

The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde’s story about a naïve young man taken in by an artist’s model.

• 12 mins

Funny Stories

Marriage a la Mode by Katherine Mansfield

A husband fears for his marriage when his wife falls in with a rather artistic set...

• 26 mins

Funny Stories

The Dilettante by Edith Wharton

What is going on at the heart of Thursdale and Mrs. Vervain’s ambiguous relationship?

• 21 mins

Funny Stories

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe’s story set during carnival season in 19th Century Italy.

• 16 mins

Funny Stories

How I Built Myself A House by Thomas Hardy

In Thomas Hardy’s story, he describes the pitfalls of building a dream home from scratch.

• 19 mins

Funny Stories

The Siren by Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov’s tale of hungry court officials taunting each other with visions of food.

• 13 mins

Funny Stories

The Open Window by Saki

Saki’s story about a suggestible man who is left reeling by a little girl’s spooky joke

• 7 mins

Funny Stories

The Man of No Account by Bret Hart

1850’s California. A group of young men are heading out to make their names and money.

• 11 mins

Funny Stories

At The Barbers by Anton Chekhov

In Anton Chekhov’s tale a barber cuts the old man’s hair.. but also dates his daughter

• 9 mins

Funny Stories

Tobermory by Saki

In Saki’s story a guest at Lady Blemley’s houseparty says he has taught her cat to talk.

• 19 mins

Funny Stories

Mrs Badgery by Wilkie Collins

A man moves in to his new home, only to find the previous occupant hasn’t moved out.

• 24 mins

Funny Stories

Lost Hearts by MR James

A young orphan is sent to live with his uncle who is involved in some unusual alchemy...

• 26 mins

Funny Stories

The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs

Three wishes are granted to the owner of ‘the monkeys paw’ with terrifying consequences.

• 26 mins

Funny Stories

The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde’s story about a naïve young man taken in by an artist’s model.

• 12 mins

Funny Stories

Marriage a la Mode by Katherine Mansfield

A husband fears for his marriage when his wife falls in with a rather artistic set...

• 26 mins

Funny Stories

The Dilettante by Edith Wharton

What is going on at the heart of Thursdale and Mrs. Vervain’s ambiguous relationship?

• 21 mins

Funny Stories

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe’s story set during carnival season in 19th Century Italy.

• 16 mins

Funny Stories

How I Built Myself A House by Thomas Hardy

In Thomas Hardy’s story, he describes the pitfalls of building a dream home from scratch.

• 19 mins

Funny Stories

The Siren by Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov’s tale of hungry court officials taunting each other with visions of food.

• 13 mins

Funny Stories

The Open Window by Saki

Saki’s story about a suggestible man who is left reeling by a little girl’s spooky joke

• 7 mins

Funny Stories

The Man of No Account by Bret Hart

1850’s California. A group of young men are heading out to make their names and money.

• 11 mins

Funny Stories

At The Barbers by Anton Chekhov

In Anton Chekhov’s tale a barber cuts the old man’s hair.. but also dates his daughter

• 9 mins

Funny Stories

Tobermory by Saki

In Saki’s story a guest at Lady Blemley’s houseparty says he has taught her cat to talk.

• 19 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist masterpiece about madness and women breaking out.

• 38 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant

Maupassant’s tragic wartime tale of the friendship and loyalty that binds two friends.

• 14 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Recruit by Honore de Balzac

Balzac’s tale of maternal love & mistaken identity during the French Revolution.

• 35 mins

A Celebration of the Short Story

The Piece of String by Guy de Maupassant

Maupassant’s fable of a villager who finds a piece of string & is accused of thieving.

• 15 mins