The Listening Zone

This rich selection of short stories from some of the early Irish writers who were particularly adept at the difficult art of writing good short stories is a great addition to your audio library. The Irish are arguably the most literate people in the world and the number of famous Irish authors from Joyce to Trevor and from Goldsmith to O’Brien is a clear testimony to that.

In this rich selection we have concentrated on some of the early Irish writers who were particularly adept at the difficult art of writing good short stories. They range from Gerald Griffin’s chilling tale, The Brown man, to the delicate and closely observed Araby, taken from James Joyce’s Dubliners, about adolescent sexual awakening. Oscar Wilde’s stylish and witty story, The Model Millionaire about a young man on whom good fortune smiles; Oliver Goldsmith’s adventure of a strong Player a compressed narrative of a peripatetic existence; Sheridan Le Fanu ‘Faustian’ Sir Dominick Sarsfield; William Carleton’s wily distiller, Bob Pentland and his outwitting of the excise an and Agnes Castle’s romantic Rosanna combine to make a distinctive pot pourri of stories written by Irsih story tellers and inspired by Irish Life and Character.

T.P. McKenna, the top Irish actor, brings an authentic flavour with his wonderful rich voice and expertise at story-telling. All stories are unabridged.