Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches
Maurice Baring
Play
Length 6 h 46 min
Chapters 25
First published 1909
In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in step or out of sorts, where they are meant to be or warned not to go, out of luck or, more often than not, in it. - Summary by A. Gramour
Chapters
1
ORPHEUS IN MAYFAIR Read by Kate Follis 20:49
2
THE CRICKET MATCH AN INCIDENT AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL Read by acousticwave 15:03
3
THE SHADOW OF A MIDNIGHT- A GHOST STORY Read by Emma Charlotte 11:39
4
JEAN FRANCOIS Read by Ulrike Denis 12:38
5
THE FLUTE OF CHANG LIANG Read by acousticwave 12:48
6
“WHAT IS TRUTH?” Read by Kate Follis 13:42
7
A LUNCHEON-PARTY Read by Kate Follis 42:54
8
FETE GALANTE Read by VfkaBT 10:13
9
THE GARLAND Read by VfkaBT 9:50
10
THE SPIDER’S WEB Read by Nemo 13:09
11
EDWARD II. AT BERKELEY CASTLE BY AN EYE-WITNESS Read by VfkaBT 9:12
12
THE ISLAND Read by Kate Follis 17:29
13
THE MAN WHO GAVE GOOD ADVICE Read by Kate Follis 14:22
14
RUSSALKA Read by Emma Charlotte 15:18
15
THE OLD WOMAN Read by sunshinealways 10:55
16
DR. FAUST’S LAST DAY Read by Kate Follis 15:44
17
THE FLUTE-PLAYER’S STORY Read by Kate Follis 43:06
18
A CHINAMAN ON OXFORD Read by Kate Follis 15:25
19
VENUS Read by Allen Rubinstein 27:10
20
THE FIRE Read by Nemo 11:08
21
THE CONQUEROR Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) and 1 other 12:38
22
THE IKON Read by Mike Pelton 14:29
23
THE THIEF Read by Mike Pelton 11:31
24
THE STAR Read by Ulrike Denis 11:25
25
CHUN WA Read by jimsvox4 13:49
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