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  • The Plattner Story and Others

  • By: H. G. Wells
  • Narrated by: Mike Grady
  • Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Mike Grady
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Summary

The second Spoken Ink collection of superb short stories by H. G. Wells, who was a master of the form. Humour and wit abound in his writing, as does sharp social observation. Among the 17 stories in this collection, The Plattner Story tells of a chemistry teacher who analyses a most unusual powder one of the boys brings to class, in The Cone a woman married to a bullying industrialist is having an affair with his young friend.

Her jealous husband gives the lover a tour of the steel furnaces he is so proud of. The Sad Story of the Dramatic Critic is in fact fall-off-your chair hilarious, especially as read by Mike Grady, as well-known and cherished as Thora Hird's son-in-law Barry Wilkinson in Last of the Summer Wine. Truly poignant stories of love are The Jilting of Jane and A Slip under the Microscope.

©1946 The Literary Executors of the Estate of H. G. Wells (P)2012 Spoken Ink
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