Publisher, Harper Audio (August 2001)

2002 Audie Award Winner for 'Best Package Design' Audiobook, presented by the Audio Publishers Association for excellence in audio publishing.

"[Caedmon has] a distinguished and unmatched record of preserving a rich oral tradition in poetry, drama, and spoken-word performances." --from the Peabody Award presented to Caedmon

Caedmon brings together some of the most unforgettable stories in literature, vividly realized both by the authors themselves and by a cast of superb actors.

Continuing and enhancing the Caedmon tradition of bringing the greatest literature to vibrant audio life, here are stories that have echoed though the years, brilliantly performed by an array of renowned actors, as well as the authors themselves.

These fourteen unforgettable recordings feature Eudora Welty's earthy wit in Why I Live at the PO., Ossie Davis's electrifying incarnation of Langston Hughes's eloquent A Toast to Harlem, and John Updike's delightfully droll reading of his own Persistence of Desire.

The Caedmon Short Story Collection offers such a rich and varied spectrum of listening experiences-whether shattering, darkly hilarious, or cuttingly incisive-it will make for countless hours of enjoyment that only increase with each return to it.

Includes:

Ambrose Bierce: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Audio book performed by David McCallum
Guy DeMaupassant: The Diamond Necklace - Audio book performed by Claire Bloom
Saki: Tobermory - Audio book performed by Keith Baxter
James Joyce: A Painful Case - Audio book performed by Ciaran Hinds
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Jelly-Bean - Audio book performed by Dylan Baker
Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party - Audio book performed by Celia Johnson
Franz Kafka: A Hungry Artist - Audio book performed by Lotte Lenya
James Thurber: University Days - Audio book performed by Richard Kiley
Langston Hughes: A Toast to Harlem - Audio book performed by Ossie Davis
Eudora Welty: Why I Live At the P.O. - Audio book performed by the author
Shirley Jackson: The Lottery - Audio book performed by Maureen Stapleton
John Updike: Persistence of Desire - Audio book performed by the author
Philip K. Dick: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale - Audio book performed by Keir Dullea
Barbara Kingsolver: Homeland - Audio book performed by the author