31 episodes
Reginald, by Saki Richard Crowest
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- Comedy
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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‘Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum.’
A series of professionally produced readings of the Reginald stories by Saki (H H Munro). View the world of Edwardian society through the sartorially adapted eye of Saki's solipsistic anti-hero.
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The Mouse
‘… he proceeded with violent haste to extricate himself partially and the mouse entirely from the surrounding casings of tweed and half-wool.’
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The Baker’s Dozen
‘“We can’t wait indefinitely for one of the children to take after a doubtfully depraved great aunt.”’
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Cross Currents
‘To be beyond reproach was one thing, but it would have been nicer to have been nearer to the Park.’
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The Strategist
‘Rollo faced the company with a smile that he imagined the better sort of aristocrat would have worn when mounting to the guillotine.’
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The Bag
‘Major Pallaby was a victim of circumstances, over which he had no control, and of his temper, over which he had very little.’
Customer Reviews
Excellent reading, funny material
These Saki shorts appeal to me as a fan of both PG Wodehouse and Oscar Wilde. The author is more biting than Wilde so it's good these are short tracks so I can take the character (the anti-hero for sure!) in small doses.
Crowest's reading is top-notch. It is very hard to find voice actors who not only act what they're reading, but have an agreeable style. After Jim Dale I got spoiled and rather picky about voice actors for books. It's hard to believe these are free.