Happy Women: Best of Women's Short Stories Volume 3 (A CSA Word Classic)

This third volume in CSA's popular series features ten complete, unabridged tales by masters of the form. In Wilkie Collins' "Miss Mina and the Groom," a young woman finds herself caught between true love and her family's honor. Katharine Mansfield's "The Singing Lesson" tracks the innermost thoughts of a female music teacher. Louis May Alcott's "Perilous Play" looks at a group of women who take dream-inducing medication with startling results. Marcel Proust's "A Young Girl's Confession" probes a powerful mother-daughter relationship. Also featuring contributions by Sabine Baring Gould, Edith Wharton, and Saki, this collection showcases strong female characters and women's issues from the days long before the feminist movement. Equally appealing for both sampling and longer sittings, these stories are carefully cued so each one can be listened to with ease. Readers include prominent actresses Rosalind Ayres, Barbara Leigh Hunt, Juliet Stevenson, and Harriet Walter.