The third of CSA Word's popular women's short story collections CSA Word's collections of 'stories by or about women', narrated by such excellent readers as Rosalind Ayres, Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walters are consistently fascinating—The Times Nine unabridged works by time-honoured female and male writers exploring what love, family, and marriage mean. This collection brings together stories by Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield, Wilkie Collins and Marcel Proust, with forays into the supernatural and the comedic by Sabine Baring-Gould and Saki. Be them funny or moving, all stories are beautifully read by Harriet Walter (Atonement, Netflix's The Crown), Juliet Stevenson (Bend it Like Beckham, The Enfield Haunting), Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice, Billy Elliot) and Rosalind Ayres (Titanic, Outnumbered). Miss Mina and the Groom by Wilkie Collins, read by Juliet Stevenson The Mission of Jane by Edith Wharton, read by Harriet Walter Perilous Play by Louisa May Alcott, read by Rosalind Ayres Happy Women by Louisa May Alcott, read by Juliet Stevenson The Leaden Ring by Sabine Baring-Gould, read by Juliet Stevenson A Young Girl's Confession by Marcel Proust, read by Juliet Stevenson Genefer by Sabine Baring-Gould, read by Rosalind Ayres The Singing Lesson by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield, read by Harriet Walter Laura by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt