John Galsworthy
Captures
Brief plot lines of these 16 stories by Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy: 01 The breaking of an engagement ignites a feud.
02 Ruding’s financial prospects disappoint. He adjusts.
03 Still single at 55, Vaness declares his love to a woman, 26.
04 Hirries takes a celebratory afternoon walk in his forest.
05 Old Trevillian recalls a past attraction begun at a casino.
06 Money given to a needy woman leads to a blackmail threat.
07 An impoverished actor chances upon an old acquaintance.
08 Besotted by an extramarital relationship, Frank goes to extremes.
09 Mellesh pays a “working girl's” fine and tells his wife.
10 A staff writer refuses to continue to ghostwrite.
11 Terrified as her execution for treason nears, she dances.
12 A writer tries to cope with an insufferable alcoholic.
13 When 16 he was infatuated with an attractive widow.
14 A destitute author writes a movie script for his own amusement.
15 Released from prison, the doctor goes about with a “peculiar smile”. 16 Jimmy, a bookie, accepts a racehorse in payment of gambling debts. (Summary by Lee Smalley)
Read by Lee Smalley. Total running time: 7:1418
John Galsworthy
Captures