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Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches

In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in step or out of sorts, where they are meant to be or warned not to go, out of luck or, more often than not, in it. - Summary by A. Gramour (6 hr 46 min)

Chapters

ORPHEUS IN MAYFAIR

THE CRICKET MATCH AN INCIDENT AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL

THE SHADOW OF A MIDNIGHT- A GHOST STORY

JEAN FRANCOIS

THE FLUTE OF CHANG LIANG

“WHAT IS TRUTH?”

A LUNCHEON-PARTY

FETE GALANTE

THE GARLAND

THE SPIDER’S WEB

EDWARD II. AT BERKELEY CASTLE BY AN EYE-WITNESS

THE ISLAND

THE MAN WHO GAVE GOOD ADVICE

RUSSALKA

THE OLD WOMAN

DR. FAUST’S LAST DAY

THE FLUTE-PLAYER’S STORY

A CHINAMAN ON OXFORD

VENUS

THE FIRE

THE CONQUEROR

THE IKON

THE THIEF

THE STAR

CHUN WA