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Kay Mack


    • Aug 10, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 52 EPISODES


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    FULL AUDIOBOOK: Fifty One Tales

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2018 128:54


    This collection of short stories was originally published in 1915, but the modern reader will find much in common the themes presented throughout the work. Dunsany expresses deep concern about the changing world about him, worrying at how increasing industrialization affects the natural world. He also has a keen awareness of the impermanence of human achievements, with many stories touching on how time has erased most of human accomplishments and how so little really lasts. His work is infused with humor, melancholy, and poetic turns of phrase. The work is as relevant today as it was when it was written, and well worth remembering. 

    The Tomb of Pan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2018 2:02


    Pan is dead, that much is certain. Ignore the laughter coming from the hills.

    What We Have Come To

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 0:26


    What do we prioritize? What should we prioritize?

    Compromise

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2018 2:33


    A Palace and and the lair of an Earthquake. What could possible go wrong?

    The Three Tall Sons

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2018 2:05


    You may easily turn the mother away, but her sons will come to you no matter what you do.

    The Messengers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2018 6:16


    The muses care not for the lives of who they call and they will not be ignored. The message is all that matters.

    The Song of the Blackbird

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2018 2:39


    The Poet delights in the Blackbird’s song, but the Wanderer is less than impressed.

    Nature and Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2018 3:23


    Nature reproaches Time, much to Time’s annoyance.

    The Return of the Exiles

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 4:30


    Two men return to Stonehenge, one last time to make a sacrifice. I try and leave it before they notice me.

    Lobster Salad

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018 3:57


    It is not so easy to escape a dream.

    Furrow Maker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2018 3:49


    A disagreement about the future of the Furrow Maker.

    The Mist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2018 0:59


    A mist is made up of multitudes.

    The Trouble on Leafy Green Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2018 2:09


    Beware the God of Rainy Cheerfulness.

    The Reward

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2018 3:04


    I came across an angel building a new hell for the very worst kind of sinner.

    The Sphinx of Thebes (Massachusetts)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 1:58


    Bet your neighbor doesn't have a sphinx. You better get one first.

    The Lonely Idol

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 3:20


    I pray all my most secret prayers to the Lonely Idol.

    The Food of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2018 1:06


    Death is ill, but luckily the doctors know just what he needs to feel better.

    The City

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2018 2:02


    What happens to a city when the poets and artists have left?

    After the Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2018 1:07


    When greater beings survey the ruined world, will they find anything of value?

    Taking up Picadilly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2018 1:41


    I happened upon a group of men with pickaxes taking up Picadilly street. And when I say taking it up, I mean taking it all the way up.

    A Losing Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 2:03


    Man attempts to comfort Death by reminding him of past victories.

    How the Enemy came to Thlunrana

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2018 5:23


    The enemy passes through the Gate of Doom, on his way to destroy Thlunrana.

    Spring in Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2018 4:50


    Spring sends Winter on his way.

    The Return of Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2018 1:35


    The swans return song to the gods, and larks return song to the world.

    A Little Moral Tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2018 3:56


    The Puritan has always lived a godly life, so why, on his death-bed, does the devil call him friend?

    Alone the Immortals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2018 4:21


    I went to lay a wreath for the fragile passing years, and found instead that they were immortal.

    The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 6:01


    What does it mean to live in a world where a tortoise is acknowledged to be faster than a hare?

    A Mistaken Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2018 0:48


    Is she Fame? Or someone else?

    The Storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018 2:54


    Don’t judge a ship by its sails.

    The Dream of King Karna-Vootra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2018 3:53


    King Karna-Vootra promises to tell the world about the beauty of his lover, if only she will stay with him forever.

    The Man with the Golden Earrings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2018 2:39


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    Roses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2018 1:16


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Giant Poppy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2018 1:57


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Demagogue and the Demi-monde

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 1:28


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Latest Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2018 2:11


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Songless Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2018 1:24


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Worm and the Angel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2018 1:16


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.   The line the angel speaks to the worm that angers him so written in greek in the original text. It's from Homer's The Illiad. 

    The Unpasturable Fields

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2018 2:13


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Little City

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 1:33


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    Time and the Tradesman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2018 0:55


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Prayer of the Flowers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 1:41


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    Death and the Orange

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2018 1:08


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    Death and Odysseus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2018 1:58


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Guest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2018 3:53


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Workman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2018 1:47


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Raft Builders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2018 2:01


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    Wind and Fog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2018 2:09


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Hen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2018 2:59


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Sphinx at Gizeh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2018 2:41


    From Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany. Originally published in 1915, and read out loud by Kay Mack.

    The Death of Pan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2018 1:26


    This story is from Lord Dunsany’s Fifty-One Tales, originally published in 1915, and is read out loud by Kay Mack.

    Charon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2018 2:58


    This story is from Lord Dunsany’s Fifty-One Tales, originally published in 1915, and is read out loud by Kay Mack.

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