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The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories

The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories

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Number of Chapters: 23

Length: 10 hours and 14 minutes

Language: English

This is a collection of 20 short stories by English novelist and playwright Leonard Merrick. The stories concern varied topics, and succeed to evoke a charming picture of England in the early 20th century.

It is surprising that Merrick's work is no longer known to the public, as he was one of the most highly regarded writers of his own time. William Dean Howells wrote of him, for instance, "I can think of no recent fictionist of his nation who can quite match with Mr. Merrick in that excellence [of "shapeliness" or form in the novel]. This will seem great praise, possibly too great, to the few who have a sense of such excellence; but it will probably be without real meaning to most, though our public might well enjoy form if it could once be made to imagine it." (quoted in wikipedia). - Summary by Carolin

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Introduction, by William J. Locke (Kate Follis)
The Man who Understood Women (Kate Follis)
A Very Good Thing for the Girl (PeterSFay)
The Woman who Wished to Die (Carol Elaine Cyr)
Frankenstein II (SK)
The Tale that wouldn't Do (Eva Davis)
The Laurels and the Lady, part 1 (Kate Follis)
The Laurels and the Lady, part 2 (Kate Follis)
The Laurels and the Lady, part 3 (Kate Follis)
The Child in the Garden (Jason in Panama)
A Letter to the Duchess (SkylerC)
The Prince in the Fairy Tale (Kate Follis)
With Intent to Defraud (SK)
Dead Violets (Eva Davis)
The Favourite Plot (SK)
Time, the Humorist (tovarisch)
The Back of Bohemia (Kate Follis)
The Lady of Lyons (Kate Follis)
The Third M (tovarisch)
The Bishop's Comedy (tovarisch)
A Reverie (tovarisch)
The Reconciliation (Kate Follis)
The Call from the Past (Jayson Paul)
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