Eudora Welty
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The Optimist's Daughter
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The Ponder Heart
- By: Eudora Welty
- Narrated by: Sally Darling
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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The Ponder Heart is easily Eudora Welty’s most comic novel, a lighthearted burlesque that rivals Caldwell’s Tobacco Road for capturing rural idioms, and the novels of Mark Twain for high farce....
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Great reader
- By Patricia B. on 03-12-17
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The Ponder Heart
- Narrated by: Sally Darling
- Length: 4 hrs
- Release date: 11-08-11
- Language: English
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Essential Welty
- By: Eudora Welty
- Narrated by: Eudora Welty
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In her sweetly vibrant Mississippi drawl, Ms. Welty deftly draws the listener in to the uproariously multilayered "Why I Live at the P.O.", the spontaneous "Powerhouse"....
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Lovely Stories
- By Judy on 08-02-06
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Essential Welty
- Narrated by: Eudora Welty
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-05-06
- Language: English
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One Writer's Beginnings
- By: Eudora Welty
- Narrated by: Eudora Welty
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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Born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi, Eudora Welty shares details of her upbringing that show us how her family and her surroundings contributed to the shaping not only of her personality but of her writing as well....
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Recording does not align with published version
- By Zoe Elena on 02-13-22
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One Writer's Beginnings
- Narrated by: Eudora Welty
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 10-05-21
- Language: English
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Delta Wedding
- A Novel
- By: Eudora Welty
- Narrated by: Sally Darling
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Set on the Mississippi Delta in 1923, this story captures the mind and manners of the Fairchilds, a large aristocratic family, self-contained and elusive as the wind.....
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Soul Food
- By Carolyn on 03-06-13
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Delta Wedding
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Sally Darling
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 07-18-11
- Language: English
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Selected Shorts: American Classics
- By: Amy Tan, Donald Barthelme, Eudora Welty, and others
- Narrated by: Freda Foh Shen, David Strathairn, Stockard Channing, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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A compilation of classic tales by great American writers performed by terrific actors, with a lineup including Pulitzer Prize winners....
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Classic classics
- By Michael on 08-30-12
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Selected Shorts: American Classics
- Narrated by: Freda Foh Shen, David Strathairn, Stockard Channing, René Auberjonois, Christine Baranski, Jerry Stiller, Malachy McCourt
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-01-10
- Language: English
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The Optimist's Daughter
- By: Eudora Welty
- Narrated by: Eudora Welty
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
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This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations....
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Beautiful writing
- By Teresa on 07-15-13
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The Optimist's Daughter
- Narrated by: Eudora Welty
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-19-11
- Language: English
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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
- By: Eudora Welty
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat, Jessica Almasy, Victor Bevine, and others
- Length: 32 hrs and 18 mins
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This complete collection includes all of the published stories of Eudora Welty....
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Too Good For Audio
- By Yennta on 06-18-12
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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat, Jessica Almasy, Victor Bevine, Marc Boyett, Jonathan Davis, Colman Domingo, Jeremy Gage, L. J. Ganser, Gayle Hendrix, Khristine Hvam
- Length: 32 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 08-05-11
- Language: English
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Ein Vorhang aus Grün
- By: Eudora Welty
- Narrated by: Senta Berger
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Senta Berger liest die schönsten Geschichten der Pulitzerpreisträgerin Eudora Welty über eine magische Welt von Außenseitern...
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Ein Vorhang aus Grün
- Narrated by: Senta Berger
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Release date: 05-10-10
- Language: German
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