Eliza

· Voices of Today · Narrated by Graham Scott
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2 hr 30 min
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A pompous and pooterish city clerk with social pretensions relates anecdotes of suburban life in Edwardian England, as he and his patient and long-suffering wife, Eliza, deal with various crises and contretemps—including the vexed question of visiting cards; a malfunctioning music player; the mistreatment of the narrator’s hat; a mushroom (or toadstool) in the front garden; and the ongoing struggle to balance the household accounts ...

About the author

Barry Eric Odell Pain (1864–1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist, and writer. Born in Cambridge, he was educated at Sedbergh School, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was a prominent contributor to The Granta magazine and is chiefly known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories.

Graham Scott is a narrator and voice actor based in the UK. As well as solo performances of works by authors including PG Wodehouse, Charles Dickens, R Austin Freeman, Dorothy L. Sayers, Jules Verne, Anna Katherine Green, Joseph Conrad, GK Chesterton, and John Buchan, Graham is also a regular performer in group productions with both Voices of Today and The Online Stage. Website: www.GrahamScottAudio.com

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