Neil Gaiman introduces Rudyard Kipling’s The Gardener, a melancholy tale from 1925, as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists. Afterwards, the story is read by actor Marion BaileyNeil Gaiman introduces Rudyard Kipling’s The Gardener, a melancholy tale from 1925, as part of our seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists. Then, the story is read for you by an actor who is familiar from the films and theatre of Mike Leigh - Marion Bailey. Other episodes to curl up with this holiday period: Penelope Lively on MR James; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reading Ama Ata Aidoo; Zadie Smith introduces us to a story from Giuseppe Pontiggia and Sebastian Barry returning to James Joyce’s short story Eveline, forty years after he first read it. This episode was recorded in 2017.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2018 03:00 UTC