Fanny Blake Audiobooks

Stories to Make You Smile: short, warm comic fiction read by Samantha Bond

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 3.9/5 average

1 listener rating

Who is Fanny Blake?

Fanny Blake reaches our catalogue through Stories to Make You Smile, and the title is not shy about the contract on offer. Short pieces, a light touch and a plain aim: to send the listener away in better spirits than they arrived in.

Nothing beyond the work itself is asserted on this page. What the listing does establish is a writer comfortable in the short form, filed on the comedy and humour shelf rather than anywhere more strenuous, and content to be judged on whether the warmth lands.

Fanny Blake in audiobooks

At a little over two and a half hours, this is an afternoon’s listening rather than a project, which suits a set of stories designed to be dipped into between other things. Samantha Bond takes the reading, and the delivery lets the comedy arrive on its own rather than pushing it forward.

Too few listeners have rated it for the score to carry any real weight, so treat the sample as the honest guide. If your commute wants something undemanding and generous rather than clever at the reader’s expense, this fits neatly. Browse the audiobooks gathered underneath.