The Simple Soul and Other Stories

by Catherine Cookson, Susan Jameson (Narrator)

This collection of stories is set against the background of places already familiar to Catherine Cookson's countless readers... As well as the title story, there are three stories that make up The Forbidden Word, and also these stories: The Creak, Lingerie, Nasty!, Don't Touch!, For Fear Of..., Silly Mid-on and Blitz.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, who Catherine believed was her older sister. Catherine began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master.

Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer - her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 - her readership quickly spread throughout the world, and her many best-selling novels established her as one of the most popular contemporary woman novelist. She received an OBE in 1985, was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997.

For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne.

Reviews

[Lynn Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Catherine Cookson was not just an enjoyable storyteller she often wrote very gritty novels with humour and pathos with lots of social realism of the times she sets these short stories and will mostly give the reader a happy ending or in these cases a sort of resolution of their individual circumstances.
Catherine Cookson was expert at dissecting human behaviour and in exploring the motivations of her characters whilst engaging her readers in this process, which then invests the reader in the outcome of her stories.

Very enjoyable reading and I wished there had been more of these short tales.

[Ellie Milhone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent uplifting read

A great selection of Catherine Cookson short stories. Well worth it. Can be enjoyed in between other books as they are not heavy or long.

[Cheryll · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading Catherine Cookson is just like coming home - lovely :)

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

sorry for the poor rating as I know she is very popular but just not my cup of tea

[Nicola (Nikki) · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was OK for short stories don't normally read short stories

[Tony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable short stories.

[Joti Stratton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice short stories, great introduction to Catherine Cookson. Some I would really like to have learnt more about.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very easy to read