Essential Welty
Powerhouse and Petrified Man

"Why I Live at the P.O." (4 stars) "Powerhouse" (4 stars) "Petrified Man." (4 stars)......more

Listened to the author read these on CD. She talks really fast!! I liked "Why I live at the PO" best.......more

After listening to this audio version read by the author I am now adding her other works to my TBR list. Her stories are rich in bringing out the feel of the time period and southern culture she writes.......more

My first read of Whelty last year left me unimpressed. i LOVED this collection of short stories however. Perhaps because it was a recording if the author herself.......more

It was a treat to listen to Eudora Welty's voice. For those saying the narration was too fast - I used the controls on my Kindle to slow it down to what seemed normal speaking speed for people from the south. My father was also from Mississippi - listening to Welty's narration took me back there. Th......more