Falling in Love

by Rick Bass, Padgett Powell, E. Nesbit, Edna O'Brien, Laurie Colwin

Genres: Romance Anthologies & Collections

Synopsis

Romance is in the air, tempting the imagination. Stirring tales of love, longing and desire. A great gift for your loved ones.

• Rick Bass's "Fires"
  performed by Ted Marcoux
  In the Rockies, a woman sets fire to a parched field to take the plunge into the pool of love.
• Padgett Powell's "The Winnowing of Mrs. Schuping"
  performed by Christina Pickles
  An eccentric southern dame cleans up her act and finds love.
• Laurie Colwin's "The Lone Pilgrim"
  performed by Hope Davis
  A New York artist longs for love and marital domesticity.
• E. Nesbit's "Melisande"
  performed by Jane Curtin
  A delicious fairy tale about a princess with a terrible curse.
• Edna O'Brien's "Violets"
  performed by Fionnula Flanagan
  A subtle portrait of a woman caught in an impossible affair.
• Maile Meloy's "Travis, B."
  performed by William Hurt
  A Western love story between a lonesome cowboy and a city gal.