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Title details for Great Classic Hauntings by various authors - Available

Great Classic Hauntings

6 Unabridged Stories

by various authors
Geraint Wyn Davies
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Feel the breathtaking tingle of suspense. Share the captivating horror of the supernatural in these six complete stories presented by a masterful reader.

This audio recording includes:

"A Watcher by the Dead" by Ambrose Bierce: a corpse brings death, dereliction, and madness to those who would play with it."The Body-Snatchers" by Robert Louis Stevenson: a never-ending demand for bodies for medical dissection delivers nightly horrors."Adventure of the German Student" by Washington Irving: a German student, caught up in the tempestuous times of the French Revolution, is intoxicated by the beauty of a stranger and pledges himself to her forever."Dick on the Devil" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Barwyke Hall, isolated and sinister, is haunted by both the living and the dead."The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe: the melancholy House of Usher afflicts its owner with a morbid gloom. It is justifiably considered one of the best stories of this genre ever written."The Open Window" by Saki: a nervous newcomer is overcome by a surprising visit.

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  • Release date

    October 31, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792758549
      • File size: 77386 KB
      • Duration: 02:41:13

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This mixed bag of classic horror features some remarkable writing and some so dated that they're more musty than "classic." Reader Geraint Wyn Davies shines in "The Body Snatchers" by Robert Louis Stevenson--capturing perfectly the regional accents and the gripping horror of two doctors deep in a plot that threatens their sanity. His rendition of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is melodramatic and overwrought, and a poor choice for this collection. His delicate handling of Washington Irving's "Adventure of the German Student," a brief but memorable piece, is ideal for the genre. Ambrose Bierce's "A Watcher by the Dead" is a masterful classic that will raise an appropriate number of goose bumps. D.J.B. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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