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    Classic Tales of Horror
    Classic Tales of Horror
    Classic Tales of Horror
    Audiobook9 hours

    Classic Tales of Horror

    Written by Ambrose Bierce, E Nesbitt, Amelia B Edwards and

    Narrated by Sarah Douglas, John Waite, Ben Onwukwe and Michael Fenton-Stevens

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    About this audiobook

    Classic Tales Of Horror offers up fifteen slices of powerful story-telling from the world’s great authors. From Henry James and Ambrose Bierce to Bram Stoker and Charles Dickens. Read by John Waite (BBC Radio 4), Sarah Douglas (Superman I & II), Michael Fenton-Stevens (Spitting Image, KYTV, Hitch-hiker’s Guide) and Ben Onwukwe (London’s Burning, Othello).

    The Man & The Snake by Ambrose Bierce – Read by Sarah Douglas

    Man-Size In Marble by E Nesbitt – Read by John Waite

    The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce – Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens

    The Mysterious Mansion by Honore De Balzac – Read by Ben Onwukwe

    The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker – Read by Sarah Douglas

    Lost Face by Jack London – Read by John Waite

    A Confession Found In A Prison by Charles Dickens – Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens

    The Ghostly Rental by Henry James – Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens

    The Phantom Coach by Amelia B Edwards – Read by John Waite

    The Picture In The House by HP Lovecraft – Read by Ben Onwukwe

    True Relation Of The Apparition Of One Mrs Veal by Daniel Defoe – Read by Sarah Douglas

    Transformation by Mary Shelley – Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens

    The Monkey’s Paw by WW Jacobs – Read by John Waite

    William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe – Read by Ben Onwukwe

    Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook by M.R. James – Read by John Waite

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpokenworld Audio/Ladbroke Audio Ltd
    Release dateJun 1, 2010
    ISBN9781669673514
    Classic Tales of Horror
    Author

    Ambrose Bierce

    Ambrose Bierce was one of the leading men of letters in 19th-century America. Among his most important books were The Devil's Dictionary and Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.

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