Classic Tales of Ghosts and Vampires
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Classic Tales of Ghosts and Vampires
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Narrated by:
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Nigel Anthony
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William Dufris
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Liza Ross
About this listen
Sixteen thrilling and chilling stories by some of the greatest writers of horror and the supernatural, including Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Charles Dickens, Ambrose Bierce, R.L. Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, and John Polidori, who is held to be the creator of the first vampire tale. An audio treat for Halloween or any other night when the moon is high, these stories are rich in imagination, humor, and characterization. Introduced by original music, they are narrated by eight award-winning actors, including Nigel Anthony, Sean Barrett, William Dufris, Liza Ross, and Stephen Thorne, and produced by Garrick Hagon and The Story Circle, the company that created the full cast version of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.
This collection includes:
- "The Upper Berth" by F. Marion Crawford
- "Was it a Dream?" by Guy de Maupassant
- "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
- "The Lost Ghost" by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
- "Man-Size in Marble" by E. Nesbit
- "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker
- "Luella Miller" by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
- "The Phantom Coach" by Amelia B. Edwards
- "The Moonlit Road" by Ambrose Bierce
- "For the Blood Is the Life" by F. Marion Crawford
- "The Signalman" by Charles Dickens
- "The Shadow" by E. Nesbit
- "The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce
- "The Bodysnatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson
- "The Vampyre" by John Polidori
- "The Statement of Randolph Carter" by H.P. Lovecraft
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Critic reviews
"One of the most imaginative and original audiobook collections that I've heard....A glance at the list of authors was enough to have me grabbing this one from the shelf....The music and sound effects intensify the atmosphere and the readers are both distinguished in their own right and well matched to the stories." (The Times [London])
Horror the way it's supposed to be! Well done!!
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Superb Audio Quality, Interesting Stories
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Mostly good!
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book. many enjoyable stories to pass the time.
buy it.
a must
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Worth It
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Boring and dated
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What disappointed you about Classic Tales of Ghosts and Vampires?
These pieces, during their respective periods, were probably "edge of your seat" reads. However they come across as a little dumbed down by today's standards.What could the authors have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Not really anything to do with the authors, these were all brilliant authors of their time.Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
The narrators on these did great jobsNot really what I expected
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