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The House of Silence

and other uncanny tales

by E. Nesbit ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

2 hours 39 min

E. Nesbit is rightly best known for her children's books but she also wrote works for adults including short stories in the genres of the uncanny, macabre and supernatural. There are five of these in this collection. They are: “The House of Silence”“The Power of Darkness”“The Ebony Frame”“The Pavilion”“The Detective” ... Read more

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E. Nesbit is rightly best known for her children's books but she also wrote works for adults including short stories in the genres of the uncanny, macabre and supernatural. There are five of these in this collection. They are: “The House of Silence”“The Power of Darkness”“The Ebony Frame”“The Pavilion”“The Detective”
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Reginald

by Saki ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

“Reginald”, published in 1904, was the first of Saki's collections of short stories. The eponymous Reginald is an effete, cynical young man-about-town, whose character is a vehicle for Saki's delicicous biting wit satirizing Edwardian high society.Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name “Saki”, was born in Burma in 1870 where his father was a senior official in the Burma Police. From the ... Read more

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“Reginald”, published in 1904, was the first of Saki's collections of short stories. The eponymous Reginald is an effete, cynical young man-about-town, whose character is a vehicle for Saki's delicicous biting wit satirizing Edwardian high society.Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name “Saki”, was born in Burma in 1870 where his father was a senior official in the Burma Police. From the
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The Toys of Peace

and Other Papers

by Saki ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

5 hours 51 min

THE TOYS OF PEACE AND OTHER PAPERS by "Saki" (H. H. Munro) is a collection of 33 "papers" or short stories, which were originally published separately in various journals and later issued in one volume in 1919, three years after the writer's death in the Great War. They are some of the most delightful of literary miniatures.They are: The Toys of PeaceLouiseTeaThe Disappearance of Chrispina ... Read more

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THE TOYS OF PEACE AND OTHER PAPERS by "Saki" (H. H. Munro) is a collection of 33 "papers" or short stories, which were originally published separately in various journals and later issued in one volume in 1919, three years after the writer's death in the Great War. They are some of the most delightful of literary miniatures.They are: The Toys of PeaceLouiseTeaThe Disappearance of Chrispina
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Nicholas Goade, Detective

by E. Phillips Oppenheim ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

Nicholas Goade, the Scotland Yard detective, takes a well-earned rest after his recent work in arresting single-handed a notorious criminal who had for five years defied the police forces of New York and London. He has been awarded a cheque for 25,000 dollars and six months leave of absence and is enjoying a touring holiday in the West of England in his ancient Ford car with his companion Flip, a ... Read more

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Nicholas Goade, the Scotland Yard detective, takes a well-earned rest after his recent work in arresting single-handed a notorious criminal who had for five years defied the police forces of New York and London. He has been awarded a cheque for 25,000 dollars and six months leave of absence and is enjoying a touring holiday in the West of England in his ancient Ford car with his companion Flip, a
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At the Farmhouse

by E.F. Benson ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

36 min

E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is probably best known today for his sparkling, comic “Lucia”novels. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. “At the Farmhouse” exemplifies Benson's fine literary style and his ability to create the most frightening of supernatural and macabre tales. ... Read more

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E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is probably best known today for his sparkling, comic “Lucia”novels. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. “At the Farmhouse” exemplifies Benson's fine literary style and his ability to create the most frightening of supernatural and macabre tales.
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Man-Size in Marble

by E. Nesbit ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

31 min

E. Nesbit is best known for her children's books such as “The Railway Children”, the “Psammead” series. and the stories of the “Bastable” family. She was also a poet and wrote many works for adults including short stories in the genre of the supernatural and the macabre. “Man-Size in Marble” is one of her strangest and most unsettling. ... Read more

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E. Nesbit is best known for her children's books such as “The Railway Children”, the “Psammead” series. and the stories of the “Bastable” family. She was also a poet and wrote many works for adults including short stories in the genre of the supernatural and the macabre. “Man-Size in Marble” is one of her strangest and most unsettling.
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The Sanctuary

by E.F. Benson ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

48 min

E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is probably best known today for his sparkling, comic “Lucia”novels. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. “ The Sanctuary” exemplifies Benson's fine literary style and his ability to create the most frightening of supernatural and macabre tales, this one being particularly disturbing. ... Read more

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E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is probably best known today for his sparkling, comic “Lucia”novels. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. “ The Sanctuary” exemplifies Benson's fine literary style and his ability to create the most frightening of supernatural and macabre tales, this one being particularly disturbing.
... Read more
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Tales of the Supernatural

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

2 hours 41 min

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 1873) was born in Dublin, Ireland and is acknowledged as an influential writer in the genre of gothic and supernatural fiction of the nineteenth century. Many of his short stories were originally published severally in various magazines. Here are six of them:“The White Cat of Drumgonnial”“Dickon the Devil”“The Drunkard's Dream”“The Secret of the Two Plaster Casts”“The ... Read more

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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 1873) was born in Dublin, Ireland and is acknowledged as an influential writer in the genre of gothic and supernatural fiction of the nineteenth century. Many of his short stories were originally published severally in various magazines. Here are six of them:“The White Cat of Drumgonnial”“Dickon the Devil”“The Drunkard's Dream”“The Secret of the Two Plaster Casts”“The
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William Wilson

by Edgar Allan Poe ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

53 min

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is renowned for his tales of the macabre and the supernatural. “William Wilson” is the disturbing story of a doppelganger and how he leads the eponymous narrator through a series of experiences that annoy, infuriate and finally drive him to a violent reaction with a fatal conclusion. ... Read more

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is renowned for his tales of the macabre and the supernatural. “William Wilson” is the disturbing story of a doppelganger and how he leads the eponymous narrator through a series of experiences that annoy, infuriate and finally drive him to a violent reaction with a fatal conclusion.
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Yet More Strange Tales

by Various ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

7 hours 5 min

A third collection of eighteen classic tales of the weird and supernatural by some of the best known writers in these genres.E.Nesbit - “In the Dark” and “No. 17”Edgar Allan Poe - “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”Arthur Conan Doyle - “The New Catacomb”M.R. James - “Wailing Well” and “Rats”Saki - “ The Hounds of Fate” and “The Peace of Mowsle Barton”Hugh Walpole - ... Read more

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A third collection of eighteen classic tales of the weird and supernatural by some of the best known writers in these genres.E.Nesbit - “In the Dark” and “No. 17”Edgar Allan Poe - “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”Arthur Conan Doyle - “The New Catacomb”M.R. James - “Wailing Well” and “Rats”Saki - “ The Hounds of Fate” and “The Peace of Mowsle Barton”Hugh Walpole -
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Told After Supper

Ghost Stories on Christmas Eve

by Jerome K. Jerome ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

1 hour 1 min

Jerome K. Jerome is known of course for his novels that tell of the hilarious adventures of "Three Men" particularly the one where they are "in a Boat"! The stories "Told After Supper", related by the guests at a Christmas Eve party, are about ghosts and have all thewit and whimsy of J.K.J.'s more famous works. ... Read more

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Jerome K. Jerome is known of course for his novels that tell of the hilarious adventures of "Three Men" particularly the one where they are "in a Boat"! The stories "Told After Supper", related by the guests at a Christmas Eve party, are about ghosts and have all thewit and whimsy of J.K.J.'s more famous works.
... Read more
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Essays

by Jerome K. Jerome ...

Narrated by Roy Macready ...

Unabridged

2 hours 48 min

Jerome K. Jerome is of course known for the hilarious adventures of "Three Men in a Boat". He also wrote many short stories and essays that have all the wit, whimsy and wisdom of his more famous work. The essays in this volume were published together with "The Diary of a Pilgrimage" in 1891. They are:"Evergreens""Clocks""Tea-Kettles""A Pathetic Story""The New Utopia""Dreams" ... Read more

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Jerome K. Jerome is of course known for the hilarious adventures of "Three Men in a Boat". He also wrote many short stories and essays that have all the wit, whimsy and wisdom of his more famous work. The essays in this volume were published together with "The Diary of a Pilgrimage" in 1891. They are:"Evergreens""Clocks""Tea-Kettles""A Pathetic Story""The New Utopia""Dreams"
... Read more