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Classic Ghost Stories

by Bram Stocker
Richard Pasco
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A selection of the most chilling tales ever written

Rats and mice, and beetles and creaky doors, and loose slates, and broken panes, and stiff drawer handles, that stay out when you pull them and then fall down in the middle of the night. [...] Rats is bogeys, I tell you, and bogeys is rats, and don't you get to think anything else!

Ghosts, vampires, werewolves and even rats, all make an appearance in this collection of frighteningly good classic stories from Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling and more! Sure to delight on any dark night and narrated with chilling tones by Richard Pasco, classically trained actor and former leading member of the Old Vic Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company.
The Judge's House by Bram Stoker Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt by Charles Dickens The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford Who Knows? by Guy de Maupassant Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand by Sheridan Le Fanu The Furnished Room by O. Henry The Open Window by Saki My Own True Ghost Story by Rudyard Kipling Called by P.C. Wren When I was Dead by Vincent O'Sullivan.

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  • Release date

    October 16, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781907416422
      • File size: 144712 KB
      • Duration: 05:01:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 6-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This anthology of 11 mostly gothic, mostly British horror stories features works from such usual suspects as Le Fanu, Stoker, Dickens, Saki, and Poe. Every culture and many leading authors have mined the rich ore of this genre; the amazing variety of styles, moods, and themes is well represented here. Richard Pasco, veteran of the Old Vic, Royal Shakespeare, and National Theatre Companies, makes full use of his classical training and love of rousing tales to invigorate and "spookify" the selections. Apparently his readings are collected from various old and new sources, for the sound quality varies widely from one to the other. But there's nothing deficient in the quality of Pasco's narrations. They are uniformly outstanding. Y.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      The sensitivity and sentiment of bygone days are evoked with satisfying results. Michael Williams's richly textured British voice perfectly reflects prose crafted by Dickens, Bierce, Stoker, and others. Relive the harrowing and hushed tale of Bierce's "Moonlit Road," the blackly humorous "Judge's House" by Stoker, and the fear and sorrow in "The Mystery of the Semi-Detached" by E. Nesbit. The writing is as engrossing as Williams's close-to-the-mike, sometimes gruff, occasionally strained, sometimes gentle voice. D.J.B. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      These ghost stories are the kind that really haunt you. The images, the beings and the voices stay with the listener after you finally turn it off. Each story features an other-worldly character or spirit. The audio adaptation is carefully and expertly done. The four selections are classics and reflect a nice period quality but their effectiveness is very con-temporary. The full cast reading with sound effects will delight older children and adults. The sound is carefully selected and fits very well with each story. These selections can be seasonal, but are also perennial and will be a wonderful addition to story collections. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:6-12

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