| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
5 audio discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Performer |
Read by Robin Bailey, Patrick Malahide, Richard Pasco, or Barbara Leigh-Hunt. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Duration: 6:00:00. |
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"A CSA Word recording." |
| Summary |
A veritable schooling in the origins of modern-day horror and fantasy. This collection comprises the best of classic horror writing, with the atmospheric genius of Edgar Allen Poe, the invention and eeriness of Bram Stoker, and the suspense of Wilkie Collins. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The black cat / Edgar Allan [sic] Poe (read by Robin Bailey) (24:16) ; The monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs (read by Patrick Malahide) (25:44) ; The masque of the red death / Edgar Allen [sic] Poe (read by Patrick Malahide) (16:53) ; The open window / Saki (read by Richard Pasco) (6:57) -- disc 2. Dracula's guest / Bram Stoker (read by Richard Pasco) (30:29) ; Caterpillars / E.F. Benson (read by Patrick Malahide) (22:19) ; Man of the night / Edgar Wallace (read by Robin Bailey) (20:58) -- disc 3. The werewolf / Frederick Marryat (read by Robin Bailey) (48:16) ; The squaw / Bram Stoker (read by Patrick Malahide) (30:45) -- disc 4. A terribly strange bed / Wilkie Collins (read by Robin Bailey) (39:06) ; Aurelia / E.T.A. Hoffman [sic] (read by Richard Pasco) (36:34) -- disc 5. Ligeia / Edgar Allen [sic] Poe (read by Richard Pasco) (47:08) ; Sredni Vashtar / Saki (read by Robin Bailey) (11:25) ; The she-wolf / Saki (read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt) (16:22). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Ghost stories.
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Horror tales.
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Popular reading.
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| Genre/Form |
Horror fiction.
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Short stories.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Black cat.
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Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943
Monkey's paw.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Masque of the red death.
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Saki, 1870-1916
Open window.
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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
Dracula's guest.
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Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940.
Caterpillars.
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Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932
Man of the night.
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Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
Werewolf.
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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
Squaw.
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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Terribly strange bed.
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Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.
Aurelia.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Ligeia.
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Saki, 1870-1916.
Sredni Vashtar.
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Saki, 1870-1916
She-wolf.
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Bailey, Robin.
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Malahide, Patrick.
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Pasco, Richard.
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Leigh-Hunt, Barbara.
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| ISBN |
9781906147884 |
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1906147884 |
| Standard No. |
9781906147884 52595 |
| Music No. |
TT5CD 310 CSA Word |
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