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A Vignette

By: Montague Rhodes James
Narrated by: David Collings
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About this listen

This is the unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story "A Vignette". Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Public Domain (P)2010 Craftsman Unabridged Audio
Classics

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Critic reviews

"David Collings reads wonderfully well." (The Observer)
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What disappointed you about A Vignette?

It didn't really have a story or plot or sure ending

What will your next listen be?

short ghost stories

Which character – as performed by David Collings – was your favourite?

none really

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from A Vignette?

it was too short to edit, there is nothing to cut

Any additional comments?

More like a childhood memory than a story

A little hard to follow, not really a story

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