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The Collected Short Stories of H. G. Wells

By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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A spine-tingling collection of the greatest short stories by the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells.

  • 'The Time Machine'
  • 'The Empire of the Ants'
  • 'The Crystal Egg'
  • 'The Sea-Raiders'
  • 'The Door in the Wall'
  • 'A Dream of Armageddon'
  • 'The Country of the Blind'
  • 'Under the Knife'
  • 'The Stolen Body'
  • 'The Plattner Story'
  • 'The Stolen Bacillus'
  • 'The Magic Shop'
  • 'The Inexperienced Ghost'
  • 'The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes'
  • 'The Argonauts of the Air'
  • 'The Flowering of the Strange Orchid'
  • 'Aepyornis Island'
  • 'The Diamond Maker'
  • 'The Temptation of Haringay'
  • 'The Star'
  • 'The Treasure in the Forest'
  • 'The Red Room'
  • 'The Valley of Spiders'
  • 'Through a Window'
  • 'The Lord of the Dynamos'
  • 'The Moth'
  • 'A Deal in Ostriches'
  • 'The Flying Man'
  • 'In the Avu Observatory'
  • 'The Lost Inheritance'

Plus many more short fiction masterpieces by H. G. Wells.

Public Domain (P)2016 Red Door Audiobooks Classics Fiction
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I just signed up for the free trial and I was really looking forward to this but Cathy Dobson narrates the whole thing terribly - I would have far sooner had Stephen Fry or somebody who has some sincerity and doesn't sound like a sarcastic primary school teacher. Extremely disappointing Audible!

Great stories terrible narration

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The Narrator changes vocal speed every few words and has no apparent idea of normal phrasing; surely there should be at least some token attempt to match how you say something with the meaning behind it.
Awful!

worst narrator i have ever heard

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narration is abysmal, who cast this? I need to write at least 15 words for a review apparently.

very poor narration

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I lasted about 3 minutes. The narrator, god love her, has the weirdest affectation where she extends the final syllable of EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE.
It's like she imagines she's reading in Parseltongue.
Love these stories, just couldn't with the narration.

The weirdest narration.

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Really nice stories but yes Ms Dobson's voice is divisive. I am glad to have a rest from it for a while as I hear it a lot on these older stories. It seems to suit the eerie nature of these Wells tales but her unusual delivery does take some getting used to!

Great collection of shorts plus a big one or two

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