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Charles Dickens

The Signalman (from the Naxos Audiobook 'Classic Ghost Stories')

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 Reader Stephen Critchelow has spent a lifetime collecting and reading works like these and, with carefully chosen music, brings a strong sense of atmosphere to this recording. "The Signalman" provides a great listening experience for dark autumn evenings.Click here to see all the titles in our Charles Dickens collection.©2007 Naxos Rights International (P)2007 Naxos Rights International Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics
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Dickens's ghost story was of quiet nature...but still no less frightening. Read, listen and enjoy.

Dickension writing' as is intended. Superb!

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Contender for the greatest ghost story of all time, The Signalman is up there with the best of M. R. James, E Nesbitt and J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is a timeless tale of the haunting of a lonely soul, and a foreboding sense of dread and despair. The prose perfectly captures the sense of dread, and the plot is long enough to be satisfying, but short enough to keep the momentum. There aren't enough good things to say.

I've listened to many performances of this story, and Stephen Critchlow does one of the finest I've heard. His voice perfectly embodies the narrator's unease at the mental breakdown of the poor signalman. Can't recommend enough.

A beloved classic with standout narration

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Loved this spooky little tale..great for a lazy wet Sunday p.m listen, sad and compelling

Great little gem of a story,

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