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Fifty Fantastic Tales

By: H. G. Wells,Edith Wharton,Hugh Walpole,F. Anstey,O. Henry,Neil Munro,Arthur Morisson
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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Summary

A superb collection of classic short stories showcasing the variety, depth and imagination of great Victorian writers.

  • 'All Souls' by Edith Wharton
  • 'The Plattner Story' by H. G. Wells
  • 'Sparkling Biacrene' by F. Anstey
  • 'Roads of Destiny' by O. Henry
  • 'The Empire of the Ants' by H. G. Wells
  • 'Treasure Trove' by Neil Munro
  • 'The Lady's Maid's Bell' by Edith Wharton
  • 'The Beard' by Hugh Walpole
  • 'The Door in the Wall' by H. G. Wells
  • 'The Young Lady in Black' by Amyas Northcote
  • 'Never Bet the Devil Your Head' by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 'The Country of the Blind' by H. G. Wells
  • 'Dobbs' Parrot' by Arthur Morrison
  • 'Between Rounds' by O. Henry
  • 'The Tudor Cup' by Neil Munro
  • 'Mr. Brisher's Treasure' by H. G. Wells
  • 'Wireless' by Rudyard Kipling
  • 'Mr. Huffam' by Hugh Walpole
  • 'A Dream of Armageddon' by H. G. Wells
  • 'The Token' by May Sinclair

Plus 30 more fantastic tales of imagination.

Public Domain (P)2016 Red Door Audiobooks

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Terrible narration - zero stars

Could not listen to this as the narration was awful,how can something this bad be released - if only you could give a zero stars score

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Ghastly narration.

I have no quarrel with the content of the stories, most of which I already knew.
On the other hand, I'm afraid that I found the narration terrible, with poor dynamics. I found the falling cadences and dragged-out words at the ends of sentences particularly annoying.

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absolute rubbish

draw boring stories and the reader sounds like she's reading through she speaking through her nose. complete waste of money

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