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Man-Size in Marble

By: E. Nesbit
Narrated by: Roy Macready
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About this listen

E. Nesbit is best known for her children's books such as The Railway Children, the Psammead series, and the stories of the Bastable family. She was also a poet and wrote many works for adults including short stories in the genre of the supernatural and the macabre. "Man-Size in Marble" is one of her strangest and most unsettling.

Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics

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