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Wailing Well

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 "Wailing Well". Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Public Domain (P)2010 Craftsman Unabridged Audio Classics Scary

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Critic reviews

"David Collings reads wonderfully well." (The Observer)
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Would you listen to Wailing Well again? Why?

Yes, it never fails to make my flesh creep

What was one of the most memorable moments of Wailing Well?

the battle in the forest

What about David Collings’s performance did you like?

so good at revealing only the minimum of information to keep the ending a shock

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

you'll be sorry

Any additional comments?

a great combination of the mundane and the horrible with a little humour thrown in

Really disturbing and sinister

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