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Great Classic Ghost Stories
- Sixteen Unabridged Classics
- Narrated by: John Lee, Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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This collection of short ghost stories includes some of the best-known classics in the genre, as well as some that may be new to ghost story fans. Includes: ”The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce, ”The Empty House" by Algernon Blackwood, ”The Consequences" by Willa Cather, ”How It Happened" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ”A Ghost" by Guy De Maupassant, ”The Shell of Sense" by Olivia Howard Dunbar, ”Ligeia" by Edgar Allen Poe, ”The Signal-Man" by Charles Dickens, ”The Secret of the Growing Gold" by Bram Stoker, ”The Fullness of Life" by Edith Wharton, ”An Old Woman's Tale" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, ”Playing with Fire" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ”Narrative of the Ghost of the Hand" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu; ”The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" by Edgar Allan Poe; ”My Platonic Sweetheart" by Mark Twain; and ”The Bold Dragoon (or The Adventure of My Grandfather)" by Washington Irving.
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In the secluded Dutch territory of Sleepy Hollow, nebbish schoolmaster Ichabod Crane competes with the town hero for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel, the 18-year-old daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer. As Crane leaves a party at the Van Tassel's farm one autumn evening, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, an apparition said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper snuffed out by a stray cannonball.
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Treasures Of Jolly Autumn
- By Sara on 10-31-14
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Tales of Terror
- By: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: David Thorn, Bruce Blau
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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American poet, critic, and short-story writer Edgar Allan Poe is universally recognized for his cultivation of the macabre in fiction. His stories are characterized by an original kind of supernatural horror, often using the awareness of death as a catalyzing force in its own right. His tales and poems brim with psychological depth and intense imagery, made vivid through his musical language and hypnotic rhythms, which are especially captivating when heard aloud.
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Pick an accent
- By Megan on 10-08-20
By: Edgar Allan Poe
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Great Classic Science Fiction
- Eight Unabridged Stories
- By: Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lester Del Rey, Fritz Leiber, and others
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, Nick Sullivan, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores ground-breaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the atmospheric tension of these legendary stories.
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Great authors, good stories
- By Joel D Offenberg on 09-07-10
By: Stanley G. Weinbaum, and others
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Can Such Things Be?
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Anthony Heald
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Prepare yourself for the shocking, the strange, and the terrifying in Ambrose Bierce’s 1893 story collection Can Such Things Be? One of the greatest masters of horror brings you 25 tales of the supernatural and the unexplained. Whether in stories of ghosts sending desperate warnings to their human counterparts, psychics attempting to bridge unknown dimensions, howling werewolves, or a robot who takes on a life of his own, Bierce plumbs the depths of fear and fascination.
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Excellent narration of the classics
- By Adeliese Baumann on 10-31-14
By: Ambrose Bierce
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101 True Scary Stories to Read in Bed Tonight
- By: Lane Loomis
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This book contains 101 bite-sized horror stories that are intended to scare and unsettle you. These are real peoples' accounts of the creepy and the occult - of their near-misses with madmen and paranormal entities. Each chapter is a short, stand alone campfire tale, a retelling of a frightening or gruesome incident that has stuck with the teller, something that gives them pause to this day when they find themselves alone in the dark. These stories have been collected with the knowledge that real life is scarier than fiction.
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not bad
- By Julie Six on 09-01-20
By: Lane Loomis
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- Matteo
- 06-22-21
but bad, but not the best.
there where a few that were super good. most were alright. and a lot that were just plain weird. more spiritualists than ghost stories
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- Jon Oman
- 09-30-21
good source of older horror storys
Of this collection several are vary well written and can stir ones self quite well, a few are less so but still enjoyed. all were well preformed , and it is worth sitting down to. yet I feel there could have been more impacting stories added for a more well rounded experience
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- Beagle
- 05-28-22
Short story collection
Enjoyed listening to this collection of stories, some from authors I've read and some, not. Very nice renditions of these stories!
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- Cory Waldon
- 08-18-21
listened to 3 times
great story's. author has seen some weird stuff and interviewed some interesting people. loved it.
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- Femke
- 11-29-12
Some stories are great others not so much.
The stories in this collection are all quite different in nature. As a consequence, some will appeal more than others depending on one's taste. Whilst I would have given 4-5 stars to the stories by Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe, some of the others I found quite boring and unengaging, hence an overall score of 3. The narrators all do a great job.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-27-21
Scary Stories from the Classic
Most of the stories were engaging and great to listen to. Some were not so much scary and focused on too much detail instead of actual story. A few grabbed my attention that were focused on the afterlife or deam-like state. Overall, a good one to listen to especially if you are trying to find ideas of what to write about or to get inspiration from.
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- Jennifer
- 11-09-12
A really nice mix of gothic and ghosts
Would you consider the audio edition of Great Classic Ghost Stories to be better than the print version?
I'm fairly certain that I enjoyed this more as an audiobook than I would have as a print experience.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Great Classic Ghost Stories?
This is hard to answer without ruining the suspense for other listeners. Sufficeth to say, I really enjoyed an elderly aunt drafting her nephew to escort her to a reputedly-haunted house.
What does John Lee and Bronson Pinchot bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
They both imbue the tales with tremendous atmosphere. Even though the stories are in prose considered elevated by contemporary standards the narrators give a radio play sense of dynamism.
While on topic of narrators, it bears mentioning that the woman (Jennifer James-Something) also does a very fine job. Instead of "various narrators" the cover art for this volume should list the cast. I didn't know what great talent was on board until I started to listen.
Who was the most memorable character of Great Classic Ghost Stories and why?
Again, I don't want to produce spoilers. I will remember George and his dreams, though.
Any additional comments?
It's a bit misleading to title this a volume of ghost stories. There are ghosts but also gothic tales and a bit of fantasia, or modern fairy tale, as well. Had I known that I might have bought it sooner.
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- E. Beckstrom
- 04-15-22
very good
fantastic narration from beginning to end. I find Willa Cather to be a bit tedious but nonetheless every story is worth listening to and most of them are excellent. I'm downgrading the book overall by one star because there is zero diversity among the authors (unless you want to count one white woman as diversity). there are so many wonderful stories written by other kinds of people and it's always a drag when and otherwise fine collection seems oblivious to this fact.
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- SETH
- 05-01-21
Spirit
The stories were very detailed but they were a bit long winded and not very scary
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- KS
- 01-25-24
Disappointing
Some of the stories were okay, but none were good enough for me to later remember and the rest were boring. Some didn’t even make sense.
The narrators took some getting used to and even then I didn’t care for this one American (Canadian?) man. I had to skip the female narrator altogether because her voice grated on my nerves. She was so slow and bland, I couldn’t stand it.
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