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The World's Best Classic Short Stories
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
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A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories, including:
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- Jennifer Greenberg
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I just can't listen to this narrator
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- Rebekah Collins
- 01-17-21
Terrible Narration . . .
I wish I had read the other reviews before purchasing this as I love short stories. Also there are no chapter titles and the narrator does not announce the author's name for each story either.
2 people found this helpful
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- Gerald Brissette
- 10-03-20
Tough listen
The content appeals to me greatly. I just didn't like listening to the reader. It didn't seem genuine to me.
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- Amber
- 12-23-15
Annoying
Annoying and melancholic narration. The accent drives me nuts. Worst purchase ever. Very monotone. Would like my money back.
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- Stephen O. Meredith
- 02-25-17
Narration is annoying
The sing-song voice of the British narrator was fine for the first story or so but was highly annoying in its sameness over time.
8 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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- Patrick J McKenzie
- 03-25-22
No chapter titles.
Great stories but the chapters should have titles so that you can easily access the story you want to hear.
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- Some
- 03-23-22
Fire this narrator!
This narrator nearly ruined the whole thing. Her predictable and repetitive tone, especially over-emphasized sentence endings made this a chore rather than a pleasure to get through.
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- Mark
- 03-02-14
Great Collection of Unexpected/Horror
A great collection of classic tales with a twist or horror theme to them. (Although I'm sure you worked that out from EA Poe.) Well read, and a pleasure to listen to.
4 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Mrs. J. Moir
- 02-01-14
Great stories but droning voice!
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Super stories but very wearing voice.
What did you like best about this story?
All good - a few odd ones.
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Cathy Dobson?
Samantha Bond, Dawn French, any actor or actress with a less droning voice.
Could you see The World's Best Classic Short Stories being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
Too many - would take years.
Any additional comments?
Good value for money
8 people found this helpful
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- Mark
- 12-25-15
Irritating pronunciation.
If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
Very strange the ways words are pronounced here, there is no accent like it in England. Why is the narrator adding syllables to words and lengthening them unnecessarily? I found it very offputting.
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- vanessa c.
- 05-02-21
Narrators voice
A very monotoned narration Cathy Dobson
sorry Cathy- well read but a little nauseating indeed
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- Chris
- 01-31-20
Awful narration, monotonous and sounds malignant
bought by accident already have this
am going to try and ask for a refund of this credit
