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Twenty Strange Stories
- Uncanny and Bizarre Tales
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A wonderful selection of some of the most bizarre and unsettling stories ever written.
- 1. "The Furnished Room", by O. Henry
- 2. "The Smile of La Gioconda", by Morley Roberts
- 3. "The Dancing Partner", by Jerome K. Jerome
- 4. "The Giraffe Problem", by Barry Pain
- 5. "The Hammer of God", by G. K. Chesterton
- 6. "The Murder of the Mandarin", by Arnold Bennett
- 7. "His Brother’s Keeper", by W. W. Jacobs
- 8. "The Singing Lesson", by Katherine Mansfield
- 9. "The Marionettes", by O. Henry
- 10. "Charles", by A. J. Alan
- 11. "The Perfect Murder", by Stacy Aumonier
- 12. "The Siege of Berlin", by Alphonse Daudet
- 13. "Titbottom’s Spectacles", by George William Curtis
- 14. "Who Was She?", by Bayard Taylor
- 15. "The Marquise", by George Sand
- 16. "The Shadow of the Shark", by G. K. Chesterton
- 17. "The Bundle of Letters", by Maurus Jokai
- 18. "Malachi’s Cove", by Anthony Trollope
- 19. "Mons. Cassecruche’s Inspiration", by George Walter Thornbury
- 20. "The Pistol-Shot", by Alexander Pushkin
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