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Fascinating Short Stories

By: H. G. Wells, Wilkie Collins, John Buchan, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Alphonse Daudet, Edgar Wallace
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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A superb collection of captivating short stories by leading classic writers, including:

  • 'The Cone' by H. G. Wells
  • 'The Dream Woman' by Wilkie Collins
  • 'Fortunes Adrift' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
  • 'The Kidnapping of Phil Altamore' by Ella Hepworth Dixon
  • 'The Table Under the Tree' by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • 'In Yeddo Bay' by Jack London
  • 'The Man with the Canine Teeth' by Edgar Wallace
  • 'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane
  • 'Make Westing' by Jack London
  • 'The Pope's Mule' by Alphonse Daudet
  • 'The Old Ancient Ship' by Morley Roberts
  • 'The Yacht' by Arnold Bennett
  • 'The Village That Voted the Earth was Flat' by Rudyard Kipling
  • 'The Brute' by Joseph Conrad
  • 'Bound for Rio Grande' by A. E. Dingle
  • 'An Old Fashioned Christmas Eve' by Peter Christen Asbjörnsen
  • 'The Far Islands' by John Buchan
  • 'The High Seas' by Elinor Mordaunt
  • 'A Bohemian Bag' by F. Anstey
  • 'The 9.30 Up Train' by Sabine Baring-Gould

Plus many more gripping short stories by famous writers.

Public Domain (P)2018 Red Door Audiobooks
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The narrator,Cathy Dodson has a sing song voice which renders a wonderful set of authors work unintelligible

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Listen To The Narration Sample Before Purchasing.

Because I knew most of the stories in this anthology, I didn't listen to the audible sample of the narration. That is my fault.

I have stopped listening 1.5 hrs into the book. The narrator draws the last word of each sentence out to the point I can no longer listen.

I have never had to write a review like this one. If I am the only reader that has an issue with this recording, my apologies.

Many of my favorite short stories are on this list, so this is disappointing.

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Fascinating Short Stories

The reader has a sing-song style, and there is no variety in character’s voices. Great stories, presented in a manner that makes it difficult to listen.

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