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1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 40 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Geraint Wyn Davies. |
| Summary |
Feel the breathtaking tingle of suspense. Share the captivating horror of the supernatural in these six complete stories presented by a masterful reader.This audio recording includes:- "A Watcher by the Dead" by Ambrose Bierce-A corpse brings death, dereliction, and madness to those who would play with it.- "The Body-Snatchers" by Robert Louis Stevenson-A never-ending demand for bodies for medical dissection delivers nightly horrors.- "Adventure of the German Student" by Washington Irving-A German student, caught up in the tempestuous times of the French Revolution, is intoxicated by the beauty of a stranger, and pledges himself to her forever.- "Dick on the Devil" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu-Barwyke Hall, isolated and sinister, is haunted by both the living and the dead.- "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe-The melancholy House of Usher afflicts its owner with a morbid gloom. Justifiably considered one of the best stories of this genre ever written.- "The Open Window" by Saki-A nervous newcomer is overcome by a surprising visit! |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Horror tales, American.
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Horror tales, English.
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Audiobooks.
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Horror fiction.
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Davies, Geraint Wyn, 1957- Narrator.
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Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
Watcher by the dead.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
Body-snatchers.
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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Adventure of the German student.
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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873.
Dickon the devil.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Fall of the house of Usher.
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Saki, 1870-1916.
Open window.
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hoopla digital.
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Horror |
| ISBN |
9781982494377 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982494379 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11398993 |
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