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Fifty Classic Ghost Stories

By: E. F. Benson, Edith Wharton, F. Marion Crawford, Lettice Galbraith, Hugh Walpole, Charles Dickens, D. H. Lawrence
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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A wonderful collection of 50 of the best classic ghost stories ever written.

  • 'The Missing Model' by Lettice Galbraith
  • 'Pomegranate Seed' by Edith Wharton
  • 'The Screaming Skull' by F. Marion Crawford
  • 'The Ghost in the Cupboard Room' by Wilkie Collins
  • 'The Shadow on the Blind' by Louisa Baldwin
  • 'A Ghost's Revenge' by Lettice Galbraith
  • 'The Lost Ghost' by Mary Wilkins-Freeman
  • 'On the Northern Ice' by Elia W. Peattie
  • 'The Cold Embrace' by Mary E. Braddon
  • 'The Dust Cloud' by E. F. Benson
  • 'The Haunted Dolls' House' by M. R. James
  • 'For the Blood Is the Life' by F. Marion Crawford
  • 'Miss Mary Pask' by Edith Wharton
  • 'Mrs Raeburn's Waxwork' by Eleanor Smith
  • 'The Man with the Roller' by E. G. Swain
  • 'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow
  • 'The Diary of Mr. Poynter' by M. R. James
  • 'The Snow' by Hugh Walpole
  • 'They' by Rudyard Kipling
  • 'The Evil Clergyman' by H. P. Lovecraft

Plus 30 more classic ghost stories....

Public Domain (P)2015 Red Door Audiobooks Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Haunted Ghost Fantasy Paranormal

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Dreadfully read, with weird inappropriate intonation. Wouldn't recommend this to anyone and can't bear to listen to anymore. Hugely disappointing.

Fifty Classic Ghost Stories

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Would you try another book written by the authors or narrated by Cathy Dobson?

Absolutely not narrated by Cathy Dobson

What could the authors have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Who would complain about EF Benson et al. The authors are iconic ghost story writers. It was purely the choice of the narrator.

What didn’t you like about Cathy Dobson’s performance?

Everything! Boring voice. Even 1 story narrated by her was too much, but there are hours of listening. Just couldn't stand it.

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Stories are all classic, but the narrator did not have any redeeming qualities and being narrated by a computer generated voice would even have been better.

Wish I Had Read Previous Reviews

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I couldn’t stand more than 10 minutes. Hideously read. I was really looking forward to some good ghost stories, the only scary thing was the narration. 😩😩😩

Dreadful robotic intonations

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I'd recommend the book but not this audiobook

What other book might you compare Fifty Classic Ghost Stories to, and why?

any other "classic ghost story" books

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Cathy Dobson?

A mix of male and female readers. Generally someone who can actually read properly

Did Fifty Classic Ghost Stories inspire you to do anything?

get the book out of the library and read it myself

Any additional comments?

This is ruined by the narrator. My own fault as I should have played a sample. The reader has strange inflections which are very very irritating. I honestly haven't heard someone, presumably professional, read a book so poorly. I couldn't listen to it after a while. I kept hoping it would get better but didn't. A shame as i know some of the stories but couldnt get past the second story.

I struggled to make it past the second story

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I am absolutely furious to have spent a full credit on something like this. Cathy Dobson has single handily ruined an entire collection of amazing stories with her weird and at times utterly ridiculous reading style!

I want my money back or I am canceling my subscription!

Debora

This is unlistenable!!!

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Reading stories more than, say, 100 years old, requires a good deal of skill and can bring difficult literature to life. Sadly this reader seems to have honed her skills on a decade or two of UK local radio commercials, and perhaps some Christmas panto in her local village hall. Combine this with a refreshingly relaxed approach to pronouncing 'difficult' words, and we have an audio experience that is not quite what I was hoping for. Harsh, maybe, but people on Libravox do this better for love, not for money.

Classic stories, badly presented

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Sorry to say lost interest due to the awful narration. The content old fashioned and boring

Narration awful

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The book contains excellent writers however the narrator voice is irritating after a, short, while.

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

Yes, the narrator

What didn’t you like about Cathy Dobson’s performance?

Very odd inflection, inappropriate emphasis and narration completely unsympathetic to the stories, has the odd and luckily rare effect of making them hard to listen to. Don't waste a credit.

Any additional comments?

Buyer beware.

Classic stories ruined by odd narration

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this narrator is absolutely dreadful great stories ruined by this woman never heard anything so bad

Dreadful

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