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sandin954's review against another edition
3.0
Another audio with various narrators (Hugh Laurie & Stephen Fry among others) and stories by a wide range of authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Saki etc.
geve_'s review
2.0
Pretty meh imo. I love short stories, and I needed an audio book for lab work, but these were kinda boring. Maybe too gothic and british for me, I dunno. The narrations were mostly pretty great, but couldn't redeem the stories.
a_manning11's review against another edition
3.0
This collection started out great. I thoroughly enjoyed the first couple of hours, and it peaked with The Cat That Walked by Himself. After that it descended into the dark, grim, disgusting, racist, misogynistic and finally the dull. I'm also not sure why a collection of 22 would have more than one story by the same author. The narration was excellent throughout.
Reginald on House Parties by Saki, narrated by Nigel Hawthorne The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde, narrated by Martin Jarvis
Tobermory by Saki, narrated by Barbara Leigh-Hunt
On Being Idle by Jerome K. Jerome, narrated by Hugh Laurie
For Better or Worse by W.W. Jacobs, narrated by Joanna David
The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde, narrated by T.P. McKenna
The Garden of Truth by E. Nesbit, narrated by Harriet Walker
The Cat That Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling, narrated by Liza Goddard
The Girl From Arles by Alphonse Daudet, narrated by Stephen Fry Mr. & Mrs. Dove by Katherine Mansfield, narrated by Rosalind Ayres Georgie Porgie by Rudyard Kipling, narrated by Edward Fox Caterpillars by E.F. Benson, narrated by Patrick Malahide
Lost Hearts by M.R. James, narrated by Richard Pasco
Ship to Tarshish by John Buchan, narrated by Iain Cuthbertson
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Richard Pasco The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace, narrated by Robin Bailey
Dr. Heideggers Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne, narrated by Nicky Henson
B-24 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Brian Cox
Pat Hobby & Orson Welles by F. Scott Fitzgerald, narrated by Kerry Shale
Mad by Guy de Maupassant, narrated by Derek Jacobi
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Richard Griffiths
The Monkeys Paw by W. W. Jacobs, narrated by Patrick Malahide
Reginald on House Parties by Saki, narrated by Nigel Hawthorne The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde, narrated by Martin Jarvis
Tobermory by Saki, narrated by Barbara Leigh-Hunt
On Being Idle by Jerome K. Jerome, narrated by Hugh Laurie
For Better or Worse by W.W. Jacobs, narrated by Joanna David
The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde, narrated by T.P. McKenna
The Garden of Truth by E. Nesbit, narrated by Harriet Walker
The Cat That Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling, narrated by Liza Goddard
The Girl From Arles by Alphonse Daudet, narrated by Stephen Fry Mr. & Mrs. Dove by Katherine Mansfield, narrated by Rosalind Ayres Georgie Porgie by Rudyard Kipling, narrated by Edward Fox Caterpillars by E.F. Benson, narrated by Patrick Malahide
Lost Hearts by M.R. James, narrated by Richard Pasco
Ship to Tarshish by John Buchan, narrated by Iain Cuthbertson
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Richard Pasco The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace, narrated by Robin Bailey
Dr. Heideggers Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne, narrated by Nicky Henson
B-24 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Brian Cox
Pat Hobby & Orson Welles by F. Scott Fitzgerald, narrated by Kerry Shale
Mad by Guy de Maupassant, narrated by Derek Jacobi
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Richard Griffiths
The Monkeys Paw by W. W. Jacobs, narrated by Patrick Malahide
aspygirlsmom_1995's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bibliobabe94's review against another edition
2.0
Solid collection with a few gems, but overall, not that great.
opheliajblack's review against another edition
5.0
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4 Stars I really liked it
5 Stars It was amazing!
If I do actually have something to say about a book other than what my enjoyment factor was, I will write a review and share my thoughts. If I say I didn’t like a book but there wasn’t anything about it that I thought needed to be shared, then that’s it, I just didn’t like it.
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kittykatontheroof's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't love every story in here, but overall, I definitely enjoyed it. It was an easy way to able to listen to several stories I might have otherwise never picked up. Some of them were a bit boring though, and many of them are running together. However, "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe were fantastic. And "The Monkey's Paw" is always a good treat.
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