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50 Classic Thriller Short Stories. Works by Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Edith Nesbit... And Many More!
- 50 Classic Thriller Short Stories 1
- Narrated by: Joseph Linehan, Steven Collins
- Length: 24 hrs and 54 mins
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50 Classic Horror Short Stories 2
- Works by Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker and Many More!
- Written by: H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
- Narrated by: Anthony Maher
- Length: 28 hrs and 20 mins
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CONTENTS: 1. The Imp of the Perverse [Poe], 2. The Devil in the Belfry [Poe], 3. The Crawling Chaos [Lovecraft], 4. Aunt Joanna [Sabine Baring-Gould], 5. The Outsider [Lovecraft], 6. The Hound [Lovecraft], 7. The Disinterment [Lovecraft], 8. The Horror At Martin's Beach [Lovecraft], 9. The Tree On The Hill [Lovecraft], 10. The Outgoing of The Tide [John Buchan], 11. The Curse of Yig [Lovecraft], 12. The Haunter Of The Dark [Lovecraft], 13. Berenice [Poe], 14. The Angel Of The Odd [Poe], 15. Black Ram [Baring-Gould], 16. The Cask Of Amontillado [Poe], 17. Dracula's Guest [Bram Stoker].
Written by: H. P. Lovecraft, and others
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10 Essential Pieces of Literature
- Written by: Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Charles Dickens, and others
- Narrated by: Matthew Taylor
- Length: 87 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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This Audiobook contains the following works: "The prophet" [Khalil Gibran], "Treasure Island" [Robert Louis Stevenson], "White fang" [Jack London], "The Time machine" [H. G. Wells], "The Battle of Life" [Charles Dickens], "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes" [Arthur Conan Doyle], "The Three Musketeers" [Alexandre Dumas], "The adventures of Pinocchio" [Carlo Collodi], "Robinson Crusoe" [Daniel Defoe], "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" [Mark Twain].
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Very good collection of stories
- By Jojo on 2021-08-19
Written by: Robert Louis Stevenson, and others
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The Iliad & the Odyssey
- Written by: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins
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The Iliad. Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy starring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey.
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Narrator was awful
- By Bobby Valentino on 2021-04-03
Written by: Homer
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50 Classic Horror Short Stories 1
- Works by Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle and Many More!
- Written by: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Anthony Maher
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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CONTENTS: A Suspicious Gift [Algernon Blackwood], Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp [Algernon Blackwood], The Wood of the Dead [Algernon Blackwood], A Baby Tramp [Ambrose Bierce], The Damned Thing [Ambrose Bierce], Dagon [H.P Lovecraft], The Horror of the Heights [Arthur Conan Doyle], The_Descendant [H.P Lovecraft], The Cats of Ulthar [H.P Lovecraft], The Evil Clergyman [H.P Lovecraft], He [H.P Lovecraft], The Book [H.P Lovecraft], In the Vault [H.P Lovecraft],Nyarlathotep [H.P Lovecraft], Death and the Woman [Gertrude Atherton], The Striding Place [Gertrude Atherton].
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It's 'ok' Narration a weak point
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-03-22
Written by: H. P. Lovecraft
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Edgar Allan Poe - Complete Tales and Poems
- Written by: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato
- Length: 40 hrs and 48 mins
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The Tales: "Metzengerstein", "The Duc De L'omelette", "A Tale Of Jerusalem", "Loss Of Breath", "Bon-Bon", "Ms. Found In A Bottle", "The Assignation", "Berenice", "Morella", "The Unparalleled Adventures Of One Hans Pfaal", "King Pest", "Shadow - A Parable", "Four Beasts In One - The Homo-Cameleopard", "Mystification","Silence - A Fable", "Ligeia", "How To Write A Blackwood Article".
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Complete Tales and Poems Incomplete
- By Anonymous User on 2020-10-03
Written by: Edgar Allan Poe
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The Sherlock Holmes Collection
- Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Stephen Scalon
- Length: 67 hrs and 44 mins
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.
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another poor attempt at chapters
- By Terry Govier on 2022-02-06
Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle
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50 Classic Horror Short Stories 2
- Works by Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker and Many More!
- Written by: H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
- Narrated by: Anthony Maher
- Length: 28 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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CONTENTS: 1. The Imp of the Perverse [Poe], 2. The Devil in the Belfry [Poe], 3. The Crawling Chaos [Lovecraft], 4. Aunt Joanna [Sabine Baring-Gould], 5. The Outsider [Lovecraft], 6. The Hound [Lovecraft], 7. The Disinterment [Lovecraft], 8. The Horror At Martin's Beach [Lovecraft], 9. The Tree On The Hill [Lovecraft], 10. The Outgoing of The Tide [John Buchan], 11. The Curse of Yig [Lovecraft], 12. The Haunter Of The Dark [Lovecraft], 13. Berenice [Poe], 14. The Angel Of The Odd [Poe], 15. Black Ram [Baring-Gould], 16. The Cask Of Amontillado [Poe], 17. Dracula's Guest [Bram Stoker].
Written by: H. P. Lovecraft, and others
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10 Essential Pieces of Literature
- Written by: Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Charles Dickens, and others
- Narrated by: Matthew Taylor
- Length: 87 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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This Audiobook contains the following works: "The prophet" [Khalil Gibran], "Treasure Island" [Robert Louis Stevenson], "White fang" [Jack London], "The Time machine" [H. G. Wells], "The Battle of Life" [Charles Dickens], "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes" [Arthur Conan Doyle], "The Three Musketeers" [Alexandre Dumas], "The adventures of Pinocchio" [Carlo Collodi], "Robinson Crusoe" [Daniel Defoe], "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" [Mark Twain].
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Very good collection of stories
- By Jojo on 2021-08-19
Written by: Robert Louis Stevenson, and others
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The Iliad & the Odyssey
- Written by: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The Iliad. Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy starring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey.
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Narrator was awful
- By Bobby Valentino on 2021-04-03
Written by: Homer
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50 Classic Horror Short Stories 1
- Works by Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle and Many More!
- Written by: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Anthony Maher
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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CONTENTS: A Suspicious Gift [Algernon Blackwood], Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp [Algernon Blackwood], The Wood of the Dead [Algernon Blackwood], A Baby Tramp [Ambrose Bierce], The Damned Thing [Ambrose Bierce], Dagon [H.P Lovecraft], The Horror of the Heights [Arthur Conan Doyle], The_Descendant [H.P Lovecraft], The Cats of Ulthar [H.P Lovecraft], The Evil Clergyman [H.P Lovecraft], He [H.P Lovecraft], The Book [H.P Lovecraft], In the Vault [H.P Lovecraft],Nyarlathotep [H.P Lovecraft], Death and the Woman [Gertrude Atherton], The Striding Place [Gertrude Atherton].
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It's 'ok' Narration a weak point
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-03-22
Written by: H. P. Lovecraft
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Edgar Allan Poe - Complete Tales and Poems
- Written by: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato
- Length: 40 hrs and 48 mins
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The Tales: "Metzengerstein", "The Duc De L'omelette", "A Tale Of Jerusalem", "Loss Of Breath", "Bon-Bon", "Ms. Found In A Bottle", "The Assignation", "Berenice", "Morella", "The Unparalleled Adventures Of One Hans Pfaal", "King Pest", "Shadow - A Parable", "Four Beasts In One - The Homo-Cameleopard", "Mystification","Silence - A Fable", "Ligeia", "How To Write A Blackwood Article".
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Complete Tales and Poems Incomplete
- By Anonymous User on 2020-10-03
Written by: Edgar Allan Poe
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The Sherlock Holmes Collection
- Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Stephen Scalon
- Length: 67 hrs and 44 mins
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.
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another poor attempt at chapters
- By Terry Govier on 2022-02-06
Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle
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50 Classic Children Short Stories
- Volume 1
- Written by: Joseph Jacobs, The Brothers Grimm, Aesop, and others
- Narrated by: Nicole Miller
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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This Audiobook contains the following works: "Tom Tit Tot", "Three Sillies", "The Rose-Tree", "The Old Woman and her Pig", "How Jack went to Seek his Fortune", "Mr. Vinegar", "Nix Nought Nothing", "Jack Hannaford", "Binnorie", "Mouse and Mouser", "Cap o' Rushes", "Teeny-Tiny", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "The Story of the Three Little Pigs", "The Master and his Pupil", "Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse", "Jack and his Golden Snuff-Box", "The Story of the Three Bears", "Jack the Giant-Killer", "Henny-Penny", "Childe Rowland".
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it's pretty violent for a children's book.
- By James on 2020-07-01
Written by: Joseph Jacobs, and others
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H. P. Lovecraft. The Complete Fiction
- Written by: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: John Miller, Adrian Griffin, Paul Phillips
- Length: 47 hrs and 51 mins
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CONTENTS: 01. The Nameless City 02. The Festival 03. The Colour Out of Space 05. The Call of Cthulhu 08-17. The Dunwich Horror 18-25. The Whisperer in Darkness 26-27. The Dreams in the Witch House 28.The Haunter of the Dark 29-33. The Shadow Over Innsmouth 34.Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" 35-42. The Shadow Out of Time 43-54. At the Mountains of Madness 55-80.The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 81. Azathoth 82. Beyond the Wall of Sleep 83. Celephaïs 84. Cool Air 85. Dagon 86. Ex Oblivione 87-88. Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family 89. From Beyond 90. He.
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Urgh, disappointing
- By William Mason on 2019-10-28
Written by: H. P. Lovecraft
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Oliver Twist
- Written by: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Matt Kelly
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin.
Written by: Charles Dickens
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Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Works Collection
- Written by: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Philippe Duquenoy
- Length: 48 hrs and 26 mins
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Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most prolific authors of his time, eventually gaining recognition for his tales of horror and his uncanny ability to paint a macabre picture with words. The Complete Works Collection of Edgar Allan Poe contains over 150 stories and poems, separated into individual chapters, including all of Poe's most notorious works such as The Raven, Annabel Lee, A Dream Within a Dream, Lenore, The Tell-Tale Heart, and many more.
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searching for particular works.
- By sommer on 2018-08-24
Written by: Edgar Allan Poe
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10 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die 1
- Written by: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, and others
- Narrated by: Charles Hubbell, James Ellis, Stephen Scalon, and others
- Length: 102 hrs and 19 mins
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This Audiobook contains the following works : 1. Little women by Louisa May Alcott Start at Chapters 1, 2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Start at Chapters 48, 3. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Start at Chapters 109, 4. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Start at Chapters 152, 5. The Odyssey by Homer Start at Chapters 186, 6. A Tales of Two Cities Start at Chapters 210, 7. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Start at Chapters 255, 8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Start at Chapters 268.
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File Corrupted - tried twice could not download
- By Linda on 2019-12-03
Written by: Jane Austen, and others
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The Charles Dickens Collection: 10 Novels
- Great Expectations; A Tale of Two Cities; Nicholas Nickleby; Oliver Twist; Bleak House; Our Mutual Friend; The Old Curiosity Shop; Dombey and Son; Little Dorrit; A Christmas Carol
- Written by: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Mil Nicholson, Bob Neufeld
- Length: 264 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of 10 of Charles Dickens' great novels in one audiobook. The novels included here are A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, Great Expectations, The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Our Mutual Friend, Little Dorrit, Dombey and Son and A Christmas Carol.
Written by: Charles Dickens
Publisher's Summary
This Audiobook contains the following works:
- The Builder [Frank L. Packard],
- The Man Who Didn't Count [Frank L. Packard],
- Red Petals [Frederick Merrick White],
- The Other Man's Story [Frederick Merrick White],
- The Shebeeners [Frederick Merrick White],
- The Waterwitch [Frederick Merrick White],
- The Brand of the Wild [G.B Lancaster],
- A Fair Smuggler [George Newnes],
- A Castaway of the South [Gilbert Parker],
- As Deep As the Sea [Gilbert Parker],
- The Gift of the Simple King [Gilbert Parker],
- The Treasure of Sacramento [Nick Guy Boothby],
- A Personal Problem [H. Bedford-Jones],
- Gallegher of Beaver [H. Bedford-Jones],
- Sun, Sand and Soap [H. Bedford-Jones],
- The Image of Earth [H. Bedford-Jones],
- Said Afzel's Elephant [H. A. Lamb],
- Sir Albert's Fall [H. C. Bailey],
- The Devil of Marston [H. C. Bailey],
- The Lone Hand [H. C. Bailey],
- The Treasure in the Forest [H. G. Wells],
- Through a Window [H. G. Wells],
- The Jungle's Accolade [Charles Haven Liebe],
- An Unofficial Affair [Harold Edward Bindloss],
- Gillatly's March [Harold Edward Bindloss],
- The Man Who Wouldn't Stay Put [Harold Titus],
- Confession [Algernon Blackwood],
- S. O. S. [Algernon Blackwood],
- B. 24 [Arthur Conan Doyle],
- The Spider Arthur [O. Friel],
- The Vulture Arthur [O. Friel],
- Statement of Gabriel Foot, [Highwayman Arthur Quiller-Couch],
- The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands [Arthur Quiller-Couch],
- The Countess of Bellarmine [Arthur Quiller-Couch],
- The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven [Arthur Stringer],
- The Wire-Tappers [Arthur Stringer],
- The Nth Power [Arthur Cheney Train],
- The Mysterious Card [Cleveland Moffett],
- The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Cleveland Moffett],
- Carnage [Compton Mackenzie],
- A Locomotive as a War Chariot [Cy Warman],
- A Wild Night at Wood River [Cy Warman],
- Wakalona [Cy Warman],
- John Charrington's Wedding [Edith Nesbit],
- The Man at the Wheel [Edith Nesbit],
- The Man Who Died Twice [Edgar Wallace],Allan Poe],,
- The Man Who Died Twice [Edgar Wallace]
- The Man Who Hated Earthworms [Edgar Wallace],
- The Man Who Lived at Clapham [Edgar Wallace],
- The Man Who Was Acquitted [Edgar Wallace].
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- Elly Makuk Garnish
- 2019-12-23
A Disappointment
I listen to a lot of audiobooks, but this is my first book of short stories from Audible. I am absolutely baffled. The narrator sounds like a computer with mispronounced words and impossible phrasing. Sentences run into one another. I sincerely hope my next book of short stories is far better than this. I'm sorry to be so negative but I almost always give books a second chance in case it is just me or my mood, or something else. But, I doubt I will go back to this one.
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- Jim Tufford
- 2020-11-07
Horrible narration.
The narrator restarts sentences over and over, talks in a monotone voice and mispronounces words and puts the inflection on the wrong part of words. Thank God he doesn't read all the stories.
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- SilkeForce
- 2020-04-02
Good Stories can be spoiled by poor reading
The narrator read in a monotone broken only by repeated phrases, nonexistent comma pauses and mispronounced words.
I could feel the earth shake as the authors rolled in their graves.
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- Karen K. D. Martin
- 2021-07-08
Very poor narration
Narrator is mostly monotone, very little inflection. Choice of where to break in a sentence is often jarring.
Save your money and avoid this title.
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- Ronald Morissette
- 2020-12-17
hire a better editor.
Couldn't finish. Counted 27 miss takes in one book alone. Wish this wasn't a gift so I could ask for my money/credit back.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-10-06
let this one get away.
Not the worst narration I've heard, but close. Its so bad I can't tell if the stories are bad or not.
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- Dan Adams
- 2023-04-01
Disappointed
The recording went blank after a few stories. Enjoy the stories that I heard
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- Muzik
- 2022-04-01
waste
another waste of time from audible that cannot be deleted from the account screen.
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- D Howse
- 2021-08-25
Not worth more than $1
The first reader keeps repeating words, and the 2nd reader isn't much better. Text-to-Speech would be better to listen to.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-11-10
Very poor reading.
one blooper? ok. two? eek. this sounded like a 4th grade class all taking turns reading. i just gave up.
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- Harrison
- 2019-08-02
do not buy
narrator is terrible. You can't tell where one sentence begins or the next ends, its one run on sentence.
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- El Samurai Loco
- 2019-07-24
Bad recording
Reader keeps repeating sentences
Really bad and monotonous Intonation
Volume is super low
Breaks between stories are unidentifiable
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- Joan
- 2019-07-05
They should pay us to listen.
It is likely some of these stories are excellent, but there really is no way to tell. The narrator has a very pleasant voice, but beyond that he is worse at pronunciation and pausing than anyone else I've ever heard. Don't the producers do any "quality aasurance"? Clearly not, but they need to start - SOON.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-06-26
not worth the 89 cents!!!
usually when I listen to an audiobook I get lost in the story. this narrator READ the words, but does not tell the story. 2 short stories and I couldnt listen anymore!!
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- RubyNoire
- 2019-07-22
Decent for sleeping background stories.
The reader is plain out of his depth, he mispronounces many words, and never gets it corrected. Also repeats himself if he gets lost while reading, and adds little to differentiate characters, which is okay but sub-par. His voice itself is neutral though, so it is pleasant enough to listen to these old familiar stories as a background noise while gaming or falling asleep. It's worth the few pennies to have a long playing non YouTube recording.
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- Effrom Robinson
- 2019-10-16
Sounds Like a Broken Record
Where to begin. I only got through one of the stories, but I did not enjoy any of it. The narrator is very boring and reads the story with no emphasis or cadence that gives you are real feel for the story. However, that is of little issue, the main problem with this audiobook is the narration repeating a sentence. Throughout the story, the narrator will read a sentence and then read the same exact sentence again. At first I thought it was transitioning between chapters where they would play a line from the previous chapter, but that is not the case. Within a single chapter, a single sentence is read twice in a row several times. So even if you were following the story, the flow is interrupted throughout the chapter. Save your time and effort and find something else.
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- Matt G
- 2019-07-06
I'm volunteering, 'cause I can do better!
I've only gotten through the first nine stories by dint of effort and the ability to let my mind wander from time to time. Be assured nothing of importance was missed, as the stories are delivered in such a manner that meaning drops away in a flood of syllables.
Echoing other reviewers, it's easy to forget what you're listening to, as the narrator is unabashedly inept in pronunciation, phrasing, voicing and interest. Too bad, as his voice is actually quite pleasant in tone and timbre. It's like a Steinway being played by someone who has never had a lesson -- all the parts are there, but the results lack coherence, connection and life.
I may actually seek out the written form of this work, as I'd like to know what the stories were about. I might even take a crack at reading a few aloud... at 63 and a former smoker, my voice is no longer what it was, but it would STILL be better than what was heard.
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- Joseph T.
- 2020-01-31
painful to listen to
painful to listen to. The readers are terrible at interpreting punctuation much less adding any sort of life into their reading. You might as well have Siri read you this book
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- Kenney
- 2020-02-07
Not thrilling
None of the stories had much thrill. The narrators while decent readers none of them were performers. The first set of recordings had next to no editing, words, phrases and even sentences repeated 2 or more times while the reader tried to get it right. Most of the readers mispronounced words. And sound levels between the readers were uneven.
But for less than a dollar it could have been worse.
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- katrina
- 2019-11-16
not all thrillers
Rather an eclectic mix of random public domain stories put together in one volume.
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