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The World's Best Classic Short Stories
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
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The World's Best Classic Short Stories
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Publisher's Summary
A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories, including:
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
- Jessica Pchajek
- 2020-09-24
The narrator spoiled it for me
I had to stop halfway through the first story because I couldn't listen to the narrator anymore. I don't know if she does it on purpose or if that's just her reading voice but it's hard to pay attention to the story. She has this not quite sing-songy, not quite monotone, I don't know what. Like it has a haunting, droll tone to it. I can't listen it anymore, regardless of my inability to accurately describe it. You would think it would serve Edgar Allan Poe well, but no. I'll have to return this book since she narrates the whole thing. Pity.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Shane
- 2020-01-06
Good compilation, very dramatic narrator
Loved some of the short stories, didn't love some other, but that was okay, The narrator was very dramatic I found, which distracted a little from each story. I like how the chapters were broken up into the short stories, very helpful.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Jennifer Greenberg
- 2016-09-04
I just can't listen to this narrator
I love these stories but just I could not bear this narrator. I tried - I really tried.
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18 people found this helpful
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- Amber
- 2015-12-23
Annoying
Annoying and melancholic narration. The accent drives me nuts. Worst purchase ever. Very monotone. Would like my money back.
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17 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Ken Larsen
- 2015-02-04
Wonderful group of short stories
A wonderful group of intriguing short stories, written by world class authors and performed with great enthusiasm which one can enjoy anytime.
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12 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Stephen O. Meredith
- 2017-02-25
Narration is annoying
The sing-song voice of the British narrator was fine for the first story or so but was highly annoying in its sameness over time.
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9 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Rebekah Collins
- 2021-01-17
Terrible Narration . . .
I wish I had read the other reviews before purchasing this as I love short stories. Also there are no chapter titles and the narrator does not announce the author's name for each story either.
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4 people found this helpful
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- Gerald Brissette
- 2020-10-03
Tough listen
The content appeals to me greatly. I just didn't like listening to the reader. It didn't seem genuine to me.
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3 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Some
- 2022-03-23
Fire this narrator!
This narrator nearly ruined the whole thing. Her predictable and repetitive tone, especially over-emphasized sentence endings made this a chore rather than a pleasure to get through.
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- Jana
- 2023-12-09
she just drones on and on and on....
I simply couldn't continue on. I stopped on Chapter 28. Maybe that is an err on my end. But it, to me was akin to finger nails dragging across a chalk board.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Moon
- 2022-11-29
Impossible to navigate
There are no titles in the chapters to find a particular story, therefore I don't listen as I don't know what it is.
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- Anthony
- 2022-11-19
Hard to understand
The narrator is very difficult to understand. She is speaking formally and making the plain text more complicated than necessary.
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