Classic Tales Of Horror

By: Ambrose Bierce, Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Daniel Defoe, Mary Shelley, W W Jacobs, H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens, Sarah Douglas, Ben Onwukwe, John Waite

Classic Tales Of Horror offers up fifteen slices of powerful story-telling from the world's great mystery & classic horror authors.

From Henry James and Ambrose Bierce to Bram Stoker and Charles Dickens.

The Man & The Snake by Ambrose Bierce, Man-Size In Marble by E Nesbitt, The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, The Mysterious Mansion by Honore De Balzac, The Judge's House by Bram Stoker, Lost Face by Jack London, by Charles Dickens, The Ghostly Rental by Henry James, The Phantom Coach by Amelia B Edwards, The Picture In The House by HP Lovecraft, True Relation Of The Apparition Of One Mrs Veal by Daniel Defoe, Transformation by Mary Shelley, The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs, William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe, Canon Alberic's Scrapbook by M.R. James.

Read by John Waite (BBC Radio 4), Sarah Douglas (Superman I & II), Michael Fenton-Stevens (Spitting Image, KYTV, Hitchhiker's Guide) and Ben Onwukwe (London's Burning, Othello).

©2010 Spokenworld Audio/Ladbroke Audio Ltd (P)2010 Spokenworld Audio/Ladbroke Audio Ltd

loved how they were read but...

I enjoyed the voices of the readers but besides for maybe 2 or 3 of the stories, I could literally guess the ending after a few minutes.

Great collection of classics

Perfect for Halloween. Wish it had the same narrator throughout for a more consistent listen.