Great Classic Horror

Six Unabridged Stories

By: Ambrose Bierce, Robert Louis Stevensonn, Washington Irving, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki

Narrated by: Geraint Wyn Davies

The Victorian-era writers featured in this collection are known for their power of invention and command of horror and the supernatural.

Included are "A Watcher by the Dead" by Ambrose Bierce; "The Body Snatchers" by Robert Louis Stevenson; "The Adventure of the German Student" by Washington Irving; "Dickon the Devil" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu; "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe; and "The Open Watcher" by Saki.

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Good stories, so-so narration and editing

Geraint Wyn Davies has a decent voice, but to my ears, he did a mediocre reading of these stories. He used different accents but at times slipped out of one accent into another, while narrating the same person. I felt he did not really know the stories, so did not know what emotion to convey; it seemed he was reading aloud, not narrating, which reduced the dramatic effect of the stories. I did not like the editor's abrupt transition from the end of one story to the start of the next story, without dramatic pause between stories, causing the stories to run together and again reduce dramatic effect. For fans of classic horror, this Plus book may be worth a listen.

Good stories with (generally) good narration. No table of contents.

The stories were all very good, and the narration varied from fair to excellent. The lack of a table of contents was very annoying.
I would also like to have had a bit of a pause between stories. It would give the whole book a better flow.

Entertaining

The stories didn't particularly *scare* me, but I believe the narrator gave the characters a quite natural feel and the writing was clever enough to keep me entertained.

Great Classic Horror

I appreciate this book, the stories, the narrator, and the overall production .This is better than most. It's a step up...
Thank You All.

Kelly Wick

Second listen is a pleasure

This is read very well, although more than a year ago I wrote that I did not enjoy the reading.
It’s quite excellent.