Publisher Description
These five chilling tales
make perfect night time listening—Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, W. L.
George, A. M. Burrage, and Guy de Maupassant provide the terrifying text; Ian
Holm and Julie Peasgood provide the spoken spooks.
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About various authors
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker and a washerwoman. As a young teenager, he became quite well known in Odense as a reciter of drama and as a singer. When he was fourteen, he set off for the capital, Copenhagen, determined to become a national success on the stage. He failed miserably, but made some influential friends in the capital who got him into school to remedy his lack of proper education. In 1829 his first book was published. After that, books came out at regular intervals. His stories began to be translated into English as early as 1846. Since then, numerous editions, and more recently Hollywood songs and Disney cartoons, have helped to ensure the continuing popularity of the stories in the English-speaking world.
About Ian Holm
Sir Ian Holm is an English actor known for his stage work and for many film roles. He received a Tony Award for The Homecoming and a Laurence Olivier Award for King Lear and was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role in Chariots of Fire. His other film work includes The Aviator, The Day after Tomorrow, Alien, The Fifth Element, and the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, in which he played Bilbo Baggins.