Publisher Description
This collection of short ghost stories includes some of the best-known classics in the genre, as well as some that may be new to ghost story fans. Includes: The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce, The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, The Consequences by Willa Cather, How It Happened by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Ghost by Guy De Maupassant, The Shell of Sense by Olivia Howard Dunbar, Ligeia by Edgar Allen Poe, The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens, The Secret of the Growing Gold by Bram Stoker, The Fullness of Life by Edith Wharton, An Old Woman's Tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Playing with Fire by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Narrative of the Ghost of the Hand by J. Sheridan Le Fanu; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe; My Platonic Sweetheart by Mark Twain; and The Bold Dragoon (or The Adventure of My Grandfather) by Washington Irving.
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About Charles Dickens
Patrick
Tull (1941–2006), born in the United Kingdom, was a multitalented actor of the stage, screen, and
television, as well as an award-winning audiobook narrator. He acted in
numerous American television shows from 1962 to 1996, including Crossroads, and he had roles in six Broadway plays between 1967 and
1992, including Amadeus. His film credits
from 1969 to 1996 included roles as Cecil in Parting Glances and Jerry the bartender in Sleepers. He served as narrator for the television series Sea Tales. He narrated nearly forty audiobooks,
and his readings of The Canterbury Tales,
The Letter of Marque, Monk’s Hood, The Vicar of Wakefield, and
How Green Was My Valley each earned
him an AudioFile Earphones Award. His narration of Patrick O’Brian’s
Aubrey/Maturin novels was praised by novelist Stephen King as among his ten favorite
audiobooks of 2006.