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The Great British Short Story Collection
- By: Barry Pain, E. F. Benson, Stacy Aumonier, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 32 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
A gripping collection of over 50 of the greatest short stories written by great British writers. 1."The Missing Years" by Barry Pain, 2. "His Brother's Keeper" by W. W. Jacobs, 3. "A Madman's Manuscript" by Charles Dickens, 4. "The House of Cobwebs" by Barry Pain, 5. "Old Fags" by Stacy Aumonier, 6. "A Long-Ago Affair" by John Galsworthy, 7. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey, 8. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey, 9. "Rose Rose" by Barry Pain
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3 out of 5 stars
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Distracting narrator
- By Anonymous User on 13-01-2021
Distracting narrator
Reviewed: 13-01-2021
I find this narrator terribly distracting and sometimes difficult to understand even though she speaks perfect English. Her volume, pauses and inflections seem all wrong and made it difficult to enjoy the wonderful stories.
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Miao Dao
- Dark Corners Collection, Book 4
- By: Joyce Carol Oates
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Bad things have been happening since Mia began to mature. Her dad left. Boys at school can’t keep their hands to themselves. A lecherous stepfather has moved in. Her only refuge is an abandoned lot on her suburban cul-de-sac, crawling with feral felines - one of which follows Mia home. Ghostly white and affectionate, she is Mia’s new companion and - as Mia’s tormenters will soon discover - her fierce protector.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A new favourite.
- By Anonymous User on 03-11-2020
- Miao Dao
- Dark Corners Collection, Book 4
- By: Joyce Carol Oates
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
A new favourite.
Reviewed: 03-11-2020
I loved this story. It's Joyce Carol Oates at her beautiful, disquieting best. She's brilliant!
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The Lake House
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 393
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 370
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 376
Living on her family’s gorgeous lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, clever, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented fourteen-year-old who loves to write stories. But the mysteries she pens are no match for the one her family is about to endure ...One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest son, Theo, has vanished without a trace.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Slow
- By Kay Way on 19-12-2015
- The Lake House
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
Way too long.
Reviewed: 04-06-2020
This story was evocative and beautifully written but needed to be about half it's length to work as a thriller for me. It just dragged aimlessly at many points.