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    Tales of Life and Death
    Tales of Life and Death
    Tales of Life and Death
    Audiobook11 hours

    Tales of Life and Death

    Written by H. G. Wells, Edith Wharton and M. R. James

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague. Never more so than in this collection of 30 weird and macabre tales.

    'The Stolen Body' by H. G. Wells
    'The Young Lady in Black' by Amyas Northcote
    'On the Brighton Road' by Richard Middleton
    'When I Was Dead' by Vincent O'Sullivan
    'A Vision of Judgement' by H. G. Wells
    'This Is All' by Barry Pain
    'A Dead Finger' by Sabine Baring-Gould
    'Under the Knife' by H. G. Wells
    'Rattle of Bones' by Robert E. Howard
    'Kerfol' by Edith Wharton
    'The Downs' by Amyas Northcote
    'Story of an Obstinate Corpse' by Elia. W. Peattie
    'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton
    'The Cold Embrace' by M. E. Braddon
    'The Death of Halpin Frayser' by Ambrose Bierce
    'The Everlasting Club' by Arthur Gray
    'The Ghost Club' by John Kendrick Bangs
    'Wailing Well' by M. R. James
    'Will' by Vincent O'Sullivan
    'The Striding Place' by Gertrude Atherton
    'The Vampire' by Jan Neruda
    'Mrs. Raeburn's Waxwork' by Eleanor Smith
    'Miss Mary Pask' by Edith Wharton
    'On the Northern Ice' by Elia W. Peattie
    'Sea Curse' by Robert E. Howard
    'The Snow' by Hugh Walpole
    'Number Ninety' by B. M. Croker
    'From the Loom of the Dead' by Elia W. Peattie
    'The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number' by Gertrude Atherton
    'Never Bet the Devil Your Head' by Edgar Allan Poe
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateNov 5, 2016
    ISBN9781509421657
    Tales of Life and Death
    Author

    H. G. Wells

    H.G. Wells is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. He was the author of numerous classics such as The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The War of the Worlds, and many more. 

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