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Roy Macready
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A Christmas Carol
This adaptation of Dickens' much loved “Ghost Story of Christmas” is subtitled "Scrooge and the Three Spirits” and concentrates on the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge's dealings with the spirits that visit him on Christmas Eve to bring about his redemption....
A Warning to the Curious
M.R. James (1862-1936) was provost of King's College, Cambridge and Eton College. He was a highly regarded scholar and academic in his time but today is remembered for his ghost stories which are considered among the finest in the genre.Here is one of...
At the Farmhouse
E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is probably best known today for his sparkling, comic “Lucia”novels. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works.At the Farmhouse exemplifies Benson's fine literary style and his ability to create...
Candide
The story follows the eponymous hero and his tutor Doctor Pangloss through a series of adventures and misfortunes all the time doggedly attempting, against the odds, to adhere to the Doctor's philosophy that “all is for the best in this best of all...
Casting the Runes
M.R. James (1862-1936) was provost of King's College, Cambridge and Eton College. He was a highly regarded scholar and academic in his time but today is remembered for his ghost stories which are considered among the finest in the genre.Here is one of...
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) was first published anonymously in 1821 in the London Magazine and was published in book form a year later.A revised edition was published in 1846. It is an account by the author...
Eliza
"Eliza" was the first volume of the Eliza Stories by Barry Pain (1864-1928). It was published in 1900 and was the first of these stories that appeared in cheap editions and were sold on Railway bookstalls. The stories were hugely popular and made...
Essays
Jerome K. Jerome is of course known for the hilarious adventures of "Three Men in a Boat". He also wrote many short stories and essays that have all the wit, whimsy and wisdom of his more famous work. The essays in this volume were published together...
Fairy Stories
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. His “Fairy Books”, each named a colour, were twelve volumes of tales collected from many sources and were published between 1889 and 1910.The eight stories in this...
Favourite Children's Poems
Here is a collection of 41 favourite classic children's poems by some of our best loved writers including Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling and others.Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready Author - Edward...
Favourite Classic Poems
A collection of favourite classic poems by some of our best loved poets including Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, John Keats, William Butler Yeats, Thomas Love Peacock, Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Shakespeare, Algernon Charles...
Ghost Stories
E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is probably best known today for his sparkling, comic “Lucia”novels. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works.This collection of ten stories exemplifies Benson's fine literary style and his...
Ghost Stories – Volume Two
M.R. James (1862-1936) was provost of King's College, Cambridge and Eton College. He was a highly regarded scholar and academic in his time but today is remembered for his ghost stories which are considered among the finest in the genre.The six...
Ghost Stories, Volume One
M.R. James (1862-1936) was provost of King's College, Cambridge and Eton College. He was a highly regarded scholar and academic in his time but today is remembered for his ghost stories which are considered among the finest in the genre.The seven...
Holy Terrors
Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh author known for his works of horror and the fantastic. He is recognized as an influence on modern writers of supernatural fiction. “Holy Terrors” (published in 1946, a year before his death) is a collection of...
Humorous Tales
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is celebrated as a master of the gothic tale of the macabre and the supernatural, but he also wrote a number of humorous and satirical tales seven of which are presented here.“The Angel of the Odd”“The Business Man”“The...
Hymn to Proserpine
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 – 1909) was a poet, critic, novelist and playwright. He was born in London and educated at Eton and Oxford and was a contemporary of the Pre-Raphaelites.“Hymn to Proserpine” was published in 1866 in “Poems and...
Ligeia
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is celebrated for his tales of the macabre and the supernatural.In this example of the genre the narrator tells of his adored wife Ligeia, of her tragic death, and of his remarrying another beautiful woman Rowena who after...
Macabre Tales
Fitz-James O'Brien was born in Cork, Ireland in 1826. After studying at the University of Dublin where he showed a talent for writing poetry, he moved to London. In 1852 he emigrated to America and settled in New York where he earned his living by...
Man Overboard
Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer, born in Italy and educated in the USA. He also studied at the universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg.He was a prolific writer in many fields but it was his novels that were most popular,...
Man-Size in Marble
E. Nesbit is best known for her children's books such as The Railway Children, the “Psammead” series. and the stories of the “Bastable” family.She was also a poet and wrote many works for adults including short stories in the genre of the supernatural...
More Strange Tales
Another collection of sixteen classic tales of the macabre and supernatural by some of the best known writers in these genres.Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready Author - Edgar Allan Poe. Narrator - Roy Macready. Published Date -...
More Tales in the Dark
Barry Pain was noted for his humorous tales of “Eliza” and her husband but his tales of the weird and supernatural are equally noteworthy. This volume of More “Tales in the Dark” contains eight of them. They are:“The Gray Cat”“Post-Mortem”“Linda”“The...
Mrs. Amworth
E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is probably best known today for his sparkling, comic Lucia novels. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works.Mrs. Amworth with it's theme of vampirism exemplifies Benson's fine literary style...
Naboth's Vineyard
E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is probably best known today for his sparkling, comic “Lucia”novels. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works.Naboth's Vineyard exemplifies Benson's fine literary style and his ability to create...
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