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1) A tale of two cities

Author

Dickens, Charles

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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When the starving French masses rise in hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent government, both the guilty and innocent become victims of their frenzied anger. Soon nothing stands in the way of the chilling figure they enlist for their cause - La Guillotine - the new invention for efficiently chopping off heads. Charles Dickens' compelling portrait of the results of terror and treason, love and supreme sacrifice continues to captivate readers around...

2) The Essential Kipling

Author

Kipling, Rudyard

Language

English

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Over twenty unabridged selections of Rudyard Kipling's stories, poems and letters. FULL LISTING 1. PRELUDE - "To Departmental Dittiesâ€ (1885) read by Rupert Degas 2. TODS' from "Plain Tales from the Hillsâ€ read by Martin Jarvis 3. THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST (1889) read by Rupert Degas 4. KIDKNAPPED from "Plain Tales from the Hillsâ€ read by Martin Jarvis 5. THE SONG OF THE SONS read by Rupert Degas 6. THE SONG OF THE...

3) Classic Vampire Short Stories

Author

Stoker, Bram

Language

English

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Classic Vampire tales read by Richard Pasco, whose expert reading ability is combined with a rich and sonorous voice, a former leading member of the Old Vic and The Royal Shakespeare Company. Stories included: Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker The Mark Of The Beast by Rudyard Kipling Aurelia by E.T.A. Hoffman Mrs. Amworth by E.F. Benson Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe

4) Classic Ghost Stories

Author

Stoker, Bram

Language

English

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A selection of the most chilling tales ever written Rats and mice, and beetles and creaky doors, and loose slates, and broken panes, and stiff drawer handles, that stay out when you pull them and then fall down in the middle of the night. [â€¦] Rats is bogeys, I tell you, and bogeys is rats, and don't you get to think anything else! Ghosts, vampires, werewolves and even rats, all make an appearance in this collection of frighteningly good...

5) Short Stories: After Dark Classics: After Dark Classics

Author

Poe, Edgar Allan

Language

English

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This chilling collection comprises the best of classic horror writing, with the atmospheric genius of Edgar Allan Poe, the invention and eeriness of Bram Stoker, and the suspense of Wilkie Collins amongst the terrifying gems contained. A veritable schooling in the origins of modern-day horror and fantasy, some of the best minds in the history of English literature take on the world of vampires, werewolves and the supernatural. STORY This collection...