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Title: J M Barrie: The Short Stories

Author: J M Barrie

Narrator: Richard Mitchley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-12

Publisher: The Copyright Group

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Peter Pan is a classic story. The Admirable Crichton is a classic play. And here, in this volume, are two classic short stories. They are certainly of their day and perfect pieces of their craft. And really thats not surprising, for JM Barrie was a writer of great note.

Short stories are often overlooked as being the poor, under-developed relatives of greater works. But from writers of the calibre of Barrie, this is just not so. He creates stories and characters that drive, meld, and develop into narratives that in their numerically shorter length are, in fact, the perfect length.

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Title: Oscar Wilde Stories - 4 to Savor

Subtitle: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Model Millionaire, The Selfish Giant, and The Sphinx without a Secret

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Deaver Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-04-12

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Four of Oscar Wilde's best stories - perhaps his best work of all. In any case, these selections are well worth hearing for their wide range of thoughts, emotions, and wit. An afterword is included for those interested. (American accent narration.)

Members Reviews:

The worst narrator ever

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The reader was absolutely one of the worst readers ever. It was personality negative 50. Oscar is a funny writer and Deaver missed all the humor. He made great stories miserable to listen to.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

He was completely out of sync with the writing as well as totally boring.

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Title: Hunted Down

Subtitle: A Charles Dickens Story

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Deaver Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-12

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A story that has a version of Uriah Heap, a story within a story, touching on the themes of death and deliverance, anger and revenge. This is a classic short story well worth introducing to young listeners to before they embark on the longer voyage of Dickens' novels. Dickens employs wonderful character names here, such as Mr. Heap and here Mr. Slinkton. Cathartic and uplifting. (American accent narration.)

Members Reviews:

Really don't enjoy this narrator

The pace of narration is all over the place. Stumbling and halting, the rapid and garbled. Not good at all

Disappointing narration

What disappointed you about Hunted Down?

Dickens is about characterization. This particular narrator didn't pull it off. Plus, the quality of the recording was really poor. It made the story hard to listen to and impossible to enjoy.

Would you be willing to try another one of Deaver Browns performances?

Nope.

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Title: The Model Millionaire

Subtitle: An Oscar Wilde Short Story

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Deaver Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-12

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

One of Oscar Wilde's most charming stories, combining art, painting, wit, love, romance, and generosity. English wit, American vigor, and Irish sentimentality too - all part of Wilde's makeup. Hard to hear without tearing up a bit at the end.

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Title: The Lamplighter

Subtitle: A Farce in One Act

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Deaver Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-12

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 1.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"The Lamplighter" is ironic and iconic Dickens. A story within a story about dreams of wealth, with Dickensian wit throughout. A treat for Dickens fans who have not heard this lovely story before. (American accent narration.)

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Title: The Selfish Giant

Subtitle: An Oscar Wilde Short Story

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Deaver Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-12

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Here is one of Oscar Wilde's wonderful fairy tales, about a giant, the children he meets, and the Christ Child. A moving story, good to hear all year 'round - but especially in the Christmas season.

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Title: The Canterville Ghost

Subtitle: An Oscar Wilde Story

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Deaver Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-12

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Oscar Wilde's wit and meaning is at its best in this ghost story, considered by many the best ever written. Wilde's dialogue lends himself to narration because of his quick wit and delivery. Here he presents a traditional English ghost that Americans refuse to accept, but both parties finally work together to end the controversy. One of the great short stories of all time.

Members Reviews:

Poor narration

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No

Who was your favorite character and why?

The Ghost

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Akward, hesitant. Reading words, not a story

Was The Canterville Ghost worth the listening time?

No

Any additional comments?

Oscar Wilde is so amusing and fun. Deserves a better performance.

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Title: What Christmas Is as We Grow Older

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Deaver Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-19-12

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A Dickens Christmas story about charity, hope, and forgiveness, with a touch of remembrance and loss. This very mature story looks back throughout one's life, promises made, aspirations filled and unfilled, love gained and lost, and many other such touching moments in everyone's life. An American voice was used per listener request.

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Title: The Bus-Conductor: An E.F. Benson Ghost Story

Author: E. F. Benson

Narrator: Greg Wagland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-11-11

Publisher: Magpie Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

While staying at a friends house in an apparently humdrum London suburb, the sceptical Hugh Grainger sees and then converses with an unsettling stranger from his bedroom window in the very dead of night. But what could be the meaning of this curious visitation? Hold very tight, please! E. F. Benson is well known for his Mapp and Lucia novels but his ghost and supernatural stories are marvellous jewels, combining elegant writing and moments of blood-curdling horror. Here Greg Wagland narrates one of the best of them, for Magpie Audio.

Members Reviews:

An 1800's Style

Where does The Bus-Conductor: An E.F. Benson Ghost Story rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

The story keeps you interested from the beginning and makes you think about the paralells of dreaming and death.

What other book might you compare The Bus-Conductor: An E.F. Benson Ghost Story to and why?

The King In Yellow - Robert W. Chambers

Has similarities to The Yellow Sign, where a young man and woman share nightmares about hearses and a mysterious man watching them.

Have you listened to any of Greg Waglands other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes. A Christmas Carol. Much different, of course.

If you could take any character from The Bus-Conductor: An E.F. Benson Ghost Story out to dinner, who would it be and why?

The one who experienced the death dream. I would want to know his thoughts about the afterlife and how sleep appears to bring us a sample of it. Realy trippy stuff, lol!

Any additional comments?

I love classic ghost stories.

Creepy Excellences

This is a well read short story of a friend recalling an eerie account of creepy premonition he had whilst staying at the mans house the previous summer and of which he is only now capable of talking about. Greg Wagland gives a good performance.

Nothing frightening, but makes you realise we all experience premonitions of some kind throughout our lives, some of us more aware of them than others.

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Title: Stories to Scare You Witless

Subtitle: Tales of Terror

Author: Fitz-James O'Brien, Hector Hugh Munro, Wilkie Collins, Edith Nesbit, Jerome K. Jerome, Ambrose Bierce, M. R. James

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-11

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Genuinely chilling narratives of paranormal phenomena, the returning dead, uncanny apparitions, sinister happenings and inexplicable events which make your blood run cold. Listen in the dark... if you dare!

Members Reviews:

Nice Stories - Shame about the Voice!

Good stories but the narrator's voice is incredibly annoying. She enuciates every last syllable and it really starts your teeth grinding after a short while. Such a shame to waste good stories with vocal mannerisms - when will the producer's learn?! The only way I would listen to this collection of stories again is if they re-recorded it with a new performer.

Don't bother!

Such a shame the narration is awful - the read tries to put on a scary voice and succeeds only in making this impossible to listen to!