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Compelling Short Stories: Forty Great Classic Tales
Written by H. G. Wells, H. Rider Haggard and Hugh Walpole
Narrated by Cathy Dobson
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A rich and varied anthology of inventive classic tales by some of the world's top storytellers.
'A Deal in Ostriches' by H. G. Wells
'The Scarecrow' by G. Ranger Wormser
'Only a Dream' by H. Rider Haggard
'The Magic Shop' by H. G. Wells
'The Business of Madame Jahn' by Vincent O'Sullivan
'The Old Portrait' by Hume Nisbet
'The Yellow Globe' by Alexander W. Drake
'The Last Trump' by Hugh Walpole
'The White Cat' by W. W. Jacobs
'The Effigy' by G. Ranger Wormser
'The Flowering of the Strange Orchid' by H. G. Wells
'The Piano Next Door' by Elia W. Peattie
'The Khitmatgar' by B. M. Croker
'The Crystal Egg' by H. G. Wells
'The Fire' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
'The Horla' by Guy de Maupassant
'Haunted' by G. Ranger Wormser
'Through a Window' by H. G. Wells
'The Devil of the Marsh' by H. B. Marriott-Watson
'The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number' by Gertrude Atherton...and over 20 more fascinating classic stories.
'A Deal in Ostriches' by H. G. Wells
'The Scarecrow' by G. Ranger Wormser
'Only a Dream' by H. Rider Haggard
'The Magic Shop' by H. G. Wells
'The Business of Madame Jahn' by Vincent O'Sullivan
'The Old Portrait' by Hume Nisbet
'The Yellow Globe' by Alexander W. Drake
'The Last Trump' by Hugh Walpole
'The White Cat' by W. W. Jacobs
'The Effigy' by G. Ranger Wormser
'The Flowering of the Strange Orchid' by H. G. Wells
'The Piano Next Door' by Elia W. Peattie
'The Khitmatgar' by B. M. Croker
'The Crystal Egg' by H. G. Wells
'The Fire' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
'The Horla' by Guy de Maupassant
'Haunted' by G. Ranger Wormser
'Through a Window' by H. G. Wells
'The Devil of the Marsh' by H. B. Marriott-Watson
'The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number' by Gertrude Atherton...and over 20 more fascinating classic stories.
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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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