Charles Dickens, Robert Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Theo Gift, E. Nesbit, Bram Stoker
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Average rating: 2.0 of 5
A Disappointing Selection 2 out of 5 stars.
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Diasappointing Selection, Oct 22 2007
By D. Cooley - See all my reviews
I was looking forward to this small selection of stories. I was familiar with Michael Williams from some of his TV work and had never heard of the stories Dog or Demon and The Mystery of the Semi-Detached. Dog or Demon is indeed a chilling story but nowhere in the 2 cassettes can "The Mystery of the Semi-Detached" or the anonymous "Haunting" be found. The Judge's House is enjoyable and The Watcher becomes a poignant ode to the "dumb" animals of the wild. However, most of the rest of the selection is devoted to the ponderous Dickens standard "The Signalman" and to Bierce's "The Moonlit Road". The latter is almost silly in its earnestness about Spiritualism and fails to deliver the chills of Bierce's other stories such as "The Damned Thing" and "The Eyes of the Panther".
In summation, there are only five stories present in this collection, not seven; and of the five I can only recommend three.
Editorial Review:
This chilling collection of classics, read by Michael Williams, includes seven outstanding ghost stories from six masters of the genre. It includes The Signalman by Charles Dickens, The Watcher by Robert Benson, The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, Dog or Demon by Theo Gift, The Mystery of the Semi-Detached by E. Nesbit, The Judge's House by Bram Stoker, and Haunted by an anonymous author.
