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A great new collection of classic short fiction, brilliantly read by a selection of narrators. Includes the following stories: "The Lightening-Rod Man" by Herman Melville, "One of the Missing" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Leopard Man's Story" by Jack London, "Tennessee's Partner" by Bret Harte, "The New Catacomb" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin, "My Watch" and "The Widow's Protest" by Mark Twain, "An Ideal Family" by Kate Mansfield, "A Painful Case" by James Joyce, "Small Fry" by Anton Chekhov, and more!

In Edgar Allan Poe's eerie title story, an old man's diseased eye drives the narrator to murder. But while the murderer can rid himself of the eye, he can't silence the old man's heart.

The time is the American Civil War: Southern plantation-owner Peyton Farquahr has been condemned to death for spying against the Union cause. As he prepares to be hanged from the Owl Creek Bridge, Farquahr morosely contemplates his fate and fondly recalls his loving wife.

This is a story from the Chilling Ghost Stories collection.

During the American Civil War, a man stands on a railroad bridge about to be hanged. At the last minute, the rope breaks - or does it? This much-anthologized short story was adapted into one of the most popular episodes of The Twilight Zone.

This is a story from the More Classic American Short Stories collection....

This is a story from the Classic American Short Stories collection.

A chilling collection of ghost stories containing Rats by MR James, The Raven and Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe, The Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar Wilde, A Tough Tussle by Ambrose Bierce and The Signalman by Charles Dickens. In Rats, Mr Thompson comes to regret his decision to investigate a locked room in a country inn, and in The Signalman, the subject of the story is haunted by ghostly appearances that always precede tragic events.

"La strada al chiaro di luna" è un racconto gotico dell'orrore apparso per la prima volta sul cosmopolitan nel 1907. La storia presenta la storia dell'omicidio di una donna dalla prospettiva del figlio, del marito e di se stessa, tramite un medium. Ambrose Bierce con "La strada al chiaro di luna", una storia in bilico tra mistery e ghost story, si rivela tale ancora una volta. Una donna viene uccisa nella notte, come e perché lo si scoprirà grazie a tre diverse testimonianze, una delle quali - la più struggente e toccante - fornita proprio dalla vittima tramite un medium.

In diesem Hörbuch sind sieben Gruselgeschichten berühmter Autoren vereint - in diesem Paket noch billiger als einzeln gekauft! Entdecken Sie die spannenden und gruseligen Erzählungen von Meistern der Dichtkunst wie Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Wilkie Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson und Bram Stoker...

Was geht in einem Delinquenten vor, während er gehängt wird? Was fühlt ein Soldat, der im Krieg auf seinen eigenen Vater schießen muß, weil dieser in der Armee des Feindes dient? Und was empfindet ein Mann, der einen Puma dabei erwischt, wie er die Leiche seiner Frau fressen will? Wie geht es einem, der von seiner eigenen Waffe bedroht wird - die er selbst gespannt hat?

Queste 100 citazioni mirano a fornire l'accesso a un'opera o a una vita eccezionale, attraverso una selezione dei pensieri più eclatanti, in un formato accessibile a tutti. Una citazione è più di un estratto di un'affermazione, può essere un colpo di mente, una sintesi di un pensiero complesso, una massima, un'apertura a una riflessione più profonda.

A collection of spine chilling short stories by M. R. James, Saki, Lord Byron, and Ambrose Bierce.

As the title suggests, this is a collection wonderful classic short stories with a twist at the end!

This collection of eerie stories explores the darkest regions of the mind. Included in the selections are Bierce's most famous tale, "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge", "A Watcher By the Dead", "The Death of Halpin Frayser", "A Cold Greeting", "A Wireless Message", "An Arrest", "The Isle of Pines", "A Fruitless Assignment", "At Old Man Eckert's", "The Spook House", "The Other Lodgers", "The Thing At Nolan", "The Difficulty of Crossing a Field", "An Unfinished Race", "Charles Ashmore's Trail", "Science to the Front", "The Famous Gilson Bequest", and more.

Ein Mann liegt tot auf einem Tisch. Niemand weiß, was ihn getötet hat. Der Coroner verliest das Tagebuch seines Freundes – und Seite für Seite entfaltet sich das Grauen: Etwas Unvorstellbares streift durch die Wälder... „Das verdammte Ding" von Ambrose Bierce ist eine Geschichte über das Unbegreifliche – eine frühe, unheimliche Vision von Kreaturen jenseits unserer Wahrnehmung. Ein beklemmender Klassiker des Horrors – gelesen von Benjamin Werner.

Ein Mann liegt tot auf einem Tisch. Niemand weiß, was ihn getötet hat. Der Coroner verliest das Tagebuch seines Freundes – und Seite für Seite entfaltet sich das Grauen: Etwas Unvorstellbares streift durch die Wälder... „Das verdammte Ding" von Ambrose Bierce ist eine Geschichte über das Unbegreifliche – eine frühe, unheimliche Vision von Kreaturen jenseits unserer Wahrnehmung. Ein beklemmender Klassiker des Horrors – gelesen von Benjamin Werner.

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways

Experience the front lines of history in Men at War—a powerful audiobook anthology narrated by Vietnam veteran Mike Vendetti. This collection unites legendary works by Sun Tzu, Erich Maria Remarque, William Faulkner, Thomas Boyd, Ambrose Bierce, Liam O'Flaherty, and Ernest Hemingway, exploring the tactics, tragedy, and triumph of war across cultures and centuries. From the cold logic of The Art of War to the devastating realism of All Quiet on the Western Front, each selection plunges listeners into the chaos of battle and the haunting silence that follows.

Experience the definitive collection of war's enduring impact, brought to life by the commanding voice of Mike Vendetti.