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    A Futile Ghost
    A Futile Ghost
    A Futile Ghost
    Audiobook43 minutes

    A Futile Ghost

    Written by Mary Reynolds

    Narrated by Julia Franklin

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    About this audiobook

    A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Glimpses of the Unknown. The return of the veiled lady to Chilcote Priory fills Mrs Peterson with dread. The ghostly apparition was too rare for them to accept the house is haunted and they had managed to brush it under the carpet, but when it scares their latest maid senseless, Mrs Peterson thinks the ghostly visitor has a message this time …
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIsis Publishing Ltd
    Release dateFeb 1, 2022
    ISBN9781399121361
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