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    Uncanny Tales
    Uncanny Tales
    Uncanny Tales
    Audiobook4 hours

    Uncanny Tales

    Written by F. Marion Crawford

    Narrated by Roy Macready

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    About this audiobook

    Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer, born in Italy and educated in the USA. He also studied at the universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg. He was a prolific writer in many fields but it was his novels that were most popular, commanding a large following. His stories of the macabre and supernatural are very highly regarded.

    Roy Macready reads five of them from Uncanny Tales:

    • The Dead Smile
    • The Screaming Skull
    • Man Overboard!
    • For the Blood is the Life
    • The Doll's Ghost

    Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBig Happy Family
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781509461615
    Uncanny Tales
    Author

    F. Marion Crawford

    F. Marion Crawford was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic, weird, and fantastic stories.

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    • 3/5
      Some good stories; others disappointing or tedious...but reader is very good.