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    Great Animal Stories
    Great Animal Stories
    Great Animal Stories
    Audiobook12 hours

    Great Animal Stories

    Written by H.G. Wells, Arthur Morrison and Hugh Walpole

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Great Animal Stories, featuring 25 beastly tales.

    Including:

    'A Skinful of Trouble' by Arthur Morrison
    'A Comedy of Capricorn' by Morley Roberts
    'The Goldfish' by Elinor Mordaunt
    'Bats in the Belfry' by Harry Graham
    'A Deal in Ostriches' by H. G. Wells
    'The Young Bull' by Geraint Goodwin
    'Dobbs Parrot' by Arthur Morrison
    'The Empire of the Ants' by H. G. Wells
    'A Tiger's Skin' by W. W. Jacobs
    'Kerfol' by Edith Wharton
    'The Moth' by H. G. Wells
    'The Cats of Ulthar' by H. P. Lovecraft
    'The Lizard' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
    'The Tiger' by Hugh Walpole
    'Mrs Scarr' by Elinor Mordaunt
    'The Whistle' by Hugh Walpole
    'Pigs Is Pigs' by Ellis Parker Butler
    'The Valley of Spiders' by H. G. Wells
    'The Permanent Tenant' by J. S. Fletcher
    'White Stockings' by Edgar Wallace
    'Caterpillars' by E. F. Benson
    'Rats' by M. R. James
    'The Cat' by E. F. Benson
    'The Story of a Piebald Horse' by W. H. Hudson
    'The Wolf' by Guy de Maupassant.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateOct 23, 2017
    ISBN9781509454310
    Great Animal Stories
    Author

    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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