Ghost Stories, Volume One

De: M. R. James

Narrado por: Derek Jacobi

Duración: 2 h y 37 m

Resumen del Editor

Sir Derek Jacobi reads a collection of tales from the master of ghost stories, M. R. James, whose stories have for many years inspired the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas TV adaptations. M. R. James was described as "a man who, in company with Sheridan le Fanu, is the best ghost-story writer England has ever produced".

Public Domain (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Table of contents

This collection contains the stories - A View from a Hill, Rats, A School Story, The Ash Tree, and The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance.

ghost stories

entertaining ghost stories that are a fun listen. still a product of their time, but a good listen during a drive on a dark, Halloween night.

Great except for 1 detail... music

My only complaint regarding this volume is that I’m not a fan of having music, especially loud music, included in my audiobooks. It is particularly annoying when the music overlays the words. Otherwise, I highly recommend this.

Good narration.

You need to focus on the story, so as not to miss anything. You shouldn't try to do other things at the same time!

A corker. Best heard before Christmas.

A defining performance by Sir Derek Jacobi. The stories themselves need no introduction and I’ve never tired of hearing or reading them again. And now for Volume 2 !

Classic ghost stories that hit the spot!

This is an excellent collection of M. R. James' ghost stories narrated by Derek Jacobi. Jacobi's soothing narration adds to the pleasure of listening to these stories. The stories in this volume are:
"A View from a Hill"
"Rats"
"The School Story"
"The Ash Tree"
"The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance"

great listen

this was a great bounce of story's the narrator did a wonderful job the story is well made the characters are all well put together the story it self was great all and all exsilent

Very enjoyable, full of atmosphere

Derek Jacobi is the perfect narrator for these stories, imbuing them with the gothic spookiness we all love so much. I find some of the stories just too open ended, without enough content to tie together any real sense of what the heck happened; nonetheless they are extremely gratifying, particularly when listening as opposed to reading, giving the sense that you are actually present at one of James’ famous fireside holiday ghost story readings for a select small group of his students. Transported to another world and another time; that is what these stories and Jacobi’s excellent performance does for the listener. I love them

perfect for a rainy day.. or night

an old fashioned ghost story told by a great storyteller, you cant ask for more.

Perfect Ghost Story Author/Narrator Duo

Love these old ghost stories and no one reads them better than Derek Jacobi. Looking forward to the next volume