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Wilkie Collins was a prolific writer of short stories. Always original, his combination of cleverly constructed plots and believable characters has made him one of our most widely read authors.

In 'The Dead Hand', a visitor to Doncaster in race week is forced by circumstances to spend the night at an inauspicious inn; while an evening at a Paris gambling-house ends in near tragedy for the narrator in 'A Terribly Strange Bed'

In 'The Dream Woman', a nightmarish apparition exerts a sinister blight on a man’s life.

This collection is read for you by Richard Mitchley, who has worked in theatre throughout Britain as well as directing and acting with his Mayfly theatre company and Ian Holm, one of England’s finest actors.

©2010 Word Of Mouth (P)2010 Word Of Mouth Classics Theatre
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Excellent 'sensational' style writing, very atmospheric. Each story narrated by someone different which is nice for variety. Very easy to listen to on a short car journey!

Fabulous

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For myself the best Wilke Collins novels were "The moonstone"+ "The woman in White"; these are masterpieces. It's sad to say that strangely for me nothing else achieved the same standard. Everything else seems waterered down in comparison; sometimes seriously so. My advice is to stay clear of the novels. After saying that these short,to be fair,are good. This is aided by them being economical in the telling + not out staying their welcome. Most of His novels are far to long + possibly what could have been reasonable tales become grindingly slow, turgid and ruined as a result. (Reference "Armadale"!)

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