Dos jóvenes viajeros un tanto atolondrados hacen una parada en una casa que se supone encantada y entre bormas se ríen de esas tonterías. Cuando un antiguo reloj empieza a dar las campanadas se les aparece un anciano de ojos hundidos, al que los jóvenes al ver su aspecto con la cabeza ladeada y profundas ojeras, entre risas, no saben reconocer como lo que es: el fantasma de los ojos aridentes y hundidos, del que fue un hombre ahorcado.
Un grupo de mensajeros se encuentran sentados al lado de un monasterio en la cima del St Bernard en Suiza, admirando la increible belleza de las montañas. Para pasar el tiempo deciden empezar a contar historias de fantasmas. Uno de ellos que era Genovés empezó a contar la historia de "la novia inglesa", que mientras estaba en su luna de miel, tuvo muchas pesadillas, en las que veía a un hombre muy extraño, oscuro y amenzante y estaba aterrada pues creía que cuando llegaran al destino, ese hombre se la llevaría. Cuando llegaron al viejo palacio en Génova, ella miró por todas las paredes para ver si estaba ese cuadro con la imagen de ese hombre, pero ....
Dicen que las apariencias siempre engañan, y nuestra historia parece confirmarlo... Julius Slinkton tiene mucho interés en que le presenten al Sr. Sampson, director de una Compañía de seguros de vida. Van a coincidir en un par de ocasiones, y no se volverán a ver hasta que casualmente se encuentren en una playa solitaria de Scarborough, por la que Slinkton pasea del brazo de una bellísima joven... Una oscura trama que empieza a desarrollarse, nos va a permitir descubrir hasta qué punto puede una apariencia de candidez e inocencia, ocultar un alma perversa y malvada Esta novela corta es una magnífica muestra de una faceta muy desconocida de Dickens: la de autor de historias detectivescas. No os la perdáis; seguro que os gusta.
Charles Dickens- A Walk In His Footsteps. Many people dream of being a fly on the wall or even better a companion and friend to the great artists of the day. We cannot offer you quite that but we can take you on a walk through parts of London that will give you a real sense and feel of the World of Dickens and its impact upon himself, his characters and stories. Your tour guide is Emma Parker and the book extracts are read by Richard Mitchley. Tours with Emma for Dickens and other eye opening walks in London can be found at www.coutours.co.uk.
These five chilling tales make perfect night time listening - and, for the fearful, can be heard in a group, rather than experienced as solo bedtime reading. Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, W. L. George, A. M. Burrage, and Guy de Maupassant provide the terrifying text; Ian Holm and Julie Peasgood provide the spoken spooks.
Gothic Tales of Terror - VOLUME 6. This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Charles Dickens, HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe and Jerome K Jerome. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as you sit back, and take in their words as they lead you on a walk to places you'd perhaps rather not visit on your own. Our stories are The Signalman by Charles Dickens, The Call of Cthulhu by HP Lovecraft, The Pit & The Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe and The Wisdom Of Uncle Podger by Jerome K Jerome. These stories are read for you by many readers including Ian Holm, Garrick Hagan and Richard Mitchley
The Cricket on The Hearth was first published in 1845.
A cricket constantly chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the Peerybingle family. The arrival of a mysterious stranger threatens to shatter this harmony. Does the cricket have supernatural powers? Does he restore faith and overcome suspicion? A masterful story of love and loyalty, The Cricket on The Hearth is effused with the spirit of the season.
The Seven Poor Travellers was first published in 1854.
On Christmas Eve, a traveling gentleman happens upon a house in a quaint little village, which houses up to six travelers each evening. He decides to treat them all to a Christmas dinner and tells them a story around the fireplace about a soldier who finds the true meaning of forgiveness and redemption.
A sparkling holiday gem from the great Charles Dickens.
On Christmas Eve, a traveler finds himself waiting out a snowstorm at the Holly Tree Inn. While passing the hours for the weather to pass so his coach can continue its journey, the warm hearth of the inn brings his mind to roam to pass recollections, both happy and grave. He also ponders the true meaning of his current journey and reason for his melancholy… the women he planned on marrying is, instead, going to marry his best friend. However, the delay at the inn is about to bring him a miraculous discovery. With a full cast, sound effects, and a majestic score by Jeffrey Gage, THE HOLLY TREE INN is the fifth Dickens Christmas story to be produced by the award winning Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air.
THE HOLLY TREE INN.
Starring The Colonial Radio Players
Executive Producer Mark Vander Berg. Produced by M.J. Cogburn.
Dramatized for Audio by Barry M. Putt Jr.
From the short story by Charles Dickens
Music by Jeffrey Gage. Directed by Jerry Robbins
Cover Illustration by Jeff Hayes
Charles Dickens was a prolific writer of letters throughout his life. There are extant more than 13,000 letters that he wrote to friends, family, fellow authors and actors as well as many letters written to people involved in good causes he espoused. In the hands of actor and writer Simon Callow, one of the most prominent Dickens interpreters of our time, this informative and entertaining selection shows Dickens in his many guises. We know Charles Dickens the author, but these letters offer a fascinating glimpse into Charles Dickens the man.
"I am very anxious that you should know something about the History of Jesus Christ. For everybody ought to know about Him. No one ever lived who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry for all people who did wrong, or were in any way ill or miserable, as He was.” Charles Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord around the same time he was finishing up David Copperfield, but to listeners raised on a diet of Dickensian wit and indignation, his rendering of Jesus' life may come as something of a surprise. You won't find even the shadow of a Micawber or a Mrs. Gamp anywhere in this brief volume; no Pecksniffs, Podsnaps, or Mulberries, either. Instead, Dickens approaches his subject with simple reverence, retelling the New Testament in a manner suitable for his own young children – who were, in fact, his only intended audience. Indeed, he strictly forbade publication of The Life of Our Lord during his lifetime and begged his sister to make sure that they "would never even hand the manuscript, or a copy of it, to anyone to take out of the house." It wasn't until the death of Dickens's last living son that the manuscript was finally published in 1934.
Charles Dickens' classic novel of mystery, read by Alex Jennings. A body is found in the River Thames and is identified as John Harmon. He was due to inherit a great fortune on the condition that he marry a young woman called Bella Wilfer. And so the story begins and unravels and we are introduced to the mysterious John Rokesmith, Our Mutual Friend.
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