90 Results for : memoirist
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The Bed by the Window , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 26min
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. 'The Bed by the Window' is the story of a man who takes himself off to a remote guest house so as to be free of distractions while he finishes a project. While he is there, he begins to have odd dreams and visions...and the calendar on the desk seems to keep showing him the wrong date...always May 8th. As time goes on, the images become clearer...but what can it all mean? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000785/bk_redd_000785_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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C. S. Lewis and the Art of Writing
C. S. Lewis and the Art of Writing ab 29.99 € als epub eBook: What the Essayist Poet Novelist Literary Critic Apologist Memoirist Theologian Teaches Us about the Life and Craft of Writing. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaften,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Thing in the Hall , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 29min
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories.'The Thing in the Hall' is one of the creepiest supernatural tales ever told. Two old friends live next door to one another. One, Louis Fielder dies unexpectedly in horrific and mysterious circumstances. At the inquest a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind is reached, largely based on the evidence of his friend and neighbour, Dr. Francis Assheton. But when Dr. Assheton himself dies only a week later... and in exactly the same gruesome circumstances as Fielder, the mystery needs to be investigated. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000500/bk_redd_000500_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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At the Farmhouse , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 41min
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. At the Farmhouse tells the story of a landscape painter, who after twenty years of hideous marriage to an abusive and drunken local woman who is rumoured to be a witch, sets off to murder her. In his pocket is a ball of strong twine with which he will strangle her, and a box of matches with which he will set light to the farmhouse to destroy the evidence of his crime. After that he will be free...What happens when he reaches the farmhouse is gruesome, uncanny and totally unexpected. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000505/bk_redd_000505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Expiation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 43min
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost stories. Expiation is a real gem of a ghost story. Two old friends rent a lonely house in an idyllic but remote part of Cornwall. But within a short time of their arrival, they become aware of a mystery about the house. Why does the vicar behave so oddly when they enquire about a recent grave with the same family name as the owner of the house they have rented? Why does the housekeeper insist on the narrator's changing rooms suddenly? Why does the telephone keep ringing...even though it was disconnected more than a year ago? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000702/bk_redd_000702_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Confession of Charles Linkworth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 38min
Edward Frederic Benson (1867 - 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known as the true master of the gothic occult story. Charles Linkworth is guilty of the very worst kind of murder imaginable and is sentenced to hang the next morning. The prison doctor certifies the death following the execution, but is struck by a strange sensation as he does so, as though the spirit of the executed convict were next to him.That night he receives a mysterious telephone call from the prison and discovers that a tortured soul is trying desperately to make contact with him. But what on earth can the restless spirit want from him? One of E. F. Benson's most uncanny ghost stories. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000475/bk_redd_000475_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gavon's Eve , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 27min
Edward Frederic Benson (1867 - 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known as the true master of the gothic occult story. Gavon's Eve is a terrifying story of mysterious occult devil worship and witchcraft which pervades a remote rural district in Great Britain. When two aristocratic anglers decide to investigate the bizarre and sudden superstition of their ghillie, Sandy, about a particular spot on the river, they a bizarre tale. Sandy's strange affinity to a reclusive old hag who lives alone in the hills turns out to be far more sinister than either of them could have imagined and a night's investigation on the local version of hallowe'en, (Gavon's Eve) turns into a scene of sheer horror. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000470/bk_redd_000470_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The House with the Brick Kiln , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 28min
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost stories. The House with the Brick Kiln is one of E. F. Benson's most sinister ghost stories, and tells the tale of the manor of Trevor Major. The narrator and his friend, Jack Singleton, rent it for a month one summer for the excellent dry fly fishing available nearby. Initially they are charmed by the house and the ruined brick kiln nearby, as well as the intriguing watercolour paintings on the walls of one of the sitting rooms. But they soon discover that the house harbours sinister secrets and before long terrifying events prompt them to flee the property forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000479/bk_redd_000479_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 634min
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost stories. This collection brings together twenty of his most brilliant works. 1.The Room in the Tower 2.The Dust Cloud 3. Gavon’s Eve 4. The Other Bed 5.The Bus Conductor 6.The Confession of Charles Linkworth 7.Caterpillars 8. The Cat 9. The House with the Brick Kiln 10. The Bath Chair 11. The Man who went too Far 12. Outside the Door 13. The Gardener 14. Bagnell Terrace 15. The Terror by Night 16. The Thing in the Hall 17. The Step 18. The Horror Horn 19.The Face 20. At the Farmhouse ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000506/bk_redd_000506_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Room in the Tower , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 33min
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, best known for his spine-tingling and beautifully written ghost stories. The Room in the Tower is the most famous of these. It describes a horrific recurrent dream of nameless dread, occurring over a period of 15 years, in which the dreamer arrives at a peculiar house inhabited by a sinister silent family, where he takes tea on the lawn and is then shown to the room in the tower where something dreadful, malicious, and evil lurks... though he does not know what. Until one day, he finds himself at the house of his dream, just as tea is being served on the lawn. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000463/bk_redd_000463_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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