39 Results for : signalman
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A Christmas Carol and Other Stories, Hörbuch, Digital, 163min
A Christmas Carol is undoubtedly the most famous supernatural story in English. However, it was not the only supernatural story of the season that Charles Dickens wrote. In Victorian England, Christmas was the time to explore the supernatural in stories, and Charles Dickens was one of the best at it. Included in this volume are a full-cast dramatization of A Christmas Carol, plus three more of Dickens' best stories of the season: "The Story of the Bagman's Uncle", "The Signalman", and "The Trial for Murder". Language: English. Narrator: Cindy Hardin, Walter Zimmerman, Jack Benson, Walter Covell, Jim Killavey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/jimc/000208/bk_jimc_000208_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Peter Arnott: Two Plays
Peter Arnott: Two Plays ab 17.99 € als epub eBook: Tay Bridge / The Signalman. 1. Auflage. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Dramen & Lyrik,- Shop: hugendubel
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Great Classic Horror Stories with a Bonus Story: "The Monkey's Paw" , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1873min
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Signalman by Charles Dickens, Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Dracula by Bram Stoker, and a bonus story, "The Monkey’s Paw" by W.W. Jacobs. More than 30 hours of great classic horror is brought to haunting new life by three A-list narrators whose performances are nothing short of electrifying. “At once terrifying and heartbreaking,” raves AudioFile Magazine about Clive Hayward’s Earphones award-winning reading of Frankenstein that starts the collection. “Both narrators are outstanding,” says AudioFile about Audie Award-winner Derek Perkins and Earphones Award-winner Alison Larkin’s narration of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and "The Yellow Wallpaper". Frankenstein was born when Mary Shelley entered a competition with poets Lord Byron and Percy Shelley to see who could write the best horror story. Read by Clive Hayward. The Signalman, a ghost story by Charles Dickens, was influenced by a fatal train accident he survived, though he was forever haunted by the event. Read by Derek Perkins. Carmilla is Le Fanu’s tortured, powerful female vampire who set the stage for so many vampires to come, including Dracula. Read by Alison Larkin. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde grew out of a horrifying nightmare Robert Louis Stevenson had one night in Bournemouth, England, in 1886. Read by Derek Perkins. "The Yellow Wallpaper" sprang from a catastrophic nervous breakdown Charlotte Perkins Gilman had following the birth of her daughter. Read by Alison Larkin. Dracula, by Bram Stoker, is the quintessential vampire horror story that set out many of the conventions modern fantasy writers still embrace. Read by Clive Hayward. "T ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clive Hayward, Derek Perkins, Alison Larkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/130352/bk_acx0_130352_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Black Orchestra: A WW2 Spy Thriller: Black Orchestra Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 630min
World War II Germany: The German war machine has invaded Poland and is advancing west toward France. In Berlin, Kurt Müller, an Abwehr signalman, discovers a colleague lying dead at his radio receiver. The criminal police dismiss the death as suicide, but Kurt is not convinced. Kurt follows a trail of mysteries, witnessing several atrocities that expose the Nazi regime for what it truly is. When the trail leads him to the German resistance, he faces the most difficult choices of his life. He must choose between his duty and his conscience, between his country and his family, between love and death. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gildart Jackson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/006808/bk_tant_006808_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers Audio Books, Volume 1: Classic Horror Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 149min
Classic stories from the original masters of horror, including Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Charles Dickens. Read by horror icon Doug Bradley with music and sound design by Alistair Lock. This volume features William F. Harvey's original undead hand story "The Beast with Five Fingers" that sparked many movies, including Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead". Poe's classic "The Tell Tale Heart" is joined by Lovecraft's creepy tale of alienation "The Outsider", and a chilling Dickens ghost story "The Signalman". Harvey's other selected story, "August Heat", asks a chilling question about a man's fate, and Saki offers something different with a tale of dead hunters returned from their marshy graves in "The Open Window". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doug Bradley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rneg/000016/bk_rneg_000016_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Hörbuch, Digital, 115min
This acclaimed World War II psychological court room drama was the sensation of 1954. The play portrays a mutiny of naval officers aboard the U.S.S. Caine. Their suspicions concerning their captain's sanity lead to their rebellion and a subsequent court-martial. Starring (in alphabetical order):Nat Benchley as Captain Randolph Southard and the Court StenographerDoug Brown as Signalman Third Class Junius Urban and Dr. Allen Winston BirdDavid Fendig as Lt. Stephen MarykBill Grimmette as Lt. (Jr. Grade) Willis Seward Keith and Dr. Forrest LundeenMitchell Hebert as Lt. Commander John ChalleeBill Largess as Lt. Thomas KeeferDan Lauria as Captain BlakelyDavid Selby as Lt. Commander Philip Francis QueegJosh Stamberg as Lt. Barney Greenwald Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/latw/000082/pf_latw_000082_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gothic Tales of Terror: Volume 6, Hörbuch, Digital, 199min
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. Language: English. Narrator: Ian Holm, Hubert Gregg, Garrick Hagon, Bill Wallis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/copy/000335/bk_copy_000335_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Classic Tales of Ghosts and Vampires , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 561min
Sixteen thrilling and chilling stories by some of the greatest writers of horror and the supernatural. This collection includes:"The Upper Berth", by F. Marion Crawford"Was it a Dream?", by Guy de Maupassant"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", by Ambrose Bierce"The Lost Ghost", by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman"Man-Size in Marble", by E. Nesbit"Dracula's Guest", by Bram Stoker"Luella Miller", by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman"The Phantom Coach", by Amelia B. Edwards"The Moonlit Road", by Ambrose Bierce"For the Blood Is the Life", by F. Marion Crawford"The Signalman", by Charles Dickens"The Shadow", by E. Nesbit"The Damned Thing", by Ambrose Bierce"The Bodysnatcher", by Robert Louis Stevenson"The Vampyre", by John Polidori"The Statement of Randolph Carter", by H.P. Lovecraft ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Anthony, William Dufris, Liza Ross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/000380/bk_bbcw_000380_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Charles Dickens: The Short Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 87min
CHARLES DICKENS enjoyed entertaining his friends with readings of ghost stories, especially at Christmas time. In his classic tale The Signalman, the then high technology world of steam railway comes to contact with what looks like a good old fashioned haunting. A night at a desolate country inn dramatically changes Tom Smart's fortunes in The Bagman's Story. Together with Christmas Ghosts and Mr Testator’s Visitation, these tales are fine examples of Dickens’s spine-chilling talents. These stories are read for you by RADA trained Nigel Lambert, a member of the National Theatre who has made numerous appearances for the BBC in fields as varied as classic drama and children’s television and Richard Mitchley who has worked in theatres throughout Britain as well as the BBC and ITV and his own Mayfly Theatre company. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Lambert, Richard Mitchley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/copy/000161/bk_copy_000161_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens, Vol. 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 209min
Fascinated by the supernatural, Charles Dickens had a passion for the macabre and the afterlife that spawned a fascinating collection of short ghost stories. Dickens' unique blend of fantastic credibility and paranormal absurdity made his form of ghost story an instant success - one that keeps on chilling our spines nearly 200 years later. Volume 3: 'The Signalman', 'The Portrait Painter's Story', 'The Mortals of the House', 'The Ghost in Master B's Room', 'Captain Murderer and the Devil's Bargain', 'Well-Authenticated Rappings', 'A Child's Dream of a Star'. Charles Dickens was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and created some of English literature's most iconic characters, including Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge, and David Copperfield. About the reader: Phil Reynolds is an experienced stage actor. Recent credits include Lt. Sam Weinberg in A Few Good Men and Freddy in Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Recent film projects include So What? and The Limes (a story set in the cutthroat world of ice cream men, inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet). Phil can also be heard on several computer games, theme park rides, and guided tours! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phil Reynolds. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lbrk/000072/bk_lbrk_000072_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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