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Lot No. 249

By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
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Unexplained events are happening at Oxford these days. Several students have been attacked at night by some strange form of wild animal. It can scale walls with cat-like agility. Its arms are as thin and as strong as steel bands. And there is one student who conducts midnight studies in his room with certain Egyptian artifacts. The most significant of which is a 6'7" tall mummy.

Public Domain (P)2009 B.J. Harrison Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Horror Mystery Scary Fiction Student
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Lovely short story, well executed, good pacing and characterisation. However, the start of the audiobook is a spoiler, so skip to where the story actually begins at 1:40. (a modern audience will still deduce the "spoiler" quickly as it's a common theme these days, but still it's a bit irritating to have it so blatant in the first seconds before the story has even begun)

Good short story

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a fantasy classic spoilt somewhat by poor & inconsistent feeling dialogue. silly voice acting time

classic Sci-Fi pity about the dialogue

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A top notch short story about mummies and the frailties of the human condition. Atmospheric and exciting. But somewhat spoiled by the stilted delivery and mid-Atlantic accent of the narrator. Had this been narrated by Robert Powell, Christopher Lee or a voice of that stature it would have been a classic.

Almost great

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Narration was excellent

Gatiss worthy!
Ghost story for Christmas...
ACD breathes life into ancient evil

Lot 249

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This was an ok listen and was read well but it was rather a dated piece of writing and had somewhat suspect attitudes on character and race. While I know that it is a reflection of the book's age it still grated a little.

Well read but a bit of a creaky tale

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