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Can Such Things Be?

Gelesen von Roger Melin

(4,346 Sterne; 136 Bewertungen)

24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and strange, inexplicable occurrences are prevalent in these tales, some of which occur on or near Civil War fields of battle, some in country cottages, and some within urban areas. Can Such Things Be? implies and relates that anything is possible, at any time. (Summary by Roger Melin) (7 hr 37 min)

Chapters

01 - The Death of Halpin Frayser

43:40

Read by Roger Melin

02 - The Secret of Macarger's Gulch

21:09

Read by Roger Melin

03 - One Summer Night

5:04

Read by Roger Melin

04 - The Moonlit Road

28:02

Read by Roger Melin

05 - A Diagnosis of Death

9:45

Read by Roger Melin

06 - Maxon's Master

27:45

Read by Roger Melin

07 - A Tough Tussle

22:47

Read by Roger Melin

08 - One of Twins

18:30

Read by Roger Melin

09 - The Haunted Valley

31:26

Read by Roger Melin

10 - A Jug of Sirup

19:53

Read by Roger Melin

11 - Staley Fleming's Hallucination

6:46

Read by Roger Melin

12 - A Resumed Identity

15:30

Read by Roger Melin

13 - A Baby Tramp

13:41

Read by Roger Melin

14 - The Night-Doings at"Deadman's"

23:56

Read by Roger Melin

15 - Beyond the Wall

25:23

Read by Roger Melin

16 - A Psychological Shipwreck

12:08

Read by Roger Melin

17 - The Middle Toe of the Right Foot

24:03

Read by Roger Melin

18 - John Mortonson's Funeral

4:22

Read by Roger Melin

19 - The Realm of the Unreal

18:43

Read by Roger Melin

20 - John Bartine's Watch

17:31

Read by Roger Melin

21 - The Damned Thing

25:21

Read by Roger Melin

22 - Haïta the Shepherd

15:48

Read by Roger Melin

23 - An Inhabitant of Carcosa

11:10

Read by Roger Melin

24 - The Stranger

15:01

Read by Roger Melin

Bewertungen

Uh oh, buried alive in chapter 3! (no spoiler)

(5 Sterne)

Narrator's rich tone adds to the quality of these. His reading is so well-done I forgot it was a LibriVOX production, and thought I was listening to an old broadcast! We're not worthy! LibriVOX volunteers rule!

(5 Sterne)

hot damn! well authored works on librivox are so many. a well read work on librivox is so rare. this is a rare and precious ruby: a naturally clear and considerately recorded collection of works, authored by one of the greatest U.S. authors to have put ink on paper.

chilling

(5 Sterne)

Wonderful collection of chilling stories, all have a little twist to them. Excellently read!

Can such things....

(5 Sterne)

Spooky stories- some live. with you after they have been told...

the best

(5 Sterne)

Well read and written

(3 Sterne)

I’ve read Bierce before, and while there are a few jewels among these stories, but for the most , I felt like we were journeying with a man with bipolar disorder.

great bedtime reading

(4,5 Sterne)

wonderful gothic stories read by a brilliant narrator.

Golden! great stories of mystery and suspense. very well read!

(5 Sterne)