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Lot No. 249
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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Summary
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.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-01-17
Well read but a bit of a creaky tale
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.
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- David
- 04-09-16
Good short story
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)
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- Geoff Nicholson
- 01-07-22
Almost great
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.
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- WRP
- 12-03-19
A great concept for a movie
It's obviously a short story, but I did feel the action could have been a little more than what is was, however the characters were great and the setting super interesting.
Normally I find British authors (yes Scotland is in fact on the isle of Britannia), are better narrated by brits, however B.J. Harrison did a great job, I really enjoyed the performance.
The Victorian era/late 19th century was in interesting time, a time when owning an exotic pet, precious ancient artefacts or a legitimate full sized mummy were simply 'no biggie' but I wonder how this story would translate into the modern era? Could be a great movie!
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- p23
- 14-01-17
classic Sci-Fi pity about the dialogue
a fantasy classic spoilt somewhat by poor & inconsistent feeling dialogue. silly voice acting time
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- j geary
- 02-01-24
Lot 249
Narration was excellent
Gatiss worthy!
Ghost story for Christmas...
ACD breathes life into ancient evil
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- L
- 19-04-16
Bad narration choice
I got this as I love Arthur Conan Doyle, but this was completely ruined by the choice of narrator. Why pick an American to narrate a story set in England with British characters? He doesn't even try to do a British accent. Rubbish and utterly disappointed.
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