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Classic Horror Stories Anthology. 7 Short Tales of Terror: The Tell-Tale Heart; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Masque of the Red Death; The Pit and the Pendulum; Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe

Classic Horror Stories Anthology. 7 Short Tales of Terror: The Tell-Tale Heart; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Masque of the Red Death; The Pit and the Pendulum; Ligeia: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Shadows and Screams series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Classic Horror Stories Anthology. 7 Short Tales of Terror: The Tell-Tale Heart; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Masque of the Red Death; The Pit and the Pendulum; Ligeia audiobook runs 3.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Cass Merry (about 2.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.7listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

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  • At 3.7 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

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Classic Horror Stories Anthology. 7 Short Tales of Terror: The Tell-Tale Heart; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Masque of the Red Death; The Pit and the Pendulum; Ligeia is book 1 of Edgar Allan Poe's Shadows and Screams series: a 3.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Cass Merry, released January 2, 2025, on the Classics (Literature) and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.7 hrs
Narrated by
Cass Merry
Released
January 2, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Psychological
Series
Shadows and Screams #1
ISBN
9798347312221

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Classic Horror Stories Anthology. 7 Short Tales of Terror: The Tell-Tale Heart; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Masque of the Red Death; The Pit and the Pendulum; Ligeia is narrated by Cass Merry.