Amusement Only
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Richard Marsh
(3,5 Sterne; 12 Bewertungen)
This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin) (8 hr 23 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
Good book
mikezane
(4 Sterne)
A few stories are better than others, but it is overall a great listen when one is at work. My favorite is "The Strange Occurrences at Canterstone Jail." A magician is tried and convicted of being a fake. The judge says he is welcome to prove he isn't a fake while he is in jail. The magician takes him up on the offer... "Aunt Jane's Jalup" made me groan at what the poor people had to go through. You can listen to them one at a time, or all at once. Enjoy!
4 only for story 1
benefitsingers
(4 Sterne)
I tried to listen to this but could not get in to any of the stories other than the first one. The narration of the first story was very well done and the story was rather cute. The other stories I could not get in to because I just did not care for the narration or the story did not hold my interest. I am glad that someone else enjoyed this, it just was not for me.
Sections of this are excellent
Timothy Ferguson
(4 Sterne)
I generally find people who object to the style of reading done by volunteers odious, so I'm about to make myself odious to myself. There's one story in the book which, although it is technically fine, I could not force myself to sit through. Much of the rest of the book is five star, and because they are short stories, you could just skip the problematic sections.
AN ECLECTIC GROUP
AVID READER
(3,5 Sterne)
An oddball collection of widely varying stories. The uniqueness of them is a tribute to the wide scope of Marsh's imagination. Mostly very interesting except for one whose reader was totally impossible to understand.
Ms. Elizabeth
(1 Sterne)
I was not amused. stories I was able to listen to were rather flat to my mind or I just did not understand the point. stories not listened to were due to recordings.