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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Terrifying Tales

Written by: Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrated by: Syd Lieberman
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 In Edgar Allan Poe's eerie title story, an old man's diseased eye drives the narrator to murder. But while the murderer can rid himself of the eye, he can't silence the old man's heart.

In Ambrose Bierce's Civil War story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", the execution of a Southern planter provides one of the classic scences from all Civil War fiction. Not merely stories of suspense and horror, these are stories of honor and the struggle for justice. Here Grendel the night stalker, the scourge of his time, is challenged and defeated by Beowulf, who tells us he has "driven the [unjust] from the face of the earth." Howard Levy's original music complements these horror stories.

For Ages 10 to Adult

©1991 Syd Lieberman (P)1995 Syd Lieberman Horror

Editorial Reviews

There will be an audience for horror as long as sleep contains nightmares. Poe illuminates the darkest circumstances. Lieberman enjoys his task. After the appropriate musical prelude, he launches into each tale with gusto, savoring each grisly word and moment, even overplaying at times. He holds us spellbound with awe while at the same time frightening us. Young and old may enjoy this recording. Eerie music sets the mood and space between tales, and there are satisfying chills aplenty.

Critic Reviews

"Noted storyteller Syd Lieberman's dramatic use of pace and dialogue...will please school and public library patrons wanting their stories gruesome and gory." (Booklist)
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The narrator is great. The stories are classics, nothing much to say there. However neither is there any table of contents, nor are the chapters titled, nor are the stories properly mentioned in the description or anywhere else. In fact, the narrator doesn't even state the name of the story before narrating it. Each chapter has three stories but they're not named. Other stories in this book are Hop-Frog and The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Poe, and The Pardoner's Tale by Chaucer. Lack of story names mentioned either in text or by the narrator, and lost in the chapters, is the reason for the 4 star rating.

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