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    Beastly Stories: An Anthology of Classic Animal Tales
    Beastly Stories: An Anthology of Classic Animal Tales
    Beastly Stories: An Anthology of Classic Animal Tales
    Audiobook6 hours

    Beastly Stories: An Anthology of Classic Animal Tales

    Written by W. W. Jacobs, Edgar Allan Poe and O. Henry

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    A beastly collection of animal stories from the great storytellers of the world.

    The Black Poodle by F. Anstey
    Mrs. Packletide's Tiger by Saki
    Pickled Herring by W.W. Jacobs
    Curried Cow by Ambrose Bierce
    The She-Wolf by Saki
    The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
    The Elk by Saki
    The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain
    Memoirs of a Yellow Dog by O. Henry
    Sredni Vashtar by Saki
    The Grey Parrot by W.W. Jacobs
    The Mouse by Saki
    The Talking Horse by F. Anstey
    Laura by Saki
    The Eyes of the Panther by Ambrose Bierce
    Tobermory by Saki
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateOct 3, 2013
    ISBN9781467669603
    Beastly Stories: An Anthology of Classic Animal Tales
    Author

    W. W. Jacobs

    William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. Quite popular in his lifetime primarily for his amusing maritime tales of life along the London docks (many of them humorous as well as sardonic in tone). Today he is best known for a few short works of horror fiction.

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