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    Four Short Stories by Maurice Baring
    Four Short Stories by Maurice Baring
    Four Short Stories by Maurice Baring
    Audiobook1 hour

    Four Short Stories by Maurice Baring

    Written by Maurice Baring

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, novelist, and travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War.

    This audiobook presents four varied examples of Baring's inventive storytelling, ranging from classic horror, to a ghost story with a twist, to classic literary fiction, to classic sci-fi. Includes 'The Island', 'The Shadow of a Midnight', 'Dr. Faust's Last Day' and 'Venus'.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateJun 11, 2018
    ISBN9781987110098
    Four Short Stories by Maurice Baring
    Author

    Maurice Baring

    Maurice Baring OBE (27 April 1874 – 14 December 1945) was an English man of letters, known as a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist, and also as a travel writer and war correspondent, with particular knowledge of Russia. During World War I, Baring served in the Intelligence Corps and Royal Air Force.

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