Algernon Blackwood's Ghost Stories

Episodes

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02The Land of Green Ginger20131015A novelist recounts a bizarre encounter in a shop that set him on a writing career.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

03The Transfer20131016

Uncle Frank is coming to visit his young nephew Jamie. But Jamie is a sensitive soul, and his governess has watched a strange obsession growing in him, and an unexplained terror at the forthcoming visit.

Stories abridged by Robin Brooks

Read by Ruth Gemmell

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

A governess watches in horror as her charge behaves increasingly strangely.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

04The Man Who Lived Backwards20131017

Musing in his chair one evening, Professor Zeitt stumbles on a way of looking at the events of his life from outside time, and reviews a crucial decision he made as a young man which has left him unhappy in love - unhappy in life.

Stories abridged by Robin Brooks

Read by Matthew Marsh

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

A man travels back in time for a second and rights the wrong that has haunted his life.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

05The Kit Bag20131018A borrowed kit bag harbours a shocking surprise for a young solicitor's clerk.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

BAB01Keeping His Promise20131014

Marriott is cramming for an exam when he is disturbed by a late-night visitor, and an unexpected reminder of the past. It is an old school friend, but why is he so tired and so hungry?

Stories abridged by Robin Brooks
Read by Matthew Marsh

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

A young student is forced to entertain a most unwelcome visitor.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature