Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection
by Edgar Allan Poe, Basil Rathbone, Vincent Price
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Author: Basil Rathbone, Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent PriceEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2000-10-03
ISBN: 0694524190
Publisher: Caedmon
Book Reviews of Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection
Book Review: "Once Upon A Midnight Dreary...."
Summary: 5 Stars
This review refers to the "Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection" 5 CD set(Harper Audio)...
Normally I listen to my audio books while working around the house, or driving in my car. This magnificent selection of some of Poe's best short stories and poems, read by Basil Rathbone and Vincent Price was so instense and all consuming, I wanted nothing else to draw my attention away. I didn't want to leave the room or pause the stereo even for a moment. These talented voices read Poe to you the way Poe should be heard.
The tales are bone chilling, spine tingling and heart pumping. Poe's works are dark and brillant and I can't imagine anyone better able to bring his literary genius to life then these two exquiste readers. I've read many of these works numerous times, but hearing them read aloud on these discs, brought new visions of Poe's words to my mind and sparked my imagination like never before.
Rathbone mesmerizies with his intense perfomances of:
To-
Alone
The City By The Sea
The Fall Of The House Of Usher
The Haunted Palce
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Masque of the Red Death
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Black Cat
The Raven
The Facts of the Case of M.Valdemar
The Cask of Amontillado
The Bells
Annabel Lee
Eldorado
Price, the master, will have you entranced with his oh so recognizable voice and eerie style as he reads to you:
Ligeia(this has always been my personal favorite of Poe's works and I was thrilled by Price's reading)
The Imp of the Perverse
Morella
Berenice
The Gold Bug.
This 5 CD set is nicely packaged and includes an insert with a list of the works included,the discs they are on, and the time they each run. The sound quality was excellent. Clear as a bell. I did have to turn it up several notches higher that I usually do, and at times Rathbone got so intense I had to turn it down a bit, but loved every single second! The individual discs range in total time from around 47 min. to 1 hour and 15 min.
Also recommended: Edgar Allan Poe Reader (Courage Classics) a fabulous collection of short stories as well as poetry in hardcover.
Poe, Price and Rathbone...It was meant to be...Laurie
Summary of Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection
Universally acclaimed as the maestro of horror and the morbid, Edgar Allan Poe's dark gift has for more than a century and a half set the standard for the genre.
Now, Caedmon Audio presents a classic collection of Poe's most terrifying tales performed by two of the most brilliant interpreters of his work, Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone.
Between them, they perform 20 of Poe's chilling stories and poems, creating an unforgettably intense listening experience.
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