Barry Pain

Short Story Collection Vol. 059


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LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories including lesser known works by Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson and Edgar Allan Poe, an ear…

Stories in the Dark


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This is a collection of some of Barry Pain's finest horror stories and weird fiction. - Summary by Carolin

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 034


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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…

An Exchange of Souls


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Although only lightly known as an author of horror stories, Barry Pain departs from his typical themes with 'An Exchange of Souls'. In this …

Marge Askinforit


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A rollicking parody of the Margot Asquith memoirs, in which Pain's character, Marge, beguiles us with the most personal details of her dysfu…

Eliza


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A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of brief anecdotes, that follow the mundane, though surprisingly hazard strewn lives of our rathe…

The Octave of Claudius


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One night, Dr. Gabriel Lamb saves the life of Claudius Sandell. He takes him home and treats him excellently, nursing him back to health. Ho…

Stories in Grey


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This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain. Pain was well-known in his time for his supernatural and horror stories. This collectio…

The Problem Club


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The Problem Club is an infamous London Club which meets once a month to discuss a given problem. The problems have nothing to do with mathem…

The Times' Red Cross Story Book By Famous Novelists Serving In His Majesty's Fo…


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These eighteen stories were published in 1915, in the midst of World War I. "Published For The Times' Fund For The Sick And Wounded&qu…

Here and Hereafter


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This is a collection of stories by Barry Pain. While not all of these fall squarely into the genre of ghost and horror story, for which the …

Stories without Tears


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This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fic…

If Winter Don't


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Barry Pain's parody takes a sharp knife to ASM Hutchinson's best selling novel 'If Winter Comes'.We follow the professional and marital decl…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 070


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This year's Halloween edition of Ghost and Horror Collection features 15 stories of a wide variety in length as in content! Short and long s…

Three Dialogues


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Barry Pain is today best known for his ghost and horror stories, but he could also write some excellent social satire. This series of three …

Short Poetry Collection 229


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This is a collection of 31 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2022.