A Mirror Of Shalott


Read by David Wales

(4.5 stars; 14 reviews)

Fourteen stories of the strange by the Anglican then Roman Catholic priest, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914). The form of the book is of stories told by a gathering of Roman Catholic clergy. Benson wrote prolifically in many genres. His horror and ghost fiction are collected in The Light Invisible (1903) and A Mirror of Shalott (1907) - Summary by David Wales (5 hr 39 min)

Chapters

Prologue 14:25 Read by David Wales
Monsignor Maxwell's Tale 20:01 Read by David Wales
Father Meuron's Tale 21:38 Read by David Wales
Father Brent's Tale 17:56 Read by David Wales
The Father Rector's Tale 21:44 Read by David Wales
Father Girdlestone's Tale Part 1 46:41 Read by David Wales
Father Girdlestone's Tale Part 2 18:42 Read by David Wales
Father Bianchi's Tale 14:09 Read by David Wales
Father Jenks' Tale 18:34 Read by David Wales
Father Martin's Tale 19:26 Read by David Wales
Mr. Bosanquet's Tale 31:16 Read by David Wales
Father Maddox's Tale 22:36 Read by David Wales
Father Macclesfield's Tale 17:13 Read by David Wales
Father Stein's Tale 11:18 Read by David Wales
Mr Percival's Tale 22:14 Read by David Wales
My Own Tale 21:55 Read by David Wales

Reviews


(5 stars)

Very well read. I recommend it to fans of M. R. James: not quite as good, but the stories have similar feeling to his.


(3 stars)

didn't seem real spiritual. more like fiction.