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The Beast with Five Fingers (Unabridged)
- Author
- W. F. Harvey
- Narrator
- Edward Miller
- Publisher
- Audioliterature
- Publish Date
- 15 December 2016
- Run Time
- 1 hour 8 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- W. F. Harvey
- Narrator
- Edward Miller
- Duration
- 1 hour 8 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 December 2016
- ISBN
- 4250701995822
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Audioliterature
- Genre
- Horror and supernatural fiction
Synopsis
" .the hand was writhing in agonized contortions, squirming and wriggling upon the nail like a worm upon a hook. 'We'll keep it there until it dies,' he said. 'May I burn in hell, if I ever open the door of that safe again.'" The Beast With Five Fingers, by W. F. Harvey, published in 1928, is a fantastically creepy horror story by an often underappreciated old master of the genre. Eustace, an affluent English bachelor, receives a legacy from his uncle Adrian (who was blind). The legacy consists of a large library and a box, with air holes in it. Eustace imagines the box contains a small animal. It's definitely alive and it's definitely not benign. Animal? Not really...
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