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Length1h 8m
About this audiobook
" .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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Rating★★★★ 3.9 (1.5K)
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GenreHorror
Length1 hr 8 mins
Narrated byEdward Miller
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 15, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter1: The Beast with Five Fingers
2Chapter2: The Beast with Five Fingers
3Chapter3: The Beast with Five Fingers
4Chapter4: The Beast with Five Fingers
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