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Martin's Close

AuthorM.R. James

NarratorPatrick Malahide

Duration43m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Horror, Short Stories

PublisherCSA Word

VersionUnabridged

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Martin's Close is a classic ghost story by M R James, about a young woman infatuated, who seems to reappear when all believe she has been brutally murdered.

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