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The Lamp
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Christopher Lee
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 20 October 2016
- Run Time
- 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee.
Mrs Lancaster doesn’t believe in ghosts. She moves her family into a house that has been derelict for years, unconcerned about the story of the young boy who lived there and starved to death. But her own young son is fascinated by his new friend that lives in the attic all alone…
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‘The plots are so good that one marvels … most of them would have made a full length thriller.’ Daily Mirror
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Details
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Christopher Lee
- Duration
- 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 October 2016
- ISBN
- 9780008221843
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Synopsis
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. Mrs Lancaster doesn’t believe in ghosts. She moves her family into a house that has been derelict for years, unconcerned about the story of the young boy who lived there and starved to death. But her own young son is fascinated by his new friend that lives in the attic all alone…
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