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The Sound Machine (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Narrator
- Adrian Scarborough
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 13 September 2012
- Run Time
- 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Sound Machine by Roald Dahl, read by Adrian Scarborough.
In The Sound Machine, Roald Dahl tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a curious invention reveals a horrifying truth about plants . . .
The Sound Machine is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police; a sculpture comes between a scheming wife and her put-upon husband; the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach; and others.
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Details
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Narrator
- Adrian Scarborough
- Duration
- 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 September 2012
- ISBN
- 9780718177843
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Sound Machine by Roald Dahl, read by Adrian Scarborough.In The Sound Machine, Roald Dahl tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a curious invention reveals a horrifying truth about plants . . .The Sound Machine is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police; a sculpture comes between a scheming wife and her put-upon husband; the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach; and others.
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