The Three Impostors


Read by Tony Oliva

(4 stars; 32 reviews)

Three friends in a large old dilapidated house are laughing. They seem as giddy as an acting troupe at closing night. But their laughter is callous, cruel; you might say, evil. One of them, a young woman described as piquant rather than beautiful with eyes of a shining hazel, carries a neatly wrapped parcel. She says it is for the doctor's museum. It is dripping. Do you want to know why? Then, listen! There's more than one tale told, but what is the truth? My dears, are you sure you want to know?

(Summary by Tony Oliva and put in the public domain.) (6 hr 29 min)

Chapters

01 - Prologue 8:10 Read by Tony Oliva
02 - Adventure of the Gold Tiberius 21:25 Read by Tony Oliva
03 - The Encounter of the Pavement 10:44 Read by Tony Oliva
04 - Novel of the Dark Valley; Part 1 25:00 Read by Tony Oliva
05 - Novel of the Dark Valley; Part 2 21:59 Read by Tony Oliva
06 - Adventure of the Missing Brother 23:11 Read by Tony Oliva
07 - Novel of the Black Seal; Part 1 22:11 Read by Tony Oliva
08 - Novel of the Black Seal; Part 2 21:27 Read by Tony Oliva
09 - Novel of the Black Seal; Part 3 21:09 Read by Tony Oliva
10 - Novel of the Black Seal; Part 4 19:48 Read by Tony Oliva
11 - Novel of the Black Seal; Part 5 23:06 Read by Tony Oliva
12 - Incident of the Private Bar 27:43 Read by Tony Oliva
13 - The Decorative Imagination 6:21 Read by Tony Oliva
14 - Novel of the Iron Maid 14:38 Read by Tony Oliva
15 - The Recluse of Bayswater 12:40 Read by Tony Oliva
16 - Novel of the White Powder; Part 1 17:47 Read by Tony Oliva
17 - Novel of the White Powder; Part 2 29:32 Read by Tony Oliva
18 - Strange Occurrence in Clerkenwell 17:11 Read by Tony Oliva
19 - History of the Young Man with Spectacles; Part 1 15:18 Read by Tony Oliva
20 - History of the Young Man with Spectacles; Part 2 18:48 Read by Tony Oliva
21 - Adventure of the Deserted Residence 11:41 Read by Tony Oliva

Reviews

eh


(3 stars)

Not Machen's best, and the reader is trying to hard to use character voices so that it sounds more like Muppets talking.

Strange


(4 stars)

Tony Ovila provides his usual excellent reading and sound quality. Many thanks. The story is strange, it's best just to take it as it comes - I found it hard to follow, but it gets there. Abrupt ending.


(5 stars)

the narration seems a bit odd at first, but it grows on you, and I genuinely came to enjoy it