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The Signalman
- Narrated by: Sam Mendes
- Length: 41 mins
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Summary
From the greatest novelist of the Victorian era comes a ghostly short story, now reimagined in 3D sound.
Put your headphones on and settle in to this Audible Original adaptation of Charles Dickens’ The Signalman, narrated by Academy-Award winning director Sam Mendes (Skyfall, 1917, Empire of Light).
A lone narrator meets a railway worker who is confined to a cold, gloomy station in a deep cutting near a tunnel entrance. This worker is a signalman, and it is his responsibility to give the green light for trains to pass through the area. These are slow, monotonous days. The signalman’s life is not marked by much, until the nightmares begin.
Three times in a row, a ghost mysteriously appears before the signalman – and with each apparition, a tragic accident unfolds on the rail tracks.
Although our narrator doubts the man at first, events soon make him a believer too...
Follow along as the mystery is revealed in spatial audio with Dolby Atmos, bringing the haunting tale closer to you than ever before.
Now available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.
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- jennifer f
- 27-01-23
Brilliant!
Perfect short story, very atmospheric. Sam Mendes has the perfect voice for this reading, Will read again.
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- Florence Hopkins
- 29-01-23
Captivating
Liked the way at which it was narrated. Draws you into each word with the music
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- val
- 28-01-23
amazing story, very well performed
very well read and apt music, I found myself on the bus nearly missing my stop as I was gripped!
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- Ronald Betts
- 29-01-23
Scary as you would expect
Charles Dickens tale to raise the hair on ones head, only downside is the very sad ending.
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- Cg /¬¬/
- 22-01-23
A well told classic
Really love this story and I found the narration to be very fitting. Great production quality making this a welcome gratis offering from Audible.
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- Sioux
- 23-01-23
Fabulous
I loved this.. . Well read. Thank you for making it part of my membership.
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- Jenny Duncan
- 01-02-23
Great short story
This had me hooked right from the start. Great story!I definitely didn’t see the end coming!
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- Jakk54
- 01-02-23
Creepy, especially with full stereo sound
Great story, very creepy (love Dickens but never read this story). Sam does a wonderful job with the narration and the music and sound effects were first-class. Brilliant stuff!
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- Funkgroover
- 05-02-23
Amazing audio experience
I listened to this whilst out walking and the sounds were indistinguishable from reality. This is definitely one to experience with good quality headphones. Well acted too. More like this please Audible.
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- Trina Skyrme
- 01-06-23
Narration was perfect
It doesn’t matter if you know the story, this performance makes it’s greater. Sam mendes did a perfect job of it. Very haunting. Advise to use headphones whilst listening to get the full benefit of the Dolby sound
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