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Book at Bedtime: Algernon Blackwood's Ghost Stories: The Man Who Lived Backwards

Algernon Blackwood's Ghost Stories

The Man Who Lived Backwards

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, Algernon Blackwood's Ghost Stories, The Man Who Lived Backwards

A man travels back in time for a second and rights the wrong that has haunted his life.

Reviewing his life and unhappy marriage, a man experiences a distortion in time to right his wrongs. Read by Matthew Marsh.

Musing in his chair one evening, Professor Zeitt stumbles on a way of looking at the events of his life from outside time, and reviews a crucial decision he made as a young man which has left him unhappy in love - unhappy in life.

Stories abridged by Robin Brooks

Read by Matthew Marsh

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

Book at Bedtime: Algernon Blackwood's Ghost Stories

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Supernatural tales by the English short story writer, abridged by Robin Brooks

Supernatural tales by English short story writer Algernon Blackwood, abridged by Robin Brooks

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