by E. Nesbit · read by
Christopher Mireider · 27 min
A young musician lies awake the night before the woman he loves is to be married to someone else. He is just home from three years of music study in Germany, and he met her again in the wood where they used to gather nuts as children.
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About this audiobook
A young musician lies awake the night before the woman he loves is to be married to someone else. He is just home from three years of music study in Germany, and he met her again in the wood where they used to gather nuts as children. Now his family talks at the round table about the wedding.
E. Nesbit's tender and eerie tale is from Grim Tales. Read by Christopher Mireider. Twenty-seven minutes.
Edith Nesbit is remembered today for children's books such as The Railway Children and Five Children and It, but she also wrote ghost stories for adults. Grim Tales, published in 1893, gathers some of the best of them. "The Mass for the Dead" is a love story first, told by a young man who returns home to find that the girl he grew up with is promised to someone else. The eerie turn comes late, and it lands harder because the story feels so ordinary until then.
It is a good listen for anyone who likes quiet, old-fashioned ghost stories rather than horror, and it fits a single half hour. If you enjoy it, try Nesbit's Man-Size in Marble next.
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Details
Length
27 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
October 2025
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798295346743
Questions
Who narrates The Mass for the Dead audiobook?
This edition of The Mass for the Dead by E. Nesbit is narrated by Christopher Mireider.
How long is The Mass for the Dead audiobook?
It runs 27 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.
Is this audiobook narrated by a real person?
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