{"product_id":"book-gc3x","title":"Five Short Stories by Sabine Baring-Gould","description":"\u003cp\u003eSabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was a British writer, clergyman and member of the landed gentry, having inherited an estate of 3,000 acres. While a young curate, he met and fell in love with a beautiful 16-year-old mill worker. He paid for her education and married her, and they subsequently had 15 children. Their relationship formed the inspiration for George Bernard Shaw's play \u003ci\u003ePygmalion\u003c\/i\u003e, which was turned into the musical \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady\u003c\/i\u003e. Baring-Gould's strangest and most enduring works are those which are based on fantastical medieval myths and folklore. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Dead Finger\" is a strange vampire story about a parasitic dead human finger which feeds off living humans in an attempt to draw the life force out of them and thus regrow its body. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Red-Haired Girl\" is a ghost story about an eerie and ominous servant girl who stalks the house, watching its inhabitants malevolently. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The 9.30 Up Train\" is a peculiar ghost story about a strange ghost which haunts both the road near the railway station and also a particular carriage of the train itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Leaden Finger\" is the tale of a young woman persistently and cruelly haunted by the sinister ghost of a previous admirer who committed suicide when she refused his marriage proposal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mustapha\" is the strange story of a young Egyptian who takes a solemn vow to avoid alcohol, in order to win his beloved's hand in marriage. A British tourist finds it amusing to try to trick the locals into breaking their religious vows. When he fools Mustapha and gets him unwittingly to take a sip of brandy, Mustapha commits suicide. His ghost returns to exact a terrible revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":51227320418608,"sku":"BDgc3x","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gc3x-Square-cover.jpg?v=1774618168","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gc3x","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}