THE SPIRIT COLLECTION OF THORNE HALL

J. Ann Thomas narrates this spooky story. For more than a century, 15 ghosts have remained bound to the grand Berkshires estate of Thorne Hall, which has been controlled by generations of Thorne men. Elegy Thorne thinks she, too, has to inherit the "spirit collection" when her father dies, but her contractor's son suggests another option. Thomas speaks her own eloquent words with clipped diction that makes every word clear and aristocratic sounding. Thomas doesn't differentiate the dialogue of the characters, despite their being different ages and genders. She chooses to recite all the gothic ballads that Elegy sings in the story, drawing attention to their missing rhymes and choppy meter. S.S. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2025]