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The Man Who Liked Dickens
Originally Aired: October 9, 1947
In Suspense #266, “The Man Who Liked Dickens,” adapted from a chilling short story by Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Last joins an ill-fated expedition into the Amazon in search of a lost city. When the journey ends in disaster and his companion is lost to the river, Last is rescued by a mysterious settler named Mr. Todd—a solitary man living deep in the jungle with a strange obsession. Todd treasures a small library containing the complete works of Charles Dickens, books once read aloud to him by his father and a previous unfortunate guest. As Last recovers, he…
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