Gothic Fiction

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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H. P. Lovecraft - Dunwich Horror

In a rundown farmhouse near isolated, rural Dunwich, a bizarre family conjures and nurtures an evil entity from another realm, with the purpose of destroying the world and delivering it to ancient gods to rule, and...

Mark Nelson 1 hour 55 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

485

Mór Jókai - Tower of Dago

This is the story of Feodor von Ungern, who, betrayed by his brother Zeno, installs himself with his son and a group of his most trusted men in a dark tower on the island of Dago. Sheltered in this tower, he...

Crln Yldz Ksr 2 hours 5 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

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Ann Radcliffe - Romance of the Forest

A Gothic novel famously mentioned by Jane Austen in «Northanger Abbey» as an inspiration for the romantic ideals and supernatural fears of Catherine. Ann Radcliffe has been called the «Great Enchantress» of her age...

Beth Thomas and 11 more 13 hours 52 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

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Lord Dunsany - Fifty-one Tales (version 2)

A multitude of very short stories populated with things that lurk in the dark corners of human imagination. Wonderfully crafted and sometimes ending with an unexpected outcome, these stories are well rooted in...

Rosslyn Carlyle 2 hours 15 minutes Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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E. T. A. Hoffmann - Weird Tales

This recording includes both volumes of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Weird Tales, a collection of gothic novellas set in Germany, Italy, and some of the wilder parts of Europe. What there is of the supernatural in these tales...

Expatriate 23 hours 22 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

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George MacDonald - Flight of the Shadow

A fantastical story of personal growth and a warning against the dangers of keeping secrets. This novel by George MacDonald is a deceptively easy read aimed to be accessible to teens, but the ideas will remain in your...

Beth Thomas and 8 more 6 hours 32 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

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Clemence Housman - Werewolf -- Five Pieces

Five stories and essays about werewolves. — Summary by david wales

David Wales 3 hours 14 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

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Henry James - Owen Wingrave

A young man of good family with a long distinguished military tradition indicates that he will not follow his ancestors' path into the army. Dire results ensue. Benjamin Britten in 1970 wrote an opera based on this...

David Wales 1 hour 29 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Algernon Blackwood - Bright Messenger

Julian LeVallon, born and raised alone in the Jura Mountains, is referred to psychiatrist Dr. Edward Fillery for care in London. But is LeVallon merely a schizophrenic with a secondary personality, «N.H.» (non-human),...

Mark Nelson 14 hours 50 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

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Nathaniel Hawthorne - Marble Faun

The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical Italy. The romance mixes elements of a fable, pastoral, Gothic novel, and...

grayeul and 5 more 16 hours 13 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

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Matthew Lewis - Monk: A Romance

Matthew Gregory Lewis's The Monk: A Romance is a story of frustrated and unrequited desire between mentor and pupil mixed with elements of the supernatural. It includes several subplots: rape, torture and incest. It...

James K. White 16 hours 17 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

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Horace Walpole - Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally held to be the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th...

Great Plains 3 hours 58 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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