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The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Edith Birkhead
A seminal essay on the development of horror as a genre, highly influential on later writers. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson
Chapter 3 -The Septet
Read by JSWS
E. Nesbit
In Dormant
Dormant is a gothic novel. It begins breezily enough with seven friends starting out in life. Rose, the artist, falls in love with Anthony, …
PD Goth
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
A collection of spooky stories culled from etexts found on Project Gutenberg (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Day
Read by MoonLylith
James Thomson
In The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems
While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 190…
Preface
Read by Ben Tucker
William Harrison Ainsworth
In December Tales
December is a time of winding down and of nature resetting itself. In this volume of so-titled December Tales, we listen to stories of human…
Ch. 4: The Gothic Kingdom in Italy
Read by Pamela Nagami
John Howard Bertram Masterman
In The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918
This volume by the British historian J.H.B. Masterman (1867-1933) is a short survey of the first four centuries after the fall of Rome. The …
Gothic by Aldous Huxley
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Álvaro Velez Ladrón de Guevara, Arnold James, Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Iris Tree, Sherard Vines and Henry James
In Wheels - A Third Cycle
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The third volume, publish…
Invasion of the Goths
Read by marbenx
H. A. Guerber
In The Story of the Romans
A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)
English Gothic by Osbert Sitwell
Read by Nemo
Various, Translated Byálvaro Velez Ladrón De Guevara, Aldous Huxley, Arnold James, Wilfred Owen, Francisco de Quevedo, Osbert Sitwell, Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, Iris Tree, Sherard Vines and Henry James
In Wheels - The Fourth Cycle
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The fourth volume, publis…
Railhead
Read by Newgatenovelist
Perceval Landon
In Two Supernatural Stories
Perceval Landon was a journalist and short story author, and in these two tales he explored the supernatural. In ‘Railhead’, a man receives …
Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
Read by Karen Joan Kohoutek
Charles Brockden Brown
The lives of a prosperous, intellectual family are disrupted when they meet the mysterious Carwin. Set in the period before the Revolutionar…
Dame Gothel
Read by Julian Pratley
David Cory
In Puss in Boots, Jr. and Tom Thumb
David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This book is in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots of the legend of Puss i…
The Editor's Narrative Part 3
Read by David Angelo
James Hogg
In The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Version 2)
An early example of a psychological mystery and modern crime fiction, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner details the …
Preface and Chapter I
Read by Leni
José Maria de Eça de Queirós and José Maria De Eça De Queirós
In Our Lady of the Pillar
A ghost story and love story all at once, set in medieval Portugal. Don Ruy is in love with Dona Leonor, but her husband has guessed his fee…
Chapter 10
Read by Joshua Paul Johnson
Bram Stoker
In The Lair of the White Worm (Version 2)
The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It is p…
Gothic
Read by Jack Watson Warr
Aldous Huxley
In Leda
Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is…
The She-Wolf by Saki
Read by David Wales
Saki
In Werewolf -- Five Pieces
Five stories and essays about werewolves. - Summary by david wales
The Italian
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Ann Radcliffe
The love story between a nobleman and a beautiful lady whom he meets in church leads both of them to unexpected places, as many people would…
Grand-Dame’s Ghost Story
Read by Max Soundwell
Anonymous
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 080
A collection of 17 stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spi…
Staley Fleming's Hallucination
Read by heshman08
Ambrose Bierce
In Horror Story Collection 005
An occasional collection of 10 horror stories by various readers. We aim to unsettle you a little, to cut through the pink cushion of illusi…