The Vampyre: And Other Short Gothic Tales
By John Polidori , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , M. R. James , Ambrose Bierce , Rudyard Kipling , W. F. Harvey , Bram Stoker , Saki , Barry Pain , Wilkie Collins and Richard Middleton
Read by Barnaby Edwards
-
1 Format: Digital Download
-
$7.50or 1 Credit
ISBN: 9781669678892
Critically-acclaimed audiobook reader BARNABY EDWARDS (Doctor Who, The Voyage Of The Beagle, Space Danger) performs 11 tales of ghostly gothic spookiness. From tales of Vampyres and spirits, to devil’s deals and ethereal coachmen. Short but oh so sweet, these 11 stories from some of the most lauded authors of the Gothic period, prove that you only need a few pages to tell a truly terrifying tale. The Vampyre by John Polidori How It Happened by Arthur Conan Doyle There Was A Man Dwelt By A Churchyard by M.R. James One Summer Night by Ambrose Bierce By Word Of Mouth by Rudyard Kipling The Clock by W.F. Harvey A Deal With The Devil by Bram Stoker The Wolves Of Cernogratz by Saki Rose Rose by Barry Pain The Last Stage Coachman by Wilkie Collins On The Brighton Road by Richard Middleton
Learn More- Only $12.99/month gets you 1 Credit/month
- Cancel anytime
- Hate a book? Then we do too, and we'll exchange it.
Summary
Summary
Critically-acclaimed audiobook reader BARNABY EDWARDS (Doctor Who, The Voyage Of The Beagle, Space Danger) performs 11 tales of ghostly gothic spookiness. From tales of Vampyres and spirits, to devil’s deals and ethereal coachmen. Short but oh so sweet, these 11 stories from some of the most lauded authors of the Gothic period, prove that you only need a few pages to tell a truly terrifying tale.
The Vampyre by John Polidori
How It Happened by Arthur Conan Doyle
There Was A Man Dwelt By A Churchyard by M.R. James
One Summer Night by Ambrose Bierce
By Word Of Mouth by Rudyard Kipling
The Clock by W.F. Harvey
A Deal With The Devil by Bram Stoker
The Wolves Of Cernogratz by Saki
Rose Rose by Barry Pain
The Last Stage Coachman by Wilkie Collins
On The Brighton Road by Richard Middleton
Author
Author Bio: Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was born of English parents in Bombay, India. At seventeen, he began work as a journalist and over the next seven years established an international reputation with his stories and verses of Indian and army life, including such classics as The Jungle Book and Kim. In 1907 he became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize.
Author Bio: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born of Irish parentage in Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but he also had a passion for storytelling. His first book introduced that prototype of the modern detective in fiction, Sherlock Holmes. Despite the immense popularity Holmes gained throughout the world, Doyle was not overly fond of the character and preferred to write other stories. Eventually popular demand won out and he continued to satisfy readers with the adventures of the legendary sleuth. He also wrote historical romances and made two essays into pseudoscientific fantasy: The Lost World and The Poison Belt.
Author Bio: Bram Stoker
Abraham “Bram” Stoker (1847–1912) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer best known for his vampire novel, Dracula. His other works include The Mystery of the Sea, The Jewel of the Seven Stars, The Man, and The Lair of the White Worm.
Author Bio: Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an English novelist. He studied law and was admitted to the bar but never practiced. Instead, he devoted his time to writing and is best known for his novels The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, and The Moonstone, which has been called the finest detective story ever written. A number of his works were collaborations with his close friend, Charles Dickens. The Woman in White so gripped the imagination of the world that Wilkie Collins had his own tombstone inscribed: “Author of The Woman in White.”
Author Bio: Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce (1842–ca. 1914) was an American journalist, short-story writer, and poet. Born in Ohio, he served in the Civil War and then settled in San Francisco. He wrote for Hearst’s Examiner, his wit and satire making him the literary dictator of the Pacific coast and strongly influencing many writers. He disappeared into war-torn Mexico in 1913.
Author Bio: M. R. James
M. R. James (1862–1936) was an English medieval scholar and provost of King’s College, Cambridge and Eton College. He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which redefined the genre. He abandoned the many gothic clichés of his predecessors and opted for more realistic, contemporary settings. His characters and plots, however, reflected his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the “antiquarian ghost story.”
Titles by Author
Author Bio: W. F. Harvey
William Fryer Harvey (1885–1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres. Born into a wealthy Quaker family in Yorkshire, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, and took a degree in medicine at Leeds. Ill health dogged him, however, and he devoted much of his recuperation to writing short stories.
Author Bio: Barry Pain
Barry Eric Odell Pain (1864–1928) was an English journalist, poet, and writer best known for his ghost and horror stories.
Author Bio: Richard Middleton
Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911) was an English poet and author who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories, of which The Ghost Ship is the most famous. Middleton suffered from severe depression for much of his life (then known as melancholia) and committed suicide by poisoning himself with chloroform at the age of twenty-nine.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 2.84 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
To listen to this title you will need our latest app
Due to publishing rights this title requires DRM and can only be listened to in the Downpour app
To listen to this title you will need our latest app
