
Flaxman Low, Occult Psychologist (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Occult Detective Tales of Haunted Estates, Psychical Research, and Gothic MysteryBy E. H. HeronLength3h 39m
About this audiobook
Flaxman Low, Occult Psychologist gathers a pioneering sequence of late-Victorian supernatural detective tales in which rational investigation meets the uncanny. Its cases—haunted rooms, ancestral curses, malign presences, and inexplicable physical phenomena—are narrated with the brisk evidentiary method of detective fiction, yet they also draw upon fin-de-siècle fascination with spiritualism, mesmerism, psychical research, and Gothic inheritance. Low's cool, clinical manner places the book at a crucial literary crossroads between Sherlockian deduction and the later occult detective tradition. "E. H. Heron" was the pseudonym of the collaborative writers Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard and his mother, Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard. Their shared authorship helps explain the stories' unusual blend of adventurous plotting, domestic unease, and informed curiosity about contemporary occult discourse. Writing in an age when the Society for Psychical Research and popular periodicals made the supernatural a subject of quasi-scientific debate, they created in Low one of fiction's earliest professional investigators of paranormal phenomena. This volume is highly recommended to readers interested in Gothic fiction, detective history, and Victorian ideas of the unseen. It offers both atmospheric entertainment and an important document in the evolution of speculative crime writing.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★ 3.4 (99)
Includes Goodreads
GenreHorror, Mystery and Thriller
Length3 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 8, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2The Story of Saddler's Croft
3The Story of Baelbrow
4The Story of Yand Manor House
5The Story of Konnor Old House
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6The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith
7The Story of Sevens Hall
8THE END
9Memorable Quotes