
HORROR & SUPERNATURAL Boxed Set: 40+ Mystery Novels & Short Stories (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Gothic mysteries and twilight tales of Victorian dread and paranormal suspenseBy Marjorie BowenLength91h 56m
About this audiobook
Gathering more than forty mystery novels and tales, HORROR & SUPERNATURAL Boxed Set displays Marjorie Bowen's command of the Gothic imagination: haunted houses, cursed inheritances, spectral visitations, moral corruption, and crimes whose consequences exceed ordinary detection. Her prose is elegant, swift, and atmospheric, combining the historical richness of late-Victorian romance with the psychological unease of the Edwardian and interwar ghost story. Bowen's supernatural fiction stands beside the work of M. R. James and Vernon Lee, yet is often darker in its attention to guilt, decay, and fatal obsession. Marjorie Bowen was the principal pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long, a remarkably prolific British writer who also published as Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, and others. Forced early into professional authorship, she developed an acute understanding of social precarity, frustrated ambition, and hidden violence. Her fascination with history, costume, and moral extremity helped shape stories in which the past is never dead but returns as menace. This collection is recommended to readers who value literary horror with intelligence and texture. It offers not merely thrills, but a sustained exploration of fear as memory, inheritance, and conscience.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror
Length91 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 17, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5HORROR & SUPERNATURAL Boxed Set: 40+ Mystery Novels & Short Stories
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6Black Magic (pt. 1)
7Black Magic (pt. 2)
8Black Magic (pt. 3)
9Black Magic (pt. 4)
10Black Magic (pt. 5)
11Black Magic (pt. 6)
12Julia Roseingrave (pt. 1)
13Julia Roseingrave (pt. 2)
14The Crime of Laura Sarelle (pt. 1)
15The Crime of Laura Sarelle (pt. 2)
16The Crime of Laura Sarelle (pt. 3)
17The Crime of Laura Sarelle (pt. 4)
18The Crime of Laura Sarelle (pt. 5)
19The Spectral Bride (pt. 1)
20The Spectral Bride (pt. 2)
21The Spectral Bride (pt. 3)
22The Spectral Bride (pt. 4)
23The Spectral Bride (pt. 5)
24The Man with the Scales (pt. 1)
25The Man with the Scales (pt. 2)
26The Man with the Scales (pt. 3)
27The Man with the Scales (pt. 4)
28Moss Rose (pt. 1)
29Moss Rose (pt. 2)
30Moss Rose (pt. 3)
31Moss Rose (pt. 4)
32Moss Rose (pt. 5)
33So Evil My Love (pt. 1)
34So Evil My Love (pt. 2)
35So Evil My Love (pt. 3)
36So Evil My Love (pt. 4)
37So Evil My Love (pt. 5)
38The Last Bouquet—Some Twilight Tales (pt. 1)
39The Last Bouquet—Some Twilight Tales (pt. 2)
40The Last Bouquet—Some Twilight Tales (pt. 3)
41The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories (pt. 1)
42The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories (pt. 2)
43Other Twilight Tales (pt. 1)
44Other Twilight Tales (pt. 2)
45Other Twilight Tales (pt. 3)
46Other Twilight Tales (pt. 4)
47Other Twilight Tales (pt. 5)
48Analysis
49Reflection
50Memorable Quotes