Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales by Balzac, Poe, Twain and others
Classic Feline Tales of Mystery, Satire, Gothic Humor, and Human CompanionshipBy William Livingston Alden, Honoré de Balzac, Peggy Bacon
Length7h 22m
About this audiobook
Lords of the Housetops gathers thirteen feline tales in which the cat becomes observer, companion, trickster, and unsettling emblem of domestic mystery. Moving across comic sketch, realist vignette, Gothic fantasy, satire, and animal-centered anecdote, the volume places urbane wit beside darker imaginative excursions. Its range—from tales of household mischief and social performance to narratives alert to the cat's independence and inscrutability—demonstrates how this familiar creature has invited formally diverse literary treatment. The presence of memorable Gothic and humorous modes gives the collection particular tonal breadth. The anthology brings together writers associated with nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Anglo-American and French literary cultures, including William Livingston Alden, Honoré de Balzac, and Peggy Bacon, alongside the tradition represented by Poe and Twain. Their differing national contexts, comic sensibilities, and approaches to realism, caricature, and psychological atmosphere illuminate the cat as a figure through which writers test human vanity, sentiment, class, and imagination. Collectively, these voices connect animal literature to larger movements in Romanticism, realism, Gothic fiction, and American humor. This volume is recommended for readers of animal studies, short fiction, and comparative literary culture, as well as for devoted cat readers. Its compact multiplicity of styles offers both pleasure and instruction, inviting readers to trace a lively dialogue between domestic observation, social satire, and the fantastic.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length7 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 20, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE MYSTERY OF THE RAVENSPURS (Thriller Classics Series) (Annotated)
9THE BLUE DRYAD
2Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales by Balzac, Poe, Twain and others
10DICK BAKER'S CAT
3PREFACE
11THE BLACK CAT
4THE CAT
12MADAME JOLICŒUR'S CAT
5ZUT
13A FRIENDLY RAT
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6A PSYCHICAL INVASION
14MONTY'S FRIEND
7THE AFFLICTIONS OF AN ENGLISH CAT
15THE QUEEN'S CAT
8GIPSY
16CALVIN
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