RICHARD MARSH Ultimate Collection: Horror Classics, Murder Mysteries & Supernatural Thrillers (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Gothic Horrors, Supernatural & Crime TalesBy Richard Marsh
Length191h 14m
About this audiobook
This illustrated ultimate collection gathers Richard Marsh's fiction across horror, crime, and supernatural suspense, revealing the range of a writer who helped define late-Victorian popular imagination. Moving from uncanny visitations and occult menace to ingenious murder mysteries and sensation-driven thrillers, the volume showcases Marsh's brisk plotting, theatrical dialogue, and gift for atmosphere. His work belongs beside fin-de-siècle Gothic and detective fiction, engaging anxieties about empire, gender, science, disguise, and the instability of modern urban life. Richard Marsh, born Richard Bernard Heldmann, was a prolific English author and journalist whose career was shaped by the expanding periodical culture of the 1890s and early twentieth century. Best remembered for The Beetle, a sensational rival to Dracula in its day, Marsh wrote for a readership hungry for mystery, menace, and narrative surprise. His familiarity with popular journalism, crime reportage, and theatrical melodrama informs the immediacy and variety of the stories collected here. This volume is recommended for readers of Victorian Gothic, early detective fiction, and classic supernatural literature. Scholars and general readers alike will find in Marsh a lively, inventive, and revealing chronicler of fin-de-siècle fears, whose fiction remains both entertaining and historically significant.
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
Rating★★★★★ 4.6 (11)
Includes Amazon
GenreHorror, Mystery and Thriller
Length191 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 18, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1RICHARD MARSH Ultimate Collection: Horror Classics, Murder Mysteries & Supernatural Thrillers (Illustrated) (Annotated)
26The Twickenham Peerage (pt. 3)
2Introduction
27The Twickenham Peerage (pt. 4)
3Historical Context
28The Twickenham Peerage (pt. 5)
4Synopsis (Selection)
29Miss Arnott’s Marriage (pt. 1)
5Novels
30Miss Arnott’s Marriage (pt. 2)
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6The Beetle (pt. 1)
31Miss Arnott’s Marriage (pt. 3)
7The Beetle (pt. 2)
32Miss Arnott’s Marriage (pt. 4)
8The Beetle (pt. 3)
33The Great Temptation (pt. 1)
9The Beetle (pt. 4)
34The Great Temptation (pt. 2)
10The Beetle (pt. 5)
35The Great Temptation (pt. 3)
11Tom Ossington’s Ghost (pt. 1)
36The Great Temptation (pt. 4)
12Tom Ossington’s Ghost (pt. 2)
37The Great Temptation (pt. 5)
13Tom Ossington’s Ghost (pt. 3)
38The Master of Deception (pt. 1)
14Crime and the Criminal (pt. 1)
39The Master of Deception (pt. 2)
15Crime and the Criminal (pt. 2)
40The Master of Deception (pt. 3)
16Crime and the Criminal (pt. 3)
41The Master of Deception (pt. 4)
17Crime and the Criminal (pt. 4)
42A Duel (pt. 1)
18Crime and the Criminal (pt. 5)
43A Duel (pt. 2)
19The Datchet Diamonds (pt. 1)
44A Duel (pt. 3)
20The Datchet Diamonds (pt. 2)
45A Duel (pt. 4)
21The Datchet Diamonds (pt. 3)
46The Woman with One Hand
22The Chase of the Ruby (pt. 1)
47The Coward behind the Curtain (pt. 1)
23The Chase of the Ruby (pt. 2)
48The Coward behind the Curtain (pt. 2)
24The Twickenham Peerage (pt. 1)
49The Coward behind the Curtain (pt. 3)
25The Twickenham Peerage (pt. 2)
50The Coward behind the Curtain (pt. 4)
Tom Ossington's Ghost (Annotated)Richard Marsh6h 35m$2 · $0.00
CRIME & MYSTERY COLLECTION: 12 Thrillers & Action-Adventure Novels (Illustrated) (Annotated)Richard Marsh102h 52m$2 · $0.00
The Datchet Diamonds (Annotated)Richard Marsh6h 48m3.6 (84)$2 · $0.00
Crime and Criminal (Annotated)Richard Marsh12h 42m$2 · $0.00
The Great Temptation (Annotated)Richard Marsh11h 55m3.4 (23)$2 · $0.00
Under One FlagRichard Marsh7h 15m$2 · $0.00
The Joss: A ReversionRichard Marsh9h 50m3.5 (51)$2 · $0.00
Tom Ossington's GhostRichard Marsh6h 11m3.5 (71)$2 · $0.00
The Magnetic GirlRichard Marsh6h 37m3.3 (31)$2 · $0.00
Confessions of a Young Lady: Her Doings and MisdoingsRichard Marsh7h 44m$2 · $0.00
Between the Dark and the DaylightRichard Marsh6h 42m3.2 (33)$2 · $0.00
Der KäferRichard Marsh14h 12m4.1 (93)$2 · $0.00
A Second ComingRichard Marsh6h 29m3.1 (16)$2 · $0.00
The Chase of the RubyRichard Marsh3h 36m3.5 (38)$1 · $0.00
The Collected Works of Richard Marsh (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)Richard Marsh191h 14m$2 · $0.00
A Hero of Romance (Annotated)Richard Marsh9h 39m$2 · $0.00
THE BEETLE (Annotated)Richard Marsh13h 14m3.8 (6.6K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Chase of the Ruby (Annotated)Richard Marsh5h 33m3.5 (22)$1.99 · $0.00
The Chase of the Ruby (Thriller Novel)Richard Marsh5h 24m3.5 (22)$2 · $0.00
Lost GodsBrom14h 50m4.4 (18.5K)$33 · $0.00
The AccusedJana DeLeon6h 32m4.4 (3.9K)$12 · $0.00
Corpus HermeticumHermes Trismegistus3h 43m4.4 (8.6K)$7 · $0.00
LambChristopher Moore15h 22m4.3 (211.3K)$33 · $0.00
CARMILLA (Gothic Classic) (Annotated)Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu4h 2m4.4 (1K)$1.99 · $0.00
The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty12h 52m4.3 (285.9K)$8 · $0.00
Lost ValleyWalt Browning7h 47m4.3 (5.4K)$20 · $0.00
Twice TemptedJeaniene Frost8h 17m4.3 (54.8K)$26 · $0.00
1984George Orwell12h 18m4.3 (6M)$25 · $0.00
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Hollywood DeadRichard Kadrey9h 22m4.3 (5.5K)$29 · $0.00
Frankenstein (The Uncensored 1818 Edition) (Annotated)Mary Shelley9h 25m4.3 (1.7M)$3 · $0.00
The Collected Ghost StoriesM. R. James18h 30m4.3 (12.1K)$2 · $0.00
Jane Eyre (Annotated)Charlotte Brontë22h 44m4.2 (2.4M)$2 · $0.00
The Chance of a Lifetime (Musaicum Romance Classics)Grace Livingston Hill8h 27m4.3 (862)$1 · $0.00
Heat 2Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner18h 39m4.3 (20.9K)$40 · $0.00
The Silence of Bonaventure ArrowRita Leganski11h 23m4.3 (7.5K)$29 · $0.00
Zanoni (Annotated)Edward Bulwer-Lytton17h 9m4.4 (301)$2 · $0.00
Joe Ledger: The Missing FilesJonathan Maberry4h 6m4.3 (1.2K)$12 · $0.00
The Magician (Annotated)William Somerset Maugham9h 38m4.3 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
The Rose CodeKate Quinn16h 2m4.4 (493.7K)$33 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
Three ComradesErich Maria Remarque15h 50m4.5 (47.3K)$2 · $0.00
AngelAnita Waller10h 30m4.6 (672)$30 · $0.00
The BorderDon Winslow29h 8m4.5 (35.7K)$53 · $0.00
FlashpointCatherine Coulter11h 38m4.5 (11.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Fang Si-Chi's First Love ParadiseYi-Han Lin8h 25m4.5 (4K)$26 · $0.00
No Woman Left BehindJulie Moffett8h 49m4.5 (3K)$25 · $0.00
CovertJanie Crouch6h 15m4.5 (2K)$12 · $0.00
Cold Case InvestigationNicole Helm5h 30m4.6 (321)$5 · $0.00
The ReunionJana DeLeon6h 31m4.5 (1.6K)$12 · $0.00
Courage Under FireSharon Dunn5h 50m4.5 (730)$24 · $0.00
Decoding the TruthJulie Miller7h 31m4.6 (350)$12 · $0.00
Murder Gone ColdB.J. Daniels5h 50m4.5 (562)$12 · $0.00
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky23h 14m4.4 (1.3M)$1 · $0.00
Exit FeeBrad Taylor3h 16m4.5 (1.9K)$18 · $0.00
Sworn to ProtectShirlee McCoy5h 7m4.5 (1K)$12 · $0.00
The Alice NetworkKate Quinn15h 7m4.4 (887.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Last RemainsElly Griffiths9h 41m4.4 (37.3K)$29 · $0.00
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