Tales of the Wonder Club (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Occult, Horror & Supernatural StoriesBy M. Y. Halidom
Length28h 20m
About this audiobook
Tales of the Wonder Club (Vol. 1–3) is an expansive late-Victorian collection of framed narratives, in which convivial storytelling becomes a vehicle for the marvellous, grotesque, comic, and supernatural. Its club setting recalls older traditions of oral tale-cycles while anticipating the fin-de-siècle fascination with occult speculation, eccentric antiquarianism, and uncanny experience. Written in a richly discursive style, the work mingles Gothic atmosphere, satirical observation, and episodic adventure, offering a capacious panorama of wonder rather than a single plot. M. Y. Halidom remains a comparatively obscure literary figure, yet the book suggests an author deeply conversant with folklore, popular romance, and the period's appetite for mysterious societies and supernatural inquiry. The breadth of reference and the deliberate old-fashionedness of the narrative voice imply a writer looking both backward to fireside storytelling and outward to the modern Victorian marketplace for sensation and the strange. Readers interested in neglected Victorian fantasy, club fiction, supernatural miscellanies, or the genealogy of weird literature will find Tales of the Wonder Club especially rewarding. Its scale demands patience, but its inventiveness and historical curiosity repay sustained attention.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, General Fiction
Length28 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 20, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Bottle Imp (Annotated)
9Volume 2 (pt. 3)
2Volume 1 (pt. 1)
10Volume 2 (pt. 4)
3Volume 1 (pt. 2)
11Volume 2 (pt. 5)
4Volume 1 (pt. 3)
12Volume 3 (pt. 1)
5Volume 1 (pt. 4)
13Volume 3 (pt. 2)
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6Volume 1 (pt. 5)
14Volume 3 (pt. 3)
7Volume 2 (pt. 1)
15Memorable Quotes
8Volume 2 (pt. 2)
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