The Devil's Ultimatum – 12 Horror Classics
Faustian Bargains, Uncanny Doubles, and Diabolical Tales of Gothic TerrorBy Charles Maturin, E. T. A. Hoffmann, William Beckford, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Marie Corelli, Leonid Andreyev, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Arthur Machen, William Harrison Ainsworth, Nikolai Gogol
Length112h 22m
About this audiobook
The Devil's Ultimatum – 12 Horror Classics surveys the devilish, uncanny, and morally perilous dimensions of Gothic and supernatural fiction. Spanning Romantic visions, fin-de-siècle decadence, psychological terror, satire, and grotesque fantasy, the volume gathers tales in which temptation, divided identity, forbidden knowledge, and spiritual dread unsettle the boundaries between the ordinary and the monstrous. Its standout encounters with infernal bargains, haunted consciences, and malign apparitions reveal horror's enduring capacity to stage ethical as well as visceral alarm. Its contributors represent a remarkable international constellation of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writers from Britain, Ireland, Germany, Russia, and America. Collectively, they trace the Gothic's evolution from Romantic anxieties about transgression and imagination to modern preoccupations with urban alienation, fractured selves, and metaphysical uncertainty. The juxtaposition of dark romance, folkloric demonology, ironic skepticism, Symbolist intensity, and psychological realism demonstrates how widely the language of horror traveled across national traditions and literary movements. This anthology is especially rewarding for readers seeking both a compelling introduction to classic horror and a comparative view of its many forms. It invites close attention to recurring motifs while preserving the distinctive tonal registers of twelve major voices. Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find in these pages an illuminating dialogue about evil, fear, desire, and the unstable limits of human reason.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, General Fiction
Length112 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Annotated)
26VOLUME III (pt. 2)
2Faust
27VOLUME III (pt. 3)
3Faust (Part One)
28The Sorrows of Satan
4Preface
29I
5An Goethe
30II
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6Dedication
31III
7Prelude-At-The-Theatre
32IV
8Prologue in Heaven
33V
9First Part of the Tragedy (pt. 1)
34VI
10First Part of the Tragedy (pt. 2)
35VII
11Faust (Part Two)
36VIII
12Dramatis Personæ
37IX
13Act I.
38X
14Act II.
39XI
15Act III.
40XII
16Act IV.
41XIII
17Act V.
42XIV
18The Monk
43XV
19PREFACE
44XVI
20VOLUME I (pt. 1)
45XVII
21VOLUME I (pt. 2)
46XVIII
22VOLUME II (pt. 1)
47XIX
23VOLUME II (pt. 2)
48XX
24VOLUME II (pt. 3)
49XXI
25VOLUME III (pt. 1)
50XXII
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