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The Horror Of Christmas
Collection of the Best Ghost Stories, Supernatural Mysteries & Gothic HorrorsBy Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, M. R. James, Thomas Hardy, Saki, Sabine Baring-Gould, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, Fergus Hume, John Kendrick Bangs, Jerome K. Jerome, Leonard Kip, Catherine Crowe, Lucie E. Jackson, William Douglas O'Connor, Frank R. Stockton, James Bowker, Grant Allen, Louisa M. Alcott, Florence Marryat, Katherine Rickford, J. M. Barrie, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, George MacDonald, Bithia Mary Croker, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Catherine L. Pirkis, E. F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood
Length44h 33m
About this audiobook
'The Horror of Christmas' captures the chilling paradox between festive joy and the haunting depths of human psyche, making it a riveting addition to the genre of horror literature. This collection draws together an exceptional array of narratives from gothic to ghostly, curated from the pens of the finest Victorian and early Edwardian authors. Sprinkled among these tales are seminal pieces influenced profoundly by folk traditions and the eerie silences of winter nights during the Yuletide season, capturing a broad spectrum of literary styles from the melancholic to the macabre. Every story adds a unique undertone to the overarching theme of spectral dread blended with the warmth of the holiday season, thus painting a diverse yet unified picture of historical and personal anxieties shadowed by Christmas lights. Assembled with keen insight by esteemed literary figures such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Nathaniel Hawthorne, the authors in this collection bring to the anthology variegated backdrops of cultural and psychological landscapes. Their collective works reflect varied facets of terror intertwined with cultural festivities, echoing movements from Romanticism to the early stirrings of Modernism. Each narrative enriches the central theme by exploring the contraposition of Christmas cheer with the ghostly and ghastly, examining how tradition intertwines with fear in the collective consciousness of society. 'The Horror of Christmas' invites readers to delve into a panorama of festive dread and supernatural intrigue. Offering more than mere entertainment, this anthology serves as a cultural artifact, illuminating the darker corners of seasonal lore across different epochs and societies. It's an essential collection for those who cherish both the joy and eeriness of Christmas, providing rich insights and raising intriguing questions about why this season of light might also be a time of shadows. This anthology is a compelling invitation to reevaluate the familiar, through a lens tinted with the spectral and the uncanny.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, Fantasy
Length44 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 17, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Silver Hatchet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
23Thurlow’s Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs)
2What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy)
24The Mystery of My Grandmother’s Hair Sofa (John Kendrick Bangs)
3Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson)
25The Abbot’s Ghost; or Maurice Treherne’s Temptation (Louisa M. Alcott) (pt. 1)
4The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki)
26The Abbot’s Ghost; or Maurice Treherne’s Temptation (Louisa M. Alcott) (pt. 2)
5Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould)
27Old Applejoy's Ghost (Frank R. Stockton)
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6The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James)
28Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen)
7The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
29The Christmas-Eve Vigil (James Bowker)
8The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
30Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome)
9The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
31The Box with the Iron Clamps (Florence Marryat)
10Doctor Marigold’s Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
32Joseph: A Story (Katherine Rickford)
11Doctor Marigold’s Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
33The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (Charles Dickens)
12Doctor Marigold’s Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
34The Ghost of Christmas Eve (J. M. Barrie)
13The Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
35The Dead Sexton (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
14The Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
36Uncle Cornelius His Story (George MacDonald)
15The Ghost’s Touch (Fergus Hume)
37The Grave by the Handpost (Thomas Hardy)
16Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould)
38Number Ninety (Bithia Mary Croker)
17The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip)
39At Chrighton Abbey (Mary Elizabeth Braddon)
18A Terrible Christmas Eve (Lucie E. Jackson)
40The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step (Catherine L. Pirkis)
19Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) (pt. 1)
41Between the Lights (E. F. Benson)
20Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) (pt. 2)
42Transition (Algernon Blackwood)
21Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) (pt. 3)
43The Kit-Bag (Algernon Blackwood)
22The Ghost: A Christmas Story (William Douglas O’Connor)
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