The House of Sounds (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Decadent Gothic Weird Tale of Remote Norway, Haunted Acoustics, and Psychological TerrorBy Matthew Phipps Shiel
Length1h 26m
About this audiobook
The House of Sounds is one of Matthew Phipps Shiel's most accomplished weird tales, a fin-de-siècle Gothic reverie set in an isolated northern mansion where architecture, inheritance, and acoustics conspire toward terror. Recasting the haunted-house tradition after Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," Shiel replaces simple supernatural machinery with an atmosphere of sensory excess: roaring seas, uncanny vibrations, and prose that seems itself to tremble. Its style is ornate, decadent, and hypnotic, situating the tale among the late Victorian experiments in psychological horror and aesthetic extremity. Shiel, born in Montserrat in 1865 and later active in Britain, brought to English fantastic literature a singularly cosmopolitan imagination. His fiction often combines scientific speculation, apocalyptic vision, and baroque verbal music. The House of Sounds reflects his fascination with doomed aristocracies, remote geographies, and states of perception pushed beyond reason—concerns shaped by the Decadent movement as much as by Victorian adventure and Gothic romance. Readers drawn to literary horror, atmospheric symbolism, and the evolution of the weird tale will find this work indispensable. It rewards patience with its dense language and offers a masterclass in dread as sound, setting, and style.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror
Length1 hr 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 6, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The House of Sounds (Annotated)
2The House of Sounds
3Memorable Quotes
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