THE PANIC ROOM: 30+ Ghost Tales by Sheridan Le Fanu (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Madam Crowl's Ghost, Carmilla, The Ghost and the Bonesetter, Schalken the Painter, The Haunted Baronet, The Familiar, Green Tea…By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Length41h 56m
About this audiobook
Gathering more than thirty of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's spectral narratives, The Panic Room presents a concentrated encounter with the Victorian ghost story at its most insinuating and psychologically acute. These tales trade in haunted houses, revenants, uncanny doubles, buried crimes, and the terrifying persistence of the past, yet their power lies less in shock than in atmosphere: a measured, documentary prose style, legalistic framing, and suggestive ambiguity. Situated between Gothic romance and modern supernatural fiction, the collection reveals Le Fanu's decisive role in refining dread into an art of implication. Le Fanu, an Irish writer and journalist born in 1814, drew deeply on Anglo-Irish history, Protestant anxieties, folklore, and the social unease of nineteenth-century Dublin. His editorial work sharpened his command of pacing and anecdotal realism, while his personal losses and reclusive later life seem to have intensified his fascination with memory, guilt, and unseen presences. This volume is highly recommended for readers seeking supernatural fiction of intellectual depth and lingering menace. Admirers of M. R. James, Henry James, Bram Stoker, and Gothic literature will find here a foundational master whose ghosts disturb the conscience as much as the imagination.
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
GenreHorror
Length41 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 18, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE PANIC ROOM: 30+ Ghost Tales by Sheridan Le Fanu (Annotated)
70Chapter VII. The Bank Note
2Introduction
71Chapter VIII. Feltram's Plan
3Historical Context
72Chapter IX. The Crazy Parson
4Synopsis (Selection)
73Chapter X. Adventure in Tom Marlin's Boat
5Green Tea
74Chapter XI. Sir Bale's Dream
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6Prologue. Martin Hesselius, the German Physician
75Chapter XII. Marcella Bligh and Judith Wale Keep Watch
7Chapter I. Dr. Hesselius Relates How He Met the Rev. Mr. Jennings
76Chapter XIII. The Mist on the Mountain
8Chapter II. The Doctor Questions Lady Mary and She Answers
77Chapter XIV. A New Philip Feltram
9Chapter III. Dr. Hesselius Picks Up Something in Latin Books
78Chapter XV. The Purse of Gold
10Chapter IV. Four Eyes Were Reading the Passage
79Chapter XVI. The Message from Cloostedd
11Chapter V. Dr. Hesselius is Summoned to Richmond
80Chapter XVII. On the Course--Beeswing, Falcon, and Lightning
12Chapter VI. How Mr. Jennings Met His Companion
81Chapter XVIII. On the Lake, at Last
13Chapter VII. The Journey: First Stage
82Chapter XIX. Mystagogus
14Chapter VIII. The Second Stage
83Chapter XX. The Haunted Forest
15Chapter IX. The Third Stage
84Chapter XXI. Rindermere
16Chapter X. Home
85Chapter XXII. Sir Bale is Frightened
17Conclusion
86Chapter XXIII. A Lady in Black
18The Familiar
87Chapter XXIV. An Old Portrait
19Prologue
88Chapter XXV. Through the Wall
20Chapter 1. Footsteps
89Chapter XXVI. Perplexed
21Chapter 2. The Watcher
90Chapter XXVII. The Hour
22Chapter 3. An Advertisement
91Chapter XXVIII. Sir Bale in the Gallery
23Chapter 4. He Talks with a Clergyman
92Chapter XXIX. Dr. Torvey's Opinion
24Chapter 5. Mr. Barton States His Case
93Chapter XXX. Hush!
25Chapter 6. Seen Again
94Madam Crowl’s Ghost
26Chapter 7. Flight
95Squire Toby’s Will
27Chapter 8. Softened
96Dickon the Devil
28Chapter 9. Requiescat
97The Child That Went with the Fairies
29Mr Justice Harbottle
98The White Cat of Drumgunniol
30Prologue
99An Account of Some Strange Distrubances in Aungier Street
31Chapter I. The Judge’s House
100Ghost Stories of Chapelizod
32Chapter II. Mr. Peters
101Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling
33Chapter III. Lewis Pyneweck
102Chapter 1. Peg O’Neill Pays the Captain’s Debts
34Chapter IV. Interruption in Court
103Chapter 2. The Blessed Candle
35Chapter V. Caleb Searcher
104Chapter 3. My Uncle Watson Visits Wauling
36Chapter VI. Arrested
105Chapter 4. In the Parlour
37Chapter VII. Chief–Justice Twofold
106Chapter 5. The Bed–Chamber
38Chapter VIII. Somebody Has Got Into the House
107Chapter 6. The Extinguisher Is Lifted
39Chapter IX. The Judge Leaves His House
108Chapter 7. The Visitation Culminates
40Carmilla
109Conclusion
41Prologue
110Sir Dominick’s Bargain
42Chapter 1. An Early Fright
111Ultor de Lacy
43Chapter 2. A Guest
112Chapter 1. The Jacobite’s Legacy
44Chapter 3. We Compare Notes
113Chapter 2. The Fairies in the Castle
45Chapter 4. Her Habits — A Saunter
114Chapter 3. The Priest’s Adventures in the Glen
46Chapter 5. A Wonderful Likeness
115Chapter 4. The Light in the Bell Tower
47Chapter 6. A Very Strange Agony
116Chapter 5. The Man with the Claret Mark
48Chapter 7. Descending
117Chapter 6. Voices
49Chapter 8. Search
118Chapter 7. Una’s Love
50Chapter 9. The Doctor
119Chapter 8. Sister Agnes and the Portrait
51Chapter 10. Bereaved
120The Vision of Tom Chuff
52Chapter 11. The Story
121Stories of Lough Guir
53Chapter 12. A Petition
122The Evil Guest (pt. 1)
54Chapter 13. The Woodman
123The Evil Guest (pt. 2)
55Chapter 14. The Meeting
124The Evil Guest (pt. 3)
56Chapter 15. Ordeal and Execution
125Laura Silver Bell
57Conclusion
126The Murdered Cousin
58The Ghost and the Bone-Setter
127The Mysterious Lodger
59The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh
128An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House
60The Drunkard’s Dream
129The Dead Sexton
61Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter
130A Debt of Honor
62A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family
131Haunted
63The Haunted Baronet
132Pichon and Sons, of the Croix Rousse
64Chapter I. The George and Dragon
133The Spirit’s Whisper
65Chapter II. The Drowned Woman
134What Was It?
66Chapter III. Philip Feltram
135Analysis
67Chapter IV. The Baronet Appears
136Reflection
68Chapter V. Mrs. Julaper's Room
137Memorable Quotes
69Chapter VI. The Intruder
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