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)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Green Tea
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6Prologue. Martin Hesselius, the German Physician
7Chapter I. Dr. Hesselius Relates How He Met the Rev. Mr. Jennings
8Chapter II. The Doctor Questions Lady Mary and She Answers
9Chapter III. Dr. Hesselius Picks Up Something in Latin Books
10Chapter IV. Four Eyes Were Reading the Passage
11Chapter V. Dr. Hesselius is Summoned to Richmond
12Chapter VI. How Mr. Jennings Met His Companion
13Chapter VII. The Journey: First Stage
14Chapter VIII. The Second Stage
15Chapter IX. The Third Stage
16Chapter X. Home
17Conclusion
18The Familiar
19Prologue
20Chapter 1. Footsteps
21Chapter 2. The Watcher
22Chapter 3. An Advertisement
23Chapter 4. He Talks with a Clergyman
24Chapter 5. Mr. Barton States His Case
25Chapter 6. Seen Again
26Chapter 7. Flight
27Chapter 8. Softened
28Chapter 9. Requiescat
29Mr Justice Harbottle
30Prologue
31Chapter I. The Judge’s House
32Chapter II. Mr. Peters
33Chapter III. Lewis Pyneweck
34Chapter IV. Interruption in Court
35Chapter V. Caleb Searcher
36Chapter VI. Arrested
37Chapter VII. Chief–Justice Twofold
38Chapter VIII. Somebody Has Got Into the House
39Chapter IX. The Judge Leaves His House
40Carmilla
41Prologue
42Chapter 1. An Early Fright
43Chapter 2. A Guest
44Chapter 3. We Compare Notes
45Chapter 4. Her Habits — A Saunter
46Chapter 5. A Wonderful Likeness
47Chapter 6. A Very Strange Agony
48Chapter 7. Descending
49Chapter 8. Search
50Chapter 9. The Doctor
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