THE SCREAM - 60 Horror Tales in One Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Ultimate Collection of Ghostly Tales and Macabre Mystery Novels ALL in One VolumeBy Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Length232h 24m
About this audiobook
THE SCREAM: 60 Horror Tales in One Edition gathers Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's finest excursions into the uncanny, from haunted chambers and ancestral curses to psychological dread, spectral visitations, and occult suggestion. Written in a prose at once elegant, insinuating, and quietly destabilizing, these tales exemplify the Victorian ghost story before the genre hardened into convention. Le Fanu's art lies less in shock than in atmosphere: dim houses, uncertain narrators, buried crimes, and the terrifying possibility that reason has only a fragile hold on experience. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873), the Irish master of supernatural fiction, wrote from within a culture marked by religious anxiety, political unease, and fascination with mesmerism, folklore, and the unseen. A journalist, editor, and novelist, he brought to Gothic fiction a distinctive Anglo-Irish sensibility, attentive to inheritance, guilt, repression, and social decay. His influence on later writers—from M. R. James to Bram Stoker—is profound, especially through his subtle fusion of domestic realism and metaphysical terror. This edition is highly recommended for readers seeking the roots of modern horror in their most refined form. Scholars, Gothic enthusiasts, and admirers of psychological suspense will find in Le Fanu a writer whose terrors whisper rather than shout, and whose shadows linger long after the final page.
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
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (18)
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GenreHorror
Length232 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 18, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Novels & Novellas
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6Uncle Silas
7Chapter 1. Austin Ruthyn, of Knowl, and His Daughter
8Chapter 2. Uncle Silas
9Chapter 3. A New Face
10Chapter 4. Madame De La Rougierre
11Chapter 5. Sights and Noises
12Chapter 6. A Walk in the Wood
13Chapter 7. Church Scarsdale
14Chapter 8. The Smoker
15Chapter 9. Monica Knollys
16Chapter 10. Lady Knollys Removes a Coverlet
17Chapter 11. Lady Knollys Sees the Features
18Chapter 12. A Curious Conversation
19Chapter 13. Before and After Breakfast
20Chapter 14. Angry Words
21Chapter 15. A Warning
22Chapter 16. Doctor Bryerly Looks in
23Chapter 17. An Adventure
24Chapter 18. A Midnight Visitor
25Chapter 19. Au Revoir
26Chapter 20. Austin Ruthyn Sets Out on His Journey
27Chapter 21. Arrivals
28Chapter 22. Somebody in the Room with the Coffin
29Chapter 23. I Talk with Doctor Bryerly
30Chapter 24. The Opening of the Will
31Chapter 25. I Hear from Uncle Silas
32Chapter 26. The Story of Uncle Silas
33Chapter 27. More About Tom Clarke’s Suicide
34Chapter 28. I Am Persuaded
35Chapter 29. How the Ambassador Fared
36Chapter 30. On the Road
37Chapter 31. Bartram-Haugh
38Chapter 32. Uncle Silas
39Chapter 33. The Windmill Wood
40Chapter 34. Zamiel
41Chapter 35. We Visit a Room in the Second Storey
42Chapter 36. An Arrival at Dead of Night
43Chapter 37. Doctor Bryerly Emerges
44Chapter 38. A Midnight Departure
45Chapter 39. Cousin Monica and Uncle Silas Meet
46Chapter 40. In which I Make Another Cousin’s Acquaintance
47Chapter 41. My Cousin Dudley
48Chapter 42. Elverston and its People
49Chapter 43. News at Bartram Gate
50Chapter 44. A Friend Arises
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