The White Witch of Rosehall (Summarized Edition)
Enriched edition. Gothic Romance and Supernatural Mystery in 19th-Century Jamaica: The Rose Hall Haunting and the Annie Palmer LegendBy Herbert G. de Lisser
Length3h 24m
About this audiobook
Set on Jamaica's north coast in slavery's twilight, The White Witch of Rosehall refashions the legend of Annie Palmer, the imperious mistress of Rose Hall whose rumored obeah and serial cruelties shadow house and cane field. De Lisser blends Caribbean Gothic with plantation romance, balancing brisk, journalistic prose with melodramatic flourish and local speech, to expose colonial power, racial hierarchy, and gendered terror. Herbert G. de Lisser, long‑serving editor of the Jamaica Gleaner, was immersed in the island's folklore, archives, and public life. His reportage on rural communities and plantation economies supplies the novel's idiom and topography, while his bid to codify Jamaican subjects—also courting a nascent tourist gaze—informs his shaping of the Rose Hall myth and his ambivalent portrayal of Afro‑Jamaican spiritual authority. Readers of Caribbean history and literature, Gothic aficionados, and students of empire will find this both a gripping tale and a revealing artifact. It rewards close reading and debate about representation while vividly evoking a landscape and legend that endure. For seminar or solitary immersion, The White Witch of Rosehall delivers atmosphere, pace, and provocation in equal measure.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Length3 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5The White Witch of Rosehall (pt. 1)
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6The White Witch of Rosehall (pt. 2)
7Analysis
8Reflection
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