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A Whisper in the Dark
Turbulent Tales from Louisa May AlcottBy Louisa May AlcottNarrated by various narrators, Cassandra Campbell, Stefan Rudnicki, Nicholas Guy Smith, Susan HanfieldLength10h 43m
About this audiobook
From the author of Little Women comes a collection of gothic, romantic, and spellbinding tales guaranteed to surprise and delight.
This collection represents the best of Alcott's adult oeuvre. The stories in this volume display dramatic intensity and thrilling, suspenseful plots that show Alcott to be a complex and passionate writer. Listeners will discover within this maelstrom of murder, deceit, obsessive desire, treachery, duplicity, and betrayal that love and honor can still conquer all.
The book takes its title from the tale "A Whisper in the Dark," arguably Alcott's gothic masterpiece, a story of imperiled innocence. Also featured are "The Mysterious Key and What It Opened," "The Abbot's Ghost; or, Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story," "La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman," "Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse," and "The Skeleton in the Closet."
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (842)
Includes Goodreads, StoryGraph, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreRomance, General Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length10 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byvarious narrators, Cassandra Campbell, Stefan Rudnicki, Nicholas Guy Smith, Susan Hanfield
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 16, 2014
LanguageEnglish
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