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Embark on a captivating journey through the realms of fantasy with this enchanting collection featuring three legendary authors Edgar Allan Poe, George MacDonald, and Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Experience the magic of fairyland and its mysterious borders as they guide you through whimsical tales filled with charming and sinister encounters. Meet a host of unforgettable characters, from mischievous fairies to haunting spirits, and even the Devil himself. This collection includes stories such as “Cross Purposes,” “The Carasoyn,” “Bon-Bon,” “The Child That Went With The Fairies,” ...

In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest—the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day.

Award-winning narrator Alison Larkin gives thrilling voice to the elements of lesbian attraction and forbidden and dangerous desires in the story of Carmilla, the Gothic female vampire tale that inspired its more famous masculine counterpart Dracula.

Rats and mice, and beetles and creaky doors, and loose slates, and broken panes, and stiff drawer handles, that stay out when you pull them and then fall down in the middle of the night...Rats is bogeys, I tell you, and bogeys is rats, and don't you get to think anything else! Ghosts, vampires, werewolves and even rats, all make an appearance in this collection of frighteningly good classic stories from Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling and more!

Step into the misty forests of Styria, where young Laura’s tranquil world is forever changed by the arrival of the enchanting and mysterious Carmilla. As you listen, you’ll sense the tension rise—the beauty of friendship twisting into something hauntingly deeper, the innocence of trust tainted by secrets that whisper in the night. You’ll feel every heartbeat, every shiver, every breath caught between fascination and terror.

Laura es una joven que vive con su padre en un antiguo castillo en las tierras de Estiria, en Austria. Un día, su vida cambia cuando la carreta en la que viajan dos mujeres nobles se voltea frente al castillo. En ella van Carmilla y su madre, quien le pide al padre de Laura que hospede a su hija durante pocos meses porque debe seguir con su viaje urgentemente.

La mano fantasma, publicado originalmente en 1861 y reeditado como "Verdadera relación del fantasma de una mano", explora el lado más siniestro y psicológico del autor, centrándose en percepciones y estados mentales horrendos más que en fantasmas convencionales.

Un viajero en las ruinas de la mansión Dunoran escucha la historia de Sir Dominick, quien hizo un pacto con una entidad del bosque de Murroa a cambio de riqueza inmediata. Al acercarse el plazo para pagar su deuda, Sir Dominick busca la ayuda del obispo, quien le ofrece una estrategia para evitar su destino.

narra la experiencia de una joven enviada a trabajar a la opresiva Applewale House, donde sirve a la anciana y misteriosa señora Crowl. La protagonista descubre secretos oscuros, una atmósfera siniestra y una figura fantasmagórica que se revela como una "cadáver viviente" que guarda la verdad sobre un asesinato y un secreto familiar.

Es un relato sobre el pintor Godfrey Schalken, quien se enamora de Rose, la pupila de su maestro Gerard Douw. Un misterioso personaje, Meinheer Vader Hausen, aparece y propone a Douw un trato lucrativo para casarse con Rose, lo que lleva a un matrimonio forzado que desata una serie de eventos sobrenaturales y trágicos.

Publicado originalmente en 1851, este relato de fantasmas trata sobre eventos sobrenaturales ocurridos en esa calle Aungier.

Dive into the captivating world of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a master storyteller of the nineteenth century. This collection brings to light a selection of his forgotten works alongside tales that may be unfamiliar to many. Renowned for his exceptional ability to craft ghost stories, Le Fanu skillfully sets the scene and weaves effective details that draw readers into the eerie atmosphere he creates. To entice you further, the most striking and sensational tales are presented at the forefront of this volume. As Le Fanu evolved as a writer, his stories grew in depth and sophistication, making ...

Step into the eerie world of J. Sheridan LeFanus Gothic mystery novel, narrated by the young Englishman Richard Beckett, who finds himself captivated by a beautiful yet enigmatic Countess shrouded in a black veil. In a desperate bid to be close to her, he secures a room at the haunted Dragon Volant inn, a place steeped in chilling legends of mysterious disappearances. Will Richard uncover the secrets that lie within its walls, or will he become another lost soul? (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Carmilla, publié en 1872, est le plus célèbre roman de l'écrivain irlandais Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. L'œuvre est d'ailleurs l'un des romans gothiques et vampiriques les plus célèbres du genre tant les atmosphères y sont puissantes et mystérieuses. Laura, candide à souhait, incarne la parfaite héroïne gothique. Carmilla, quant à elle, personnage énigmatique et dangereux, incarne la sensualité et présente l'homosexualité féminine sous un jour nouveau, sombre, venimeux et exalté. Carmilla est un livre important dans la culture vampirique.

Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by over twenty years, had a strong influence on Stoker's famous novel.View our full collection of podcasts at our website: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: https://www.solgood.org/subscribe Check out our ad free subscription: adfreesounds.com The best audiobooks - Our collection includes memoirs, fiction, non fiction, and more!www.solgoodmedia.com/...

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots. Between 1838 and 1840 Le Fanu had written and published twelve stories which purported to be the literary remains of an 18th-century Catholic priest called Father Purcell. Set mostly in Ireland they include classic stories of gothic horror, with grim, shadowed castles, as well as supernatural visitations from beyond the grave, together with madness and suicide.

Thirteen classic stories of horror and the supernatural by some of the greatest writers in the genre. This compilation includes a mix of well-known classics by authors such as Edith Nesbit, J. Sheridan Le Fanu and M. R. James, alongside several tales by less familiar names who were hugely popular and prolific in their day.

The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by H.P. Lovecraft; Edgar Allan Poe; M.R. James; Oscar Wilde; Joseph Le Fanu; Bram Stoker; Mary Shelley; Robert Louis Stevenson; and Henry James.

The Ultimate Gothic Horror Collection is a fully indexed collection of classic gothic stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

One of the leading ghost story writers of the Victorian era, Sheridan Le Fanu is renowned for his chilling tales of mystery and horror. His pioneering lesbian vampire novella Carmilla was a major influence on Bram Stoker's Dracula, and spawned numerous film adaptations including Hammer Horror's Karnstein Trilogy. Opening this anthology is a dramatisation of that classic tale, starring Anne-Marie Duff as Laura, the lonely girl living in a solitary Austrian castle, who strikes up a dangerous friendship with the mysterious, bewitching Carmilla.