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The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Edith Birkhead
A seminal essay on the development of horror as a genre, highly influential on later writers. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson
Chapter 3 -The Septet
Read by JSWS
E. Nesbit
In Dormant
Dormant is a gothic novel. It begins breezily enough with seven friends starting out in life. Rose, the artist, falls in love with Anthony, …
PD Goth
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
A collection of spooky stories culled from etexts found on Project Gutenberg (Summary by BellonaTimes)
17. Kapitel 2. Teil
Read by Katharina21
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
In Das Geschlecht der Zukunft
Durch einen Unfall entdeckt der Erzähler in einem Höhlensystem unter der Erdoberfläche eine "ideale Gesellschaft" v…
Preface
Read by Ben Tucker
William Harrison Ainsworth
In December Tales
December is a time of winding down and of nature resetting itself. In this volume of so-titled December Tales, we listen to stories of human…
Day
Read by MoonLylith
James Thomson
In The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems
While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 190…
Ch. 4: The Gothic Kingdom in Italy
Read by Pamela Nagami
John Howard Bertram Masterman
In The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918
This volume by the British historian J.H.B. Masterman (1867-1933) is a short survey of the first four centuries after the fall of Rome. The …
Invasion of the Goths
Read by marbenx
H. A. Guerber
In The Story of the Romans
A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)
Gothic by Aldous Huxley
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Álvaro Velez Ladrón de Guevara, Arnold James, Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Iris Tree, Sherard Vines and Henry James
In Wheels - A Third Cycle
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The third volume, publish…
English Gothic by Osbert Sitwell
Read by Nemo
Various, Translated Byálvaro Velez Ladrón De Guevara, Aldous Huxley, Arnold James, Wilfred Owen, Francisco de Quevedo, Osbert Sitwell, Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, Iris Tree, Sherard Vines and Henry James
In Wheels - The Fourth Cycle
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The fourth volume, publis…
Conclusión
Read by Carlos Lombardi
Alexandre Dumas
In Los mil y un fantasmas, vol. 2
En este segundo volumen de "Los mil y un fantasmas" Dumas comparte una historia que, en su lecho de muerte le confesó su ma…
Railhead
Read by Newgatenovelist
Perceval Landon
In Two Supernatural Stories
Perceval Landon was a journalist and short story author, and in these two tales he explored the supernatural. In ‘Railhead’, a man receives …
Kapitel IV 2
Read by Hokuspokus
Horace Walpole
In Die Burg von Otranto
Manfred, der Fürst von Otranto ist besorgt um die Zukunft seines Hauses und will deshalb seinen Sohn so bald als möglich mit Isabe…
Dame Gothel
Read by Julian Pratley
David Cory
In Puss in Boots, Jr. and Tom Thumb
David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This book is in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots of the legend of Puss i…
Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
Read by Karen Joan Kohoutek
Charles Brockden Brown
The lives of a prosperous, intellectual family are disrupted when they meet the mysterious Carwin. Set in the period before the Revolutionar…
Gennaro
Read by Missgabi
Alvares de Azevedo and Alvares De Azevedo
In A Noite na Taverna: contos phantásticos
"A Noite na Taverna" é uma antologia de cinco contos do autor brasileiro Álvares de Azevedo. Foi publicada sob o pse…
The Editor's Narrative Part 3
Read by David Angelo
James Hogg
In The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Version 2)
An early example of a psychological mystery and modern crime fiction, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner details the …
Chapter 10
Read by Joshua Paul Johnson
Bram Stoker
In The Lair of the White Worm (Version 2)
The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It is p…
Preface and Chapter I
Read by Leni
José Maria de Eça de Queirós and José Maria De Eça De Queirós
In Our Lady of the Pillar
A ghost story and love story all at once, set in medieval Portugal. Don Ruy is in love with Dona Leonor, but her husband has guessed his fee…
3 - Vollendung des Greuels; Kain; Reue
Read by Hokuspokus
Heinrich Zschokke
In Die Walpurgisnacht
Robert *** ist in Geschäften in Prag, als ihm in einem Kaffeehaus ein Mann auffällt, dessen Physiognomie in allem sehr an den Teuf…