Gothic Fiction

The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl

by Adelbert von Chamisso Read by Christoph Stangenberg 5
In Peter Schlemihl, the luckless hero enters into a deal with a mysterious stranger, only to learn, that he dealt with the proverbial. He so…

The Double

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.3
This is the story of a mild-mannered civil servant, Mr. Golyadkin, who begins to see his "doppelganger" appearing in his life (at …

A Phantom Lover

by Vernon Lee Read by Anthony Leslie 3.9
A Phantom Lover is a supernatural novella by Vernon Lee (pseudonym of Violet Paget) first published in 1886. Set in a Kentish manor house, t…

The Monstrous Mother

by Mike Harris 5
The Monstrous Mother is a comedy chiller that takes you on a thrilling ride through the vivid imagination of 12-year-old Cathy. Her creativi…

Adelgitha

by Matthew Lewis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The second original tragedy written by Gothic writer Matthew Lewis, Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error is a markedly more serious a…

The Lake

by Edgar Allan Poe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movemen…

Helena Thompson The Burning Times

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Hayley Carmichael and Danielle Vitalis star in this modern Gothic drama. It is recorded on location with an electro acoustic sound design re…

The Testimony of the Suns

by George Sterling Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This is the first published volume of poetry by Californian author and poet George Sterling. These poems are the beginning of Sterling's gre…

The Night-Side of Nature

by Catherine Crowe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.8
The stories in Volume 1 centre on dreams, psychic presentiments, traces, wraiths, doppelgängers, apparitions, and imaginings of the aft…

Orra

by Joanna Baillie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Considered by her contemporaries a playwright “second only to Shakespeare,” Joanna Baillie was one of the most critically acclaimed writers …

The Tower of Dago

by Mór Jókai Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 4.1
This is the story of Feodor von Ungern, who, betrayed by his brother Zeno, installs himself with his son and a group of his most trusted men…

The Colour Out of Space

by H. P. Lovecraft 4
In the tale, written in 1927, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the “blasted heath” in the wil…

Schalken The Painter

by Sheridan Le Fanu Read by Ian McDiarmid 3.7
The Seventh Dimension presents an unabridged reading of Sheridan Le Fanu's supernatural tale, "Schalken the Painter." This legenda…

Journey Into The Unknown

by Edgar Allan Poe Read by John Carradine 4.8
Journey into the Unknown features the talented John Carradine in a captivating series of episodes. This collection includes adaptations of c…

Carmilla

by J Sheridan Le Fanu Read by Louisa Thornton 5
The classic vampire story, Carmilla, by J Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this captivating narration by Louisa Thornton. In Chapter …

Poems

by Mary Coleridge Read by Newgatenovelist 3.8
Mary Coleridge was a novelist, essayist and biographer. She was also a talented poet, and her posthumously published verses are variously me…

The Dream

by Joanna Baillie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Dream is Joanna Baillie’s gothic, proto-Lynchian meditation on fear, guilt, and the prophetic power of dreams. In the cloistered confine…

Lamia

by John Keats Read by Bruce Kachuk 3.8
In his wonderful interpretation of the classic tale of Lamia - the mythological entity portrayed as being a deadly threat especially to chil…

Carmilla

by J Sheridan Le Fanu Read by Louisa Thornton 5
The classic vampire story, Carmilla, by J Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this excerpt from Chapter 10, titled "Bereaved."…

A Dream

by Thomas Frederick Young Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Dream by Thomas Frederick YoungThis was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 26, 2025…

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