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Section 2
Read by Newgatenovelist
Anne Crawford
In A Mystery of the Campagna
A group of artists are busy pursuing their calling in Rome when one of them decides to seek a remote villa to work alone. But when his frien…
THE AFTERMATH OF GOTHIC FICTION
Read by Piotr Nater
H. P. Lovecraft
In Supernatural Horror in Literature
In this essay Lovecraft traces the history of hair-raising fictional stories with a focus on things that go bump in the night, starting with…
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
PART 1: Prologue
Read by clarinetcarrot
George W. M. Reynolds
In Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
Wagner is a poor, lonely old shepherd living on the edge of the Black Forest. In a devil's pact he gains youth and wealth for the price of t…
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
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Various
A collection of spooky stories culled from etexts found on Project Gutenberg (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Preface
Read by Shreya Sethi
Matthew Lewis
In The Monk: A Romance (Version 2)
As one of the pioneers of Gothic fiction, this classic novel is seriously underrated. The story revolves around Ambrosio, the abbot, who is …
Chapter 2
Read by Isabella Garcia
Oscar Wilde
In The Picture of Dorian Gray (Version 3)
The Picture of Dorian Gray follows the title character as he downspirals due to gaining his wish of eternal youth. - Summary by Isabella Gar…
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…
Chapter I. The Gothic Romance Part 1
Read by Ben Tucker
Dorothy Scarborough
In The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction
Scholar of the macabre Dorothy Scarborough provides us with the first comprehensive overview of supernatural fiction in literary history, a …
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…
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 …
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…
The Gothic Horror
Read by Ben Tucker
George T. Wetzel
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 073
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…
Chapter 3
Read by Christoph Stangenberg
Adelbert von Chamisso
In The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl (Version 2)
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…
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)
Chapter 3
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Horace Walpole
In The Castle of Otranto (Version 2)
The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel, a genre appealing to a taste for terror and set in a remote past when prodigies…
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…
Leaves
Read by Jayjaysil
Richard Hughes
In A Moment of Time
British author Richard Hughes is perhaps most well-known for his sea-faring adventure novel A High Wind in Jamaica, but a dive into his shor…