Suspiria de Profundis
by Thomas de Quincey and Thomas De Quincey
Read by Ben Tucker
Join famed author Thomas de Quincey on a journey into the darkness as he ponders on the significance of death as he re-experiences childhood tragedies through the haze of opium, as he dwells on the permanence of things through discussion of palimpsests, as he explores the macabre folklore of the Three Mothers (made famous by being a direct inspiration on director Dario Argento for his Three Mothers trilogy). This collection of essays offers de Quincey at his most poetic and affecting. - Summary by Ben Tucker
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| Introductory Note | 22:25 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| Part I. The Affliction of Childhood | 43:25 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| The Affliction of Childhood continued | 32:34 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| The Affliction of Childhood continued | 48:09 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| The Palimpsest | 21:27 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow | 20:48 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| The Apparition of the Brocken | 12:32 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| Finale to Part I - Savannah-La-Mar | 6:10 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| Part II | 1:00:23 | Read by Ben Tucker |