Gothic Fiction

The Castle Spectre

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Matthew Lewis


Written by Gothic writer Matthew Lewis, whose novel The Monk is one of the most enduring Gothic works from the eighteenth century, The Castl…

The Wyvern Mystery

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu


A classic with a pinch of romance, a pinch of gothic, and a dash of mystery, are you interested yet? When young Alice Maybell’ father dies s…

Auriol, or The Elixir of Life

Read by Sonia


William Harrison Ainsworth


If you stumble upon the elixir of life, which provides you with eternal life, youth and health, then it's rather a bad idea to spoil this gr…

Horror Stories

Read by Newgatenovelist


Ada Buisson


Ada Buisson was a Victorian novelist and short story author. This collection includes her three horror stories, all of which were published …

A Noite na Taverna: contos phantásticos

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Alvares de Azevedo and Alvares De Azevedo


"A Noite na Taverna" é uma antologia de cinco contos do autor brasileiro Álvares de Azevedo. Foi publicada sob o pse…

The Turn of the Screw (Version 3)

Read by Sandra Cullum


Henry James


A gothic, ghost story, you are a jury of one. Is the Governess correct in her assumptions that her charges, two adorable and exemplary child…

Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (Version 4)

Read by John Van Stan


Mary Shelley


This is a classic (gothic) horror story, and one of the earliest examples of science fiction. The main characters are Dr. Frankenstein and h…

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

Read by Lauren Randall


Ann Radcliffe


Ann Radcliffe is the founder of the gothic novel. This novel is no exception. The wicked baron murdered the good earl's father twelve years …

The Goddess: A Demon

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Richard Marsh


After a night of drinking and gambling, John Ferguson has a terrifying dream of his neighbor being violently torn to shreds by an unknown at…

Zofloya

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Charlotte Dacre


Victoria de Loredani lives the life of a fairy tale princess in Venice. She has everything one might desire and more, until the sinister Cou…

Das Geschlecht der Zukunft

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Edward Bulwer-Lytton


Durch einen Unfall entdeckt der Erzähler in einem Höhlensystem unter der Erdoberfläche eine "ideale Gesellschaft" v…

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Version 3)

Read by Isabella Garcia


Oscar Wilde


The Picture of Dorian Gray follows the title character as he downspirals due to gaining his wish of eternal youth. - Summary by Isabella Gar…

Master Zacharius

Read by Zachary Katz-Stein


Jules Verne


Master Zacharius is a man of science, skill, and overpowering pride. He is the first to successfully, and accurately, regulate time. Does th…

The Room in the Tower, and Other Stories

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


E. F. Benson


These stories have been written in the hopes of giving some pleasant qualms to their reader, if by chance, anyone be occupying in their peru…

Carmilla (Version 3)

Read by Louise J. Belle


Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu


Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, originally published as a serial in the London-based literary ma…

Hieroglyphic Tales

Read by Barbara Baker


Horace Walpole


Surreal and satirical, these stories by the eighteenth century man of letters, Whig politician, art historian and antiquarian are '"...…

The Lady of the Shroud

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Bram Stoker


As the title suggests, this work does flirt with the supernatural. Yet it is essentially a political novel—a utopian experiment in a fictiti…

The Statement of Stella Maberly

Read by annie70


F. Anstey


From childhood Stella Maberly has been violently wilful and jealous, yet certain of her own superiority. She can be loving and friendly, but…

The House of Mystery

Read by Jim Locke


Richard Marsh


The House of Mystery is based upon the complicated plot involving two women who look exactly alike, one rich and one poor, and so mistaken i…

The Castle of Otranto (Version 2)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Horace Walpole


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…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >