It's midnight. Turn out the lights, cuddle with your true love, and shiver to fright-meisters Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. P. Lovecraft. Quicken your pulse with the elegant terror of Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Guy de Maupassant. Chortle at the black glee of H. H. Munro and Ambrose Bierce. These fourteen tales, plays, and poems, gleaned from cultures around the world, range from wickedly comic to deathly serious, from New England reserve to Gallic passion. This volume of late-night listening is a ...
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It's midnight. Turn out the lights, cuddle with your true love, and shiver to fright-meisters Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. P. Lovecraft. Quicken your pulse with the elegant terror of Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Guy de Maupassant. Chortle at the black glee of H. H. Munro and Ambrose Bierce. These fourteen tales, plays, and poems, gleaned from cultures around the world, range from wickedly comic to deathly serious, from New England reserve to Gallic passion. This volume of late-night listening is a witch's brew of readings and dramatizations seasoned tastefully, and--where appropriate--not so tastefully, with music and sound effects, under the direction of award-winning producer Yuri Rasovsky and his coven of twenty-odd--some very odd--performers. Shut your eyes and give your mind a listen--if you dare.
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This story collection features 14 creepy classics by famous authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Louis Stevenson and more. None of the stories are really scary, but all are very atmospheric and creepy.
This audio book is about 8 hours long. Most of the stories are presented as audio plays with a full cast. I enjoy old radio dramas, so I like this sort of audio performance as opposed to straight reading of the stories. The recording quality in places is less than stellar, with lots of hiss, echo and distortion. I have hearing loss and there were a couple stories that were difficult for me to understand because of the poor quality of the recording. Some of the narrators are also difficult to understand or just had annoying voices. At times some of the performances tended towards over-acted melodrama. I don't enjoy listening to a story read by someone using a booming bass voice like they are doing a voice over for a commerical or movie trailer. But the majority of the stories and performances are quite good. Some of my favorite stories are included in this collection.
This is definitely a collection for fans of classic creepy tales! Well worth a listen, despite the recording quality and performance issues.
