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[Spanish] - Voces femeninas de lo sobrenatural Volumen I: Antología
"Audiolibro narrado en castellano. Durante mucho tiempo, la literatura victoriana —y, en particular, su vertiente gótica y fantástica— fue leída como un territorio casi exclusivamente masculino: poblado por nombres consagrados, firmes, autoritarios, asociados a una idea de genio literario que rara vez admitía fisuras. El gótico, lo sobrenatural y lo inquietante ofrecieron a las mujeres escritoras de la época algo que otros géneros les negaban: la posibilidad de hablar de poder, de miedo, de deseo, de opresión. En sus relatos, las casas se vuelven hostiles, las mentes se fragmentan, los sueños revelan verdades incómodas y el mal deja de ser una abstracción teológica para adquirir un rostro íntimo y cotidiano. Las autoras reunidas en esta antología —Catherine Crowe “Poseídos por demonios”, Edith Nesbit “La casa embrujada”, Anna Kingsford “La mujer encantada”, Mrs. Hugh Fraser (Mary Crawford Fraser) “La satanista”, Beatrice Heron-Maxwell “La piedra del diablo” y Ellen Glasgow “El sombrío tercer piso”— En un mundo que les imponía límites y les exigía silencio, escribieron, alcanzaron el éxito: publicaron, influyeron, fueron leídas, debatidas y, en algunos casos, temidas. ©2026/197A022026 Formato único audiolibro ™SelloNegro.esCultura ft Voz Humana ®bseal voice No se permite ni cede el uso de la voz, modulación, timbre, del narrador y/o su voz, para ser utilizados para alimentar, entrenar, simular o acciones similares, en programas o proyectos de inteligencia artificial (IA), robótica o cualquier metodología que utilice o transforme la voz grabada originalmente por el narrador. «Que estas páginas sirvan, entonces, no solo como testimonio de una época, sino como recordatorio de que el éxito literario —cuando se alcanza contra todas las barreras— no consiste en ocupar el centro del escenario, sino en dejar una huella perdurable en la imaginación colectiva. Estas autoras lo lograron.» ™SelloNegro.esCultura ft ®bseal voice"
Anna Kingsford, Beatrice Heron-Maxwell, Catherine Crowe, Edith Nesbit, Ellen Glasgow, Mrs.Hugh Fraiser (Author), ® bseal voice (Narrator)
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Wonder Of Women - Psychological Supernatural Thrillers
"Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - Psychological Supernatural Thriller - An Introduction2 - Man Size In Marble by Edith Nesbit3 - Mrs Raeburn's Waxwork by Lady Eleanor Smith4 - The Devil's Stone by Beatrice Heron-Maxwell5 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards6 - In the Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith7 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton8 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon9 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav10 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee11 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee"
Amelia B. Edwards, Beatrice Heron-Maxwell, Edith Nesbit, Lady Eleanor Smith, Lettice Galbraith, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Rhoda Broughton, Vernon Lee (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Ghizela Rowe, Lisa Bowerman (Narrator)
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