Audiobooks by Jan Neruda

"This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The excursion steamer brought us from Constantinople to the shore of the island of Prinkipo and we disembarked. The number of passengers was not large. There was one Polish family, a father, a mother, a daughter and her bridegroom, and then we two. Oh, yes, I must not forget that when we were already on the wooden bridge which crosses the Golden Horn to Constantinople, a Greek, a rather youthful man, joined us. He was probably an artist, judging by the portfolio he carried under his arm. Long black locks floated to his shoulders, his face was pale, and his black eyes were deeply set in their sockets. From the first moment he interested me, especially for his obligingness and for his knowledge of local conditions. But he talked too much, and I then turned away from him."

Jan Neruda (Author), Synthesized voice – unspecified (Narrator)

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Essence of Evil – Tales of Monsters, Demons, Devils, Vampires & More

"Pure Evil is one of our greatest fears. No appeals to reason, no pleas of mercy or forgiveness will have the slightest impact on the mind of the oppressor. These Evil entities, surely we can’t name them as beings, include all sorts of monsters, demons, devils, vampires and other assorted ghouls that care little about the fate of you or I.1 - Essence of Evil - Tales of Monsters, Demons, Devils, Vampires & more2 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft3 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft4 - A Pastoral Horror by Arthur Conan Doyle5 - The Devil In Manuscript by Nathaniel Hawthorne6 - Lucifer by Anatole France7 - The Devil's Wager by William Makepeace Thackeray8 - The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving9 - From the Memoirs of Satan by Wilhelm Hauff10 - The Devil's Mother-in-Law by Fernan Caballeron11 - The Devils Horse by Ion Luca Caragiale12 - The Demon Pope by Richard Garnett13 - Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M R James14 - Belphagor by Niccolo Machiavelli15 - Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling16 - A Story of a Weir-Wolf by Catherine Crowe17 - The She-Wolf by Saki18 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John William Polidori19 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John William Polidori20 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman21 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman (2)21 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda22 - The Black Vampyre by Uriah Derick D'Arcy23 - The Vampire of Croglin Grange by Augustus Hare24 - Alymer Vance & The Vampire by Alice and Claude Askew25 - The Last of the Vampires by Phil Robinson26 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet27 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford28 - The Sumach by Ulric Daubeny29 - What Was It by Fitz James O'Brien30 - The Thing in the Forest by Bernard Capes31 - The Lizard by C J Cutcliffe Hyne32 - Eyes For the Blind by Frederick Cowles33 - The Lost Reflection by E T A Hoffman34 - Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu35 - Count Magnus by M R James36 - Gabriel-Ernest by Saki37 - Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - No 1 - The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson38 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson39 - Olalla - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson40 - Olalla - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson41 - Tamar by Lady Eleanor Smith42 - The Generous Gambler by Charles Baudelaire43 - The Lame Priest by Susan Morrow writing as S Carleton44 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol45 - The Sea Raiders by H G Wells46 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy47 - The Horror of Abbot's Grange by Frederick Cowles48 - The Tale Of The Stairs by Hristo Smirenski49 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson50 - Tarnhelm or The Death of My Uncle Robert by Hugh Walpole51 - When The World Screamed by Arthur Conan Doyle52 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 1 by Ernst Raupach53 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 2 by Ernst Raupach"

Alice and Claude Askew, Anatole France, Augustus Hare, Bernard Capes, C J Cutcliffe Hyne, Catherine Crowe, Charles Baudelaire, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman, Ernst Raupach, F Marion Crawford, Fernan Caballeron, Fitz James O'Brien, Frederick Cowles, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Hristo Smirenski, Hugh Walpole, Hume Nisbet, Ion Luca Caragiale, Jan Neruda, John William Polidori, Lady Eleanor Smith, Leo Tolstoy, M.R. James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Niccolo Machiavelli, Nikolai Gogol, Phil Robinson, Richard Garnett, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Sheridan Le Fanu, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Susan Morrow writing as S Carleton, Ulric Daubeny, Uriah Derick D'Arcy, Washington Irving, Wilhelm Hauff, William Hope Hodgson, William Thackeray (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Garrick Hogan, Robbie McNab (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - The 1870's - The Men

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.The Century moves on decade by decade. War once again scars Europe, in America wagons roll west. Social unrest continues even as conditions improve markedly for the few and only a little for the many. The list of problems and of challenges described by our authors is long and their stories once again full of valuable and telling insights.01 - The Top 10 - The 1870's - The Men - An Introduction02 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostevesky03 - A Ghost Story by Mark Twain04 - God Sees The Truth But Waits by Leo Tolstoy05 - Dickon the Devil by Sheridan Le Fanu06 - The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller by Gustave Flaubert07 - A Strange Story by Ivan Turgenev08 - A Lonely Ride by Bret Harte09 - Coward by Vsevolod Garshin10 - The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda"

Bret Harte, Edward Page Mitchell, Fyodor Dostevesky, Gustave Flaubert, Ivan Turgenev, Jan Neruda, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Sheridan Le Fanu, Vsevolod Garshin (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Stuart Milligan (Narrator)

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The Vampire

"Jan Nepomuk Neruda (1834-1891) was born in Prague, Bohemia, the son of a small grocer. After studying philosophy and philology, he worked as a teacher until 1860, when he became a freelance journalist and writer. 'The Vampire' is a strange tale of a group of tourists visiting an idyllic spot outside Constantinople in the company of a charming but oddly sinister Greek artist who seems to be at pains to ensure nobody can look over his shoulder and see what he is sketching."

Jan Neruda (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)

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The Very Best Vampire Short Stories: Volume 2

Eugene Field, George MacDonald, Jan Neruda (Author), Emma Topping (Narrator)

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[German] - Das Leben ist zum Verrücktwerden schön: Böhmische Geschichte literarisch

"'Nun, mein lieber Herr Professor, das Leben ist zum Verrücktwerden. Zum Verrücktwerden schön, meine ich. Nicht dass es so wäre, aber ich sehe das so. Nicht an der Universität, da erzählen Ihnen die Wissenschaftler und Historiker immer nur, wie beschissen alles war und ist. Die Geschichte und das Leben, eine einzige Katastrophe. Und dabei ist doch, wenn man es richtig bedenkt, die Geschichte, also das, was man uns in der Schule so beibringt, nichts anderes als unsere Geschichten. Und so ein Wirtshaus, mein lieber Herr Professor, das ist eigentlich eine Universität, wo sich die Leute unterm Einfluss von Bier Geschichten erzählen, die der Seele weh tun, und die sogar noch im Entsetzlichen schön und interessant sein können.' Aus all diesen Geschichten setzt sich eine Geschichte zusammen, die so bunt und interessant, so traurig und komisch ist, dass sie vielleicht wirklich von Dichtern erfunden worden sein könnte. Und ziemlich schnell stellt sich heraus, dass die böhmische Geschichte mit der deutschen so eng verwoben ist, dass die eine ohne die andere nicht vollständig wäre. So stellt das Hörbuch einerseits einen Streifzug durch die böhmische Geschichte dar und gleichzeitig durch die böhmisch-deutschen Beziehungen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Und da jeder Geschichtenerzähler immer auch von sich selbst erzählt, bietet diese Böhmische Geschichte literarisch auch einen vielschichtigen Querschnitt durch die deutsch-böhmische und tschechische Literatur. Eva Demski, Eva Sixt, Bernhard Setzwein, Gerd Burger und Arthur Schnabl lesen Texte von Adalbert Stifter, Alois Jirásek, Leo Perutz, Jaroslav Durych, Jan Neruda, Jaroslav Haek, Milada Soucková, Josef Holub, Milena Jesenská, Johannes Urzidil, Bohumil Hrabal, Libue Moníková, Eva Demski, Jan Skácel, Jáchym Topol und Bernhard Setzwein."

Adalbert Stifter, Alois Jirásek, Arthur Schnabl, Bernhard Setzwein, Bohumil Hrabal, Eva Demski, Jan Neruda, Jan Skácel, Jaroslav Durych, Jaroslav Haek, Johannes Urzidil, Josef Holub, Jáchym Topol, Leo Perutz, Libue Moníková, Milada Soucková, Milena Jesenská (Author), Arthur Schnabl, Bernhard Setzwein, Eva Demski, Eva Sixt, Gerd Burger (Narrator)

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