Audiobooks by Sheridan Le Fanu

"Meet the Vampires who started it all – the original Count Dracula, and his older female counterpart Carmilla – brought to compelling new life by Clive Hayward and Alison Larkin. Le Fanu’s tortured, powerful female vampire, Carmilla, has been terrifying generations with its themes of lesbian attraction, forbidden and dangerous desires, manipulation and misdirection. And Dracula, written 26 years later, locked in many of the vampire-lore conventions that modern fantasy writers still embrace. Hayward and Larkin offer delicious new readings of these blood-chilling tales. Followed by a conversation by Clive Hayward and Alison Larkin."

Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu (Author), Alison Larkin, Clive Hayward (Narrator)

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In a Glass Darkly

Demons, vengeful spirits, insanity, premature burials and lesbian vampires, In a Glass Darkly contains five diabolical tales of horror and mystery that will get the heart racing. Each story, including the famous 'Green Tea' and 'Carmilla', is presented as a case from the posthumous papers of Dr Martin Hesselius, a metaphysical physician who has no doubt as to the existence of supernatural phenomena - unlike our anxious protagonists... These traditional, yet unfamiliar tales were revered upon release, with Bram Stoker writing his own vampire story some twenty years later, and Henry James once suggesting that this is 'the ideal reading... for the hours after midnight'.

Sheridan Le Fanu (Author), Alison Pettitt, Daniel Philpott, David Horovitch, Jonathan Keeble, Nicholas Boulton, Sean Barrett (Narrator)

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Green Tea

Green Tea' is one of Le Fanu's best-known tales. The novella, first published in 1872, the tale explores an uncanny dimension of terror. Le Fanu is generally regarded as the "Father of the Victorian Ghost Story" and may have inspired fellow Irish novelist Bram Stoker. The Audiobook presentation is part of the ongoing Irish Classics series as Performed by Irish Actor Gerry O' Brien.

Sheridan Le Fanu (Author), Gerry O'Brien (Narrator)

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Classic Ghost Stories

A selection of the most chilling tales ever written. This stunning collection represents the most haunting and comprehensive selection of classic ghost stories around and is sure to delight on any dark night. Amongst the many terrifying tales are: Rudyard Kipling writing about his ow true ghost and Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, with a story about rats. The unconventional 'wit' Saki, best-known for his social comedies, also makes an appearance with a very unusual werewolf story. LISTINGS: The Judge's House and Dracula'a Guest by Bram Stoker, To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt by Charles Dickens, The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford, Who Knows? by Guy de Maupassant, Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand by Sheridan Le Fanu, The Furnished Room by O. Henry, The Open Window by Saki, My Own True Ghost Story by Rudyard Kipling, Called by P.C. Wren, When I was Dead by Vincent O'Sullivan.

Bram Stocker, Charles Dickens, F. Marion Crawford, Guy De Maupassant, O. Henry, P. C. Wren, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Sheridan Le Fanu, Various Authors, Vincent O'sullivan (Author), Richard Pasco (Narrator)

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Classic Irish Short Stories

The Irish are arguably the most literate people in the world. The number of famous Irish authors, from Joyce to Trevor and from Goldsmith to O'Brien, is a clear testimony to that. In this rich selection, we have concentrated on some of the early Irish writers who were particularly adept at the art of writing good short stories.

James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Sheridan Le Fanu, Various Artists (Author), T. P. Mckenna, T.P. McKenna (Narrator)

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Classic Irish Short Stories: Volume 2

These stories, in turn atmospheric, spookily funny, full of intriguing characters, picturesque, and touching, are steeped in the Irish delight in story-telling and cover an intriguing century of Irish city and country life. With his wonderfully rich voice and expertise at story-telling, narrator T.P. McKenna, the well-known Irish actor, adds an authentic flavour.

C.E. Montague, James Joyce, Sheridan Le Fanu, Various Authors (Author), T. P. Mckenna, T.P. McKenna (Narrator)

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Casting the Runes, and Other Classic Stories of the Supernatural

English author Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) is considered by many aficionados the unquestioned master of the modern ghost story, and several of his tales have served as source material for multiple creepy film versions. He broke new ground by abandoning many of the conventions of gothic mysteries, and substituting contemporary settings, situations, and characters. Nevertheless, as a Cambridge medieval scholar, James was steeped in the esoteric lore of the Middle Ages, and he applied that scholarship brilliantly to his stories. The four stories in this compilation not by James are meant to serve as prime illustrations of the best work of a few of his contemporaries and immediate antecedents. Contents include:Casting the Runes - M. R. JamesWailing Well - M. R. JamesRats - M. R. JamesMezzotint - M. R. JamesCount Magnus - M. R. JamesNumber 13 - M. R. JamesOh, Whistle and I'll Come - M. R. JamesThe Monkey's Paw -W. W. JacobsGreen Tea - Sheridan Le FanuThe Screaming Skull - F. Marion CrawfordHow Love Came to Professor Guildea - Robert Hichens

F. Marion Crawford, M.R. James, Robert Hichens, Sheridan Le Fanu, W.W. Jacobs (Author), Gabrielle De Cuir, Justine Eyre, Paul Boehmer, Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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El fantasma de la sra Crawl - dramatizado

-Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Un verdadero clásico de terror de Sheridan Le Fanu, que convierte en placer el escuchar la lectura. Aconsejable para oir en un viaje corto, paseando o realizando cualquier tarea monótona.'Tuve que ir a ayudar a mi tía, que era la ama de llaves en la mansión de Applewale House, y estaba muy asustada.... pero no imaginaba de qué terribles sucesos iba ser testigo de excepción. La vieja señora, que era la misma decrepitud andante, me quiso hacer partícipe de sus secretos, aunque yo no tenía ningún interés por ellos. Menos mal que estaban mi tía y la Sra Wyvern para tranquilizarme, porque sino, no se que habría sido de mí...'Este audiolibro no ha gustado a todo el mundo; a algunos les ha hecho. perder el sueño.

Sheridan Le Fanu (Author), Niloofer Khan (Narrator)

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The Classic Tales Podcast, Season Five

Mystery, Adventure, Horror, Romance. You can get a healthy mix of it all in The Classic Tales Podcast, Season Five. An anthology of all of the stories released through the podcast during 2011. Over 36 hours total! ¶ Optimized for mobile listening, with story specific artwork for each story and chapter, this is one binge worthy collection! ¶Titles in the anthology include the following:¶The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie (novel)¶Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, including The Raven, The Sleeper, Bridal Ballad, The City in the Sea, Dreams, El Dorado, and Annabel Lee¶Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, by Oscar Wilde¶The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe¶Jeeves Takes Charge, by P.G. Wodehouse¶A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family, by Sheridan Le Fanu (novella)¶A Room With a View, by E.M. Forster (novel)¶The Mark of Zorro, by Johnston McCulley (novel)¶Anthem, by Ayn Rand (novella)¶The Lord of the Dynamos, by H.G. Wells¶Playing With Fire, by Arthur Conan Doyle¶The Judge's House, by Bram Stoker¶In Letters of Fire, by Gaston LeRoux¶The Red Headed League, by Arthur Conan Doyle¶Jeeves in the Springtime, by P.G. Wodehouse¶Deep Waters, by P.G. Wodehouse¶The Aunt and the Sluggard, by P.G. Wodehouse¶A Kidnapped Santa Claus, by L. Frank Baum¶The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen (novella)¶The Man Who Lived Backwards, by Charles F. Hall

Agatha Christie, Ayn Rand, Bram Stoker, Charles F. Hall, E.M. Forster, Edd Mcnair, Edgar Allan Poe, Gaston LeRoux, H.G. Wells, Hans Christian Andersen, Johnston Mcculley, L. Frank Baum, Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse, Sheridan Le Fanu, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), B. J. Harrison (Narrator)

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Green Tea

'Green Tea' tells the haunting story of a man plagued by a demonic monkey. The unnamed narrator, a trained surgeon who can’t practice because of the loss of two of his fingers, is organising the papers of his deceased mentor, the famous German physician Dr. Martin Hesselius. In doing so, he stumbles upon a strange case, dating back sixty-four years.

Sheridan Le Fanu (Author), Gerry O'brien (Narrator)

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Catherine's Quest

Traumatised by dreams and visions about the unassuming chest under the window in her bedroom, Catherine Lestrange demands it be opened; but what is found inside has the power to change her future as well as her reveal her past. Catherine's Quest is taken from the second volume of the Victorian Anthologies "Horror" series, featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. With music by Benedict Edwards.

Sheridan Le Fanu (Author), Kate Millner (Narrator)

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The British Short Story - Volume 2 - Mary Diana Dods to Sheridan Le Fanu

These British Isles, moored across from mainland Europe, are more often seen as a world unto themselves. Restless and creative, they often warred amongst themselves until they began a global push to forge a World Empire of territory, of trade and of language.Here our ambitions are only of the literary kind. These shores have mustered many masters of literature. So this anthology's boundaries includes only those authors who were born in the British Isles - which as a geographical definition is the UK mainland and the island of Ireland - and wrote in a familiar form of English.Whilst Daniel Defoe is the normal starting point we begin a little earlier with Aphra Behn, an equally colourful character as well as an astonishing playwright and poet. And this is how we begin to differentiate our offering; both in scope, in breadth and in depth. These islands have raised and nurtured female authors of the highest order and rank and more often than not they have been sidelined or ignored in favour of that other gender which usually gets the plaudits and the royalties.Way back when it was almost immoral that a woman should write. A few pages of verse might be tolerated but anything else brought ridicule and shame. That seems unfathomable now but centuries ago women really were chattel, with marriage being, as the Victorian author Charlotte Smith boldly stated 'legal prostitution'. Some of course did find a way through - Jane Austen, the Brontes and Virginia Woolf but for many others only by changing their names to that of men was it possible to get their book to publication and into a readers hands. Here we include George Eliot and other examples.We add further depth with many stories by authors who were famed and fawned over in their day. Some wrote only a hidden gem or two before succumbing to poverty and death. There was no second career as a game show guest, reality TV contestant or youtuber. They remain almost forgotten outposts of talent who never prospered despite devoted hours of pen and brain.Keeping to a chronological order helps us to highlight how authors through the ages played around with characters and narrative to achieve distinctive results across many scenarios, many styles and many genres. The short story became a sort of literary laboratory, an early disruptor, of how to present and how to appeal to a growing audience as a reflection of social and societal changes. Was this bound to happen or did a growing population that could read begin to influence rather than just accept?Moving through the centuries we gather a groundswell of authors as we hit the Victorian Age - an age of physical mass communication albeit only on an actual printed page. An audience was offered a multitude of forms: novels (both whole and in serialised form) essays, short stories, poems all in weekly, monthly and quarterly form. Many of these periodicals were founded or edited by literary behemoths from Dickens and Thackeray through to Jerome K Jerome and, even some female editors including Ethel Colburn Mayne, Alice Meynell and Ella D'Arcy.Now authors began to offer a wider, more diverse choice from social activism and justice - and injustice to cutting stories of manners and principles. From many forms of comedy to mental meltdowns, from science fiction to unrequited heartache. If you can imagine it an author probably wrote it. At the end of the 19th Century bestseller lists and then prizes, such as the Nobel and Pulitzer, helped focus an audience's attention to a books literary merit and sales worth. Previously coffeehouses, Imperial trade, unscrupulous overseas printers ignoring copyright restrictions, publishers with their book lists as an appendix and the gossip and interchange of polite society had been the main avenues to secure sales and profits.

Charles Dickens, Mary Diana Dods, Sheridan Le Fanu (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Ian Holm, Tom Mclean (Narrator)

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