Audiobooks narrated by Vincent Marzello

3 Stories About - Having Visions That Lead to Madness

"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears."

Anatole France, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Vernon Lee (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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Short Stories Set in Boston

"In the small state of Massachusetts sits its capital, Boston. Famed seat of learning, of culture, of history, and a beacon for the ages. Here, in this volume, authors of the stature of Willa Cather, Washington Irving, H P Lovecraft and more set carefully crafted characters into narratives set in this glistening city in ways that trouble, explore and bring new understanding as to why this city is such a draw for authors and their stories down the ages. 1 - Stories Set in Boston - An Introduction2 - The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving3 - David Swan by Nathaniel Hawthorne4 - A Wagner Matinee by Willa Catha5 - Pickman's Model by H P Lovecraft6 - Peter Rugg, The Missing Man - Part 1 by William Austin7 - Peter Rugg, The Missing Man - Part 2 by William Austin"

H.P. Lovecraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Willa Catha, William Austin (Author), Christopher Ragland, Liza Ross, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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Writers As The Protagonists – Short Stories

"The short story in Literature is a few pages of beginning, middle and end peopled by characters who quickly draw themselves into its arc from the minds of their authors. How these authors, including Herman Melville, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, M R James and Violet Hunt imagine their characters journeys is, of course, illuminating, thought-provoking and classic literature.1 - Stories with The Writer as Protagonist - An Introduction2 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky3 - The Devil In Manuscript by Nathaniel Hawthorne4 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy5 - The Art of BookMaking by Washington Irving6 - The Fiddler by Herman Melville7 - The Eyes by Edith Wharton8 - Count Magnus by M R James9 - His Wife's Deceased Sister by Frank R Stockton10 - The House of Cobwebs by George Gissing11 - Room For One by Frederick Cowles12 - Couching at the Door by D K Broster13 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet14 - Truth is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby15 - The Plutonian Fire by O Henry16 - A Sucessful Rehearsal by Anthony Hope17 - The Memoir by Violet Hunt18 - Warning Whispers by A M Burrage"

A.M. Burrage, Amy Levy, Anthony Hope, D.K. Broster, Edith Wharton, Frank R Stockton, Frederick Cowles, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, George Gissing, Herman Melville, Hume Nisbet, M.R. James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, O Henry, Violet Hunt, Washington Irving, Winifred Holtby (Author), Eric Meyers, Mark Rice-Oxley, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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The Foundations of Fiction - Psychological Horror

"In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving. Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. The mind is perhaps our greatest resource. When our heads are working well, feeling positive, the world seems a much easier place to navigate. But in this volume our authors ponder a different question for us. A horror story of the mind that cleverly opens us up to dread and despair that evil can saunter through, causing agony and mayhem as it takes us into the shadows. 01 - Foundations of Fiction - Psychological Horror - An Introduction2 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Picture In The House by H P Lovecraft4 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman5 - The Devil In Manuscript by Nathaniel Hawthorne6 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe7 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards8 - The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood9 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman10 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe11 - Cool Air by H P Lovecraft12 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon13 - The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce14 - The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe15 - The Call of Cthulhu by H P Lovecraft"

Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, Amelia B. Edwards, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Nathaniel Hawthorne (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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Haunting American Gothic Stories Not by Edgar Allan Poe

"In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit. Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured in this gloried niche of literature.1 - Haunting American Gothic Stories Not by Edgar Allan Poe - An Introduction2 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne3 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne4 - Herbert West - Reanimator - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft5 - Herbert West - Reanimator - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft6 - The Eyes by Edith Wharton7 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving8 - The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne9 - The Yellow Sign by Robert W Chambers10 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman11 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman12 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton13 - In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett14 - The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving15 - The Devil In Manuscript By Nathaniel Hawthorne16 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne17 - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James18 - A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce"

Ambrose Bierce, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith Wharton, Gertrude Atherton, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry James, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert W Chambers, Sarah Orne Jewett, Washington Irving (Author), Laurel Lefkow, Michael Carleton, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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Inside the Mind of Madness

"To have logic, to reason things out, to have a sense of what is and isn't and what can and can't is one of the traits we identify with being human. Sad to say that sometimes there are some amongst us who lose touch with this function, are unable to bring order and control to their world. That is not only a tragedy for themselves but can also have horrific consequences on those around them. Our wordsmiths in this volume, including Leo Tolstoy, Anatole France, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Barry Pain and others explore and exploit their stories and characters in a quest to share and shape our view and experience of what it may be like inside the Mind of Madness."

Anatole France, Barry Pain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe, Leo Tolstoy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Radclyffe Hall, Vsevolod Garshin (Author), Bill Wallis, Richard Mitchley, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - Madness

"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. In this volume our esteemed authors tackle the difficult subject of madness, its forms of expressions and the usually dark consequences of its nature. Our literary storytellers include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Anatole France, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, H P Lovecraft and many others. What they reveal is both riveting and disturbing. 1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - Madness - An Introduction 2 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol 4 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe 5 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe 6 - The Mass of Shadows by Anatole France 7 - The Devil In Manuscript by Nathaniel Hawthorne 8 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft 9 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft 10 - Hide And Seek or Pliatki by Fyodor Sologub 11 - Brothers by Sherwood Anderson 12 - A Red Flower by Vsevolod Garshin 13 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy"

Anatole France, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Sologub, H.P. Lovecraft, Leo Tolstoy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Sherwood Anderson, Vsevolod Garshin (Author), Liza Ross, Vincent Marzello, William Dufris (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - Gothic

"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 word 'Gothic' may be teamed with romance but here it brings an immediate feeling of unease. This unease, this disquiet, is sumptuously captured by ten masters of their art.01 - The Top 10 - Gothic - An Introduction02 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens03 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe04 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe05 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson06 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving07 - The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling08 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards09 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman10 - Lost Hearts by M R James04 - Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon12 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John William Polidori13 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John William Polidori"

Amelia B. Edwards, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe, John William Polidori, M.R. James, Perceval Landon, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Washington Irving (Author), Ian Holm, Liza Ross, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - Nathaniel Hawthorne

"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.Among the canon of American talents few can stand as tall or are as revered as Nathaniel Hawthorne, a true master of prose and purpose. These stories merely confirm that Hawthorne was a literary phenomenon.01 - The Top 10 - Nathaniel Hawthorne - An Introduction02 - The Devil In Manuscript by Nathaniel Hawthorne03 - The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne04 - The Shaker Bridal by Nathaniel Hawthorne05 - Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne06 - The Wedding Knell By Nathaniel Hawthorne07 - The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne08 - Roger Malvin's Burial by Nathaniel Hawthorne09 - Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne10 - David Swan By Nathaniel Hawthorne11 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne"

Nathaniel Hawthorne (Author), Christopher Ragland, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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Short Stories About War

"Diplomacy by other means may, at times, sound heroic. A fight for principles and ideals carried out by young men armed to the teeth and directed by older men in pursuit of their own version of glory for themselves and their Nations. Right will triumph over wrong. But war can be an illusion, stirred up by schemers and opportunists to take something from other nations that may or may not be right. As blood and limb are sacrificed the true cost is seen but often set to one side as the dispute becomes embedded in emotions and reason falls away. In this volume our classic authors including Victor Hugo, Thomas Wolfe, Ambrose Bierce, Ford Madox Ford and many others explore the many facets of this problem and its human dimensions. 1 - Short Stories About War - An Introduction2 - Roger Malvin's Burial by Nathaniel Hawthorne3 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo4 - A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce5 - Pink Flannel by Ford Maddox Ford6 - Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant7 - War by Luigi Pirandello8 - The Fly by Katherine Mansfield9 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose_Bierce10 - The Devil Light by Edgar Wallace11 - The Siege of Berlin by Alphonse Daudet12 - Red Tape by May Sinclair13 - A Cullenden of Virginia by Thomas Wolfe14 - The Revolutionist by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev15 - Spud Trevor of the Red Hussars by Sapper16 - Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce17 - The Bowmen by Arthur Machen18 - Wodjabet by C E Montague19 - The Casualty List by Winifred Holtby20 - The Loathly Opposite by John Buchan21 - The Strange Looking Man by Fanny Kemble Johnson22 - The German Spy by William Hope Hodgson23 - The Soul of a Regiment by Talbot Mundy24 - My First Goose by Isaac Babel25 - The Locket by Kate Chopin26 - Them Others by Stacy Aumonier27 - The Story of a Conscience by Ambrose Bierce"

Ambrose Bierce, Ford Maddox Ford, Guy De Maupassant, Isaac Babel, John Buchan, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, Luigi Pirandello, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stacy Aumonier, Victor Hugo, Winifred Holtby (Author), Eric Meyers, Richard Mitchley, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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The Classic Short Stories - Volume 6

"Stories are one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements. Whether written down or spoken they have an ability to capture our imagination and thoughts, and take us on incredible journeys in the space of a phrase and the turn of a page.Within a few words of text or speech, new worlds and characters form, propelling a narrative to a conclusion with intricate ease. Finely crafted, perfectly formed these Miniature Masterpieces, at first thought, seem remarkably easy to conjure up. But ask any writer and they will tell you that distilling the essence of narrative and characters into a short story is one of the hardest acts of their literary craft. Many attempt, but few achieve."

Dorothy Parker, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Richard Le Gaillienne (Author), Liza Ross, Richard Mitchley, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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Classic Short Stories - Volume 19

Ford Maddox Ford, H.P. Lovecraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Jake Urry, Vincent Marzello (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Vincent Marzello