The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories [Audiobook] download free by Michael Cox
- Listen audiobook: The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
- Author: Michael Cox
- Release date: 2003/4/13
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
- ISBN: 9780192804471
- Rating: 9.55 of 10
- Votes: 405
- Review by: Graham Harp
- Review rating: 9.15 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/29
- Duration: 6H41M51S in 256 kbps (105.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-22
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: AIFF, WMA, MP3, FLAC, MPEG4, WAV, WavPack, Musepack (compression ACE, LZ, ZIP, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 528
- Includes a PDF summary of 59 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 44M12S (11.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: The Victorians excelled at telling ghost stories. In an age of rapid scientific progress the idea of a vindictive past able to reach out and violate the present held a special potential for terror. Throughout the nineteenth century fictional ghost stories developed in parallel with the more general Victorian fascination with death and what lay beyond it. Though they were as much a part of the cultural and literary fabric of the age as imperial confidence, the best ofthem still retain their original power to surprise and unsettle.The editors map out the development of the ghost story from 1850 to the early years of the twentieth century and demonstrate the importance of this form of short fiction in Victorian popular culture. As well as reprinting stories by supernatural specialists such as J. S. Le Fanu and M. R. James, this selection also emphasizes the key role played by women writers - Elizabeth Gaskell, Mrs Craik, Rhoda Broughton, and Charlotte Riddell, among many others - and offers one or two genuine rarities forthe supernatural fiction enthusiast to savour. Other writers represented include Charles Dickens, Henry James, Wilkie Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and R. L. Stevenson. The editors also provide a fascinating introduction, detailed source notes, and a chronological list of ghost storiescollections from 1850 to 1910.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary Studies: General, Horror, Classic Books & Novels, Short Story Books
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 15.09 USD
- Dimensions: 129x196x28mm
- Weight: 386g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom
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