Preview

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Fifty Gothic Tales

By: E. F. Benson, Wilkie Collins, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, W. W. Jacobs, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $53.32

Buy for $53.32

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

A creepy collection of the very best Gothic tales from the masters of suspense, horror, supernatural and occult fiction.

  • 1. The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson
  • 2. Afterward by Edith Wharton
  • 3. The Green Light by Barry Pain
  • 4. Fingers of a Hand by H. D. Everett
  • 5. The Squaw by Bram Stoker
  • 6. The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome
  • 7. Lost in a Pyramid by Louisa M. Alcott
  • 8. The Girl who was Tired of Love by Leonard Merrick
  • 9. The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 10. The House with the Brick Kiln by E. F. Benson
  • 11. The Idiot by Arnold Bennett
  • 12. The Three Sisters by W. W. Jacobs
  • 13. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 14. Sredni Vashtar by Saki
  • 15. The Dead Hand by Wilkie Collins
  • 16. Outside the Door by E. F. Benson
  • 17. The Death Mask by H. D. Everett
  • 18. A Professor of Egyptology by Guy Boothby
  • 19. The Ring of Thoth by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 20. The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace
  • 21. The Perfect Murder by Stacy Aumonier
  • 22.The Mines of Falun by E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • 23.The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 24. The Bus Conductor by E. F. Benson
  • 25. His Brother’s Keeper by W. W. Jacobs
  • 26. The Furnished Room by O. Henry
  • 27. The Dream by A. J. Alan
  • 28. Query by Seamark
  • 29. The Man who was Blind by Edwin Pugh
  • 30. The Stone Dragon by R. Murray Gilchristand

And twenty more terrifying Gothic tales.

Public Domain (P)2014 Red Door Audiobooks
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about Fifty Gothic Tales

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    4
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    1
Performance
  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    3
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    1

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Narrator not as bad as some reviews might indicate

The stories are great, but as some UK reviews suggest, the narrator is a bit challenging; she speaks so s l o w l y it is difficult to listen to. However, I increased listening speed to 1.3, and Shazam!! Worlds better. She has inflection and expression that was completely concealed at 1x speed. I have no complaints. b

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful