Tales and Stories
by Mary Shelley
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Best known for Frankenstein, Mary Shelley also wrote stories that range from Gothic mystery to the supernatural and early science fiction. This collection brings together shorter works that reveal the breadth of her imagination beyond her famous novel.
Many of the tales draw on Gothic conventions: old castles, unsettling discoveries, and secrets bound up with family history. Others turn toward supernatural events or speculative ideas, offering a different kind of unease from the shadowed settings.
The collection is a chance to hear Shelley working across forms and moods, with each story offering a self-contained encounter with the strange, the mysterious, or the possible.
Chapters
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| Introduction | 13:03 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| The Sisters of Albano | 39:36 | Read by Karen Hunt | |
| Ferdinando Eboli | 46:19 | Read by Michael Broomhill | |
| The Evil Eye | 53:10 | Read by Allie Rose | |
| The Dream | 42:21 | Read by Mike Davis | |
| The Mourner | 53:51 | Read by Michele Fry | |
| The False Rhyme | 9:15 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| A Tale of the Passions, or, the Death of Despina Part 1 | 32:55 | Read by Christine Rottger | |
| A Tale of the Passions, or, the Death of Despina Part 2 | 53:53 | Read by Christine Rottger | |
| The Mortal Immortal | 33:50 | Read by Ben Tucker | |
| Transformation | 45:13 | Read by cathar maiden | |
| The Swiss Peasant | 39:53 | Read by Inkell | |
| The Invisible Girl | 33:33 | Read by lbleath | |
| The Brother and Sister Part 1 | 31:52 | Read by Claudia Caldi | |
| The Brother and Sister Part 2 | 37:54 | Read by Claudia Caldi | |
| The Parvenue | 25:26 | Read by Winnifred Assmann | |
| The Pole Part 1 | 36:56 | Read by Penelope Presents | |
| The Pole Part 2 | 49:05 | Read by tjfria | |
| Euphrasia | 34:34 | Read by catofalltrades | |
| The Elder Son Part 1 | 20:18 | Read by CadenB | |
| The Elder Son Part 2 | 41:17 | Read by Andrea Dace | |
| The Pilgrims | 53:23 | Read by Ben Tucker |