Tales of Mystery and Horror
Maurice Level
Read by Ben Tucker
Maurice Level was a French writer of supremely twisted and macabre fiction with demented plotting and gruesome violence reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe and admired by the likes of H. P. Lovecraft. But beyond the Grand Guignol set pieces and O' Henry-esque twist endings, Level was a humanist at heart, giving us truly empathic characters, full of sadness and regret, and showing us who these people really are at their core once all trace of society has been stripped away. Here presented are 26 of his tales of terror and madness, many of which were translated into English for the first time for this collection. (Summary by Ben Tucker) (5 hr 25 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 10:56 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Debt Collector | 12:56 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Kennel | 13:34 | Read by Ben Tucker |
Who? | 12:43 | Read by Ben Tucker |
Illusion | 11:03 | Read by Ben Tucker |
In the Light of the Red Lamp | 10:26 | Read by Ben Tucker |
A Mistake | 13:22 | Read by Ben Tucker |
Extenuating Circumstances | 13:29 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Confession | 13:17 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Empty House | 13:30 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Test | 8:21 | Read by Ben Tucker |
Poussette | 11:18 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Father | 12:37 | Read by Ben Tucker |
"For Nothing" | 11:51 | Read by Ben Tucker |
In the Wheat | 10:38 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Beggar | 11:21 | Read by Ben Tucker |
Under Chloroform | 11:38 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Man Who Lay Asleep | 11:12 | Read by Ben Tucker |
Fascination | 12:06 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Bastard | 13:31 | Read by Ben Tucker |
That Scoundrel Miron | 15:34 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Taint | 11:56 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Kiss | 11:39 | Read by Ben Tucker |
A Maniac | 8:48 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The 10.50 Express | 11:03 | Read by Ben Tucker |
"Blue Eyes" | 12:56 | Read by Ben Tucker |
The Last Kiss | 13:59 | Read by Ben Tucker |