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Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites

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In 1927, H. P. Lovecraft wrote a long essay on "Supernatural Horror in Literature" in which he discussed the history of what came to be known as Weird Fiction. This collection includes many of the texts that Lovecraft mentioned in the essay, beginning with Edgar Allan Poe's Fall of the House of Usher, published in 1839 and ending with Walter de la Mare Seaton's Aunt from 1922. Included are 19 stories and 1 poem. - Summary by Alan Winterrowd (13 hr 44 min)

Chapters

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

38:40

Read by Josh Kibbey

What Was It? by Fitz-James O'Brien

36:49

Read by Rafe Ball

The Little Red Kitten by Lafcadio Hearn

5:36

Read by Availle

The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford

45:02

Read by Chris Pyle

The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce

33:31

Read by oogiesragdoll

The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling

33:21

Read by Rafe Ball

The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' by Arthur Conan Doyle

49:48

Read by Josh Kibbey

The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers

38:57

Read by Dan Ficklin

Xelucha by M. P. Shiel

26:19

Read by Peter Yearsley

The Red Room by H. G. Wells

24:55

Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva

The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E. Wilkins

36:05

Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva

The Harbor-Master by Robert W. Chambers

58:11

Read by Robert Doolan

The White People by Arthur Machen - Pt 1

25:53

Read by Ian Virly

The White People by Arthur Machen - Pt 2

44:51

Read by Ian Virly

The White People by Arthur Machen - Pt 3

20:20

Read by Ian Virly

Lost Hearts by M. R. James

24:50

Read by JMH Powell

The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 1

34:12

Read by Alan Winterrowd

The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 2

29:11

Read by Alan Winterrowd

The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 3

29:31

Read by Alan Winterrowd

The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 4

24:17

Read by Alan Winterrowd

The Hashish Man by Lord Dunsany

15:18

Read by Rafe Ball

The Unhappy Body by Lord Dunsany

13:04

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb

26:46

Read by Peter Yearsley

The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil by Clark Ashton Smith

28:49

Read by Alan Winterrowd

Seaton's Aunt by Walter de la Mare, Pt 1

33:09

Read by Rafe Ball

Seaton's Aunt by Walter de la Mare, Pt 2

47:04

Read by Rafe Ball

Bewertungen

Great idea for a bundle!

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Handy overview of HP's sources...

Weird

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A nice variety of weird tales, with a good variety of readers.