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Gothic Tales

By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Darryl Jones - editor
Narrated by: Gary Furlong
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Arthur Conan Doyle was the greatest genre writer Britain has ever produced. Throughout a long writing career, he drew on his own medical background, his travels, and his increasing interest in spiritualism and the occult to produce a spectacular array of Gothic tales. Many of Doyle's writings are recognized as the very greatest tales of terror. They range from hauntings in the polar wasteland to evil surgeons and malevolent jungle landscapes.

This collection brings together over 30 of Conan Doyle's best Gothic tales. Darryl Jones's introduction discusses the contradictions in Conan Doyle's very public life - as a medical doctor who became obsessed with the spirit world, or a British imperialist drawn to support Irish Home Rule - and shows the ways in which these found articulation in that most anxious of all literary forms, the Gothic.

©2016 Darryl Jones (P)2018 Tantor Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Gothic Horror Scary

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These stories are very much of their time and are a fascinating insight into the late Victorian mind. They range widely in topic and maintain your interest. I thought the narrator was excellent. He used a wide range of believable accents and voices to enhance the listener's engagement with the tales.

wide range of imaginative tales

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Richly atmospheric tales from a true master storyteller. The essence of high Victorian gothic. Marvellous escapism for a dark winter’s night

Conan Doyle on top form

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I knew of one of these stories but had no idea the others existed! really engaging throughout

Fabulous!

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A lot of stories, some more engaging than others. Good to have on in the background. The narrator is good on the whole, but there are too many horrible mispronunciations; sloppy and unprofessional.

A Mixed Bag

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I loved the reading of this book. The narrator added life to the characters with a whole host of accents. Great job. The stories themselves are suitably dark and menacing, like Poe or Lovecraft. Some of the tales have not dated well, but putting that aside, these are a great set of short stories to listen to before sleeping....if you manage to sleep.

Great narrator really added life to these dark tales

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An outstanding collection of tales perfectly narrated. V. highly recommended especially if you are captivated by gothic horror.

Outstanding

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Great variety of stories and read brilliantly. They will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. Really recommend!

Clever, twisty and difficult to put down

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Narrator is not good for this genre
Too fast. Had to slow down but sounded unnatural
Couldn't follow many stories with ease

waste

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Very good editorial choices by Darryl Jones: some tales that are anthology staples, side by side with some lesser known pieces. Kudos, too, for including Jones's highly informative introduction! Gary Furlong's performance can at times be somewhat flat - especially as the stories demand that their reader is able to convey a sense of dread and moments of intense horror - but his accents and character acting are subtle and never overdone.

Excellent collection

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Very enjoyable gothic mysteries. The narration is good, but I do find it strange that almost every narrator on audible seems to have huge problems with the pronunciation of certain words - not the same words, but words that aren’t difficult to get right. Probably it’ll remain a bigger mystery than any of Conan Doyle’s….

Good gothic tales

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