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H. P. Lovecraft's book of the supernatural [audio-enabled device] 20 classic tales of the macabre chosen by the master of horror himself / H. P. Lovecraft ; edited by Stephen Jones ; narrated by Bronson Pinchot, Steven Crossley, Davina Porter, Mark Peckham, and Madeleine Lambert.

Book of the supernatural (portion title)

Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (author.). Crossley, Steven, (narrator.). Jones, Stephen, 1953- (editor.). Lambert, Madeleine, (narrator.). Peckham, Mark, (narrator.). Pinchot, Bronson, (narrator.). Porter, Davina, (narrator.). AudioGO (Firm). (Added Author). Findaway World, LLC. (Added Author). Playaway Digital Audio. (Added Author).

Summary:

Written by arguably the most important horror writer of the twentieth century, H. P. Lovecraft's 1927 essay Supernatural Horror in Literature traces the evolution of the genre from the early Gothic novels to the work of contemporary American and British authors. Throughout, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in their work. This chilling collection also contains Henry James' wonderfully atmospheric short novel The Turn of the Screw. For every fan of modern horror, here is an opportunity to rediscover the origins of the genre with some of most terrifying stories ever imagined.

Record details

ISBN: 0792789652
ISBN: 9780792789659
Physical Description: 1 audio media player (approximately 16 hours, 44 minutes) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in
Edition: Unabridged ; Playaway
Publisher: Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2012]
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

General Note:	One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : supernatural horror in literature / by Stephen Jones -- Foreword : notes on writing weird fiction / by H.P. Lovecraft -- The tale of the German student / by Washington Irving -- Markheim / by Robert Louis Stevenson -- Who knows? / by Guy de Maupassant -- The invisible eye / by Erckmann-Chatrian -- The torture by hope / by Villiers de l'Isle Adam -- Ms. found in a bottle / by Edgar Allan Poe -- What was it? / by Fitz James O'Brien -- The middle toe of the right foot / by Ambrose Bierce -- The turn of the screw / by Henry James -- The dead smile -- F. Marion Crawford -- The wind in the rose-bush / by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman -- The yellow wallpaper / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The recrudescence of Imray / by Rudyard Kipling -- The hands of karma (Ingwa-banashi) / by Lafcadio Hearn -- The burial of the rats / by Bram Stoker -- The red lodge / by H.R. Wakefield -- The captain of the Pole-Star / by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Villa Désirée / by May Sinclair -- The voice in the night / by William Hope Hodgson -- Novel of the white powder / by Arthur Machen.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Bronson Pinchot, Steven Crossley, Davina Porter, Mark Peckham, and Madeleine Lambert.
System Details Note:	Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.