Джозеф Шеридан Ле Фаню - аудиокниги

"Кармилла" – одно из первых произведений о вампирах в истории литературы, написанное за 25 лет до знаменитого "Дракулы" Брэма Стокера, который вдохновлялся творчеством Ле Фаню. История из практики врача-психиатра Мартина Хесселиуса, рассказанная юной девушкой Лорой, которая вместе с отцом живет в замке среди бесконечных лесов Австро-Венгерской империи и ведет уединенный образ жизни. Все меняется с появлением прекрасной незнакомки по имени Кармилла, тогда и начинают происходить странные события: крестьяне умирают один за другим, Лора заболевает и чахнет на глазах, а по ночам ее мучают кошмары. Кто на самом деле эта загадочная Кармилла и…

Джозеф Шеридан Ле Фаню – выдающийся писатель Викторианской эпохи, в которую его нередко именовали «ирландским Уилки Коллинзом» и «ирландским Эдгаром По», автор множества готических рассказов, повестей и романов, переживших на рубеже XIX–XX веков временное забвение, а затем повторно завоевавших популярность – уже у новых поколений читателей. На страницах сборника «В тусклом стекле» (1872), ставшего последней прижизненно опубликованной книгой Ле Фаню, соседствуют истории о потустороннем возмездии за давний грех – и рассказ о навязчивом наваждении, сводящем с ума добропорядочного обывателя, романтический сюжет о пылкой любви и о таинственной…

From the pioneer of horror fiction, this tale of a clergyman tormented by a demonic creature is one of the greatest Victorian ghost stories.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gave life to the modern ghost story style and inspired the genre's most famous contributor, M. R. James. Gathered together for the first time are Le Fanu's complete ghost stories in 30 extraordinary recordings.
A manuscript from the archive of the Rev. Francis Purcell, an Irish country priest whose interests include the collecting of unsettling reminiscences. In this tale, a naval captain finds himself relentlessly pursued by a mysterious and unnerving entity.

This early work by Sheridan Le Fanu was originally published in 1838. Born in Dublin in 1814, he came from a literary family of Huguenot origins; both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gave life to the modern ghost story style and inspired the genre's most famous contributor, M. R. James. Gathered together for the first time are Le Fanu's complete ghost stories in 30 extraordinary recordings. In the journals of Doctor Hesselius is an account set in the London of the 18th Century. The Honourable Elijah Harbottle, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, bloated and pitiless administrator of the hangman's noose, overreaches himself in condemning to death his mistress's former husband and, in doing so, sets himself against the sinister forces of The High Court of Appeal, a court that "sits day and night and never rises", in "the Kingdom of Life and Death". The recording is accompanied by an eBook essay, reflecting on the story's influences and legacy, written by Le Fanu authority, Jim Rockhill. "

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gave life to the modern ghost story style and inspired the genre's most famous contributor, M. R. James. Gathered together for the first time are Le Fanu's complete ghost stories in 30 extraordinary recordings. A manuscript from the collection of the late Rev. Francis Purcell, an Irish country priest whose interests extended to the gathering of old local legends. In this tale, terrible consquences ensue for two male heirs of the family Ardagh from a faustian bargain. The recording is accompanied by an eBook essay, reflecting on the story's influences and legacy, written by Le Fanu authority, Jim Rockhill.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gave life to the modern ghost story style and inspired the genre's most famous contributor, M. R. James. Gathered together for the first time are Le Fanu's complete ghost stories in 30 extraordinary recordings. A manuscript from the collection of the Rev. Francis Purcell, an Irish country priest whose interests extend to the gathering of old local legends. In this tale, an errant parishioner is encouraged to mend his ways following a terrifying near death experience.

Le Fanu's tortured, powerful female vampire, Carmilla, has been terrifying generations with its themes of lesbian attraction, forbidden and dangerous desires, manipulation and misdirection. And Dracula, written 26 years later, locked in many of the vampire-lore conventions that modern fantasy writers still embrace. Hayward and Larkin offer delicious new readings of these blood-chilling tales. Followed by a conversation by Clive Hayward and Alison Larkin.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gave life to the modern ghost story style and inspired the genre's most famous contributor, M. R. James. Gathered together for the first time are Le Fanu's complete ghost stories in 30 extraordinary recordings. A manuscript from the collection of the late Rev. Francis Purcell, an Irish country priest whose interests extended to the gathering of old local legends. In this comic tale, a farmer, suspecting his favourite goose of being possessed by the spirit of his late father, enlists the help of a fairy doctor and so sets in motion a series of unfortunate events. The recording is accompanied by an eBook essay, reflecting on the story's influences and legacy, written by Le Fanu authority, Jim Rockhill.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 1 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Carmilla, der Vampir" von J.S. LeFanu, "Das Amulett der Mumie" von Bram Stoker, "Die Familie des Vampirs" von A.K. Tolstoi und "Das Phantom der Oper" von Gaston Leroux.