More Deadly Than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror Short Stories by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley & Others ~ 26 MP3 AUDIOBOOK COLLECTION
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley & Others These tales delve into the spectral and the uncanny, using ghostly visitations, haunted locales, and cursed artifacts to unsettle both characters and readers. In The Transformation by Mary Shelley and Let Loose by Mary Cholmondely, themes of guilt and retribution manifest through physical transformations and unleashed evils. Stories like Lost in a Pyramid by Louisa May Alcott and The Cave of the Echoes by Helena Blavatsky blend adventure with ancient supernatural horrors, warning of the dangers of colonial trespass and disrespecting the past. Meanwhile, tales such as Tom Toothacre’s Ghost Story by Harriet Beecher Stowe and The Beckside Boggle by Alice Rea use folklore and local legends to explore community fears and buried truths. A strong thread of psychological realism and feminine experience runs through many of the stories. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper offers a chilling descent into madness under the guise of a ghost story, exposing the effects of patriarchal medical treatment. Similarly, The Hidden Door by Vernon Lee and Unexplained by Mary Louisa Molesworth explore interior hauntings, where memory, emotion, and isolation create supernatural atmospheres. These tales frequently feature women as protagonists grappling with oppressive social forces, grief, or supernatural tests of will, weaving personal trauma into broader critiques of Victorian norms and gender roles. Other stories stand out for their moral and philosophical inquiries. In The Duchess at Prayer by Edith Wharton and The Fate of Madame Cabanel by Eliza Lynn Linton, ghostly elements are tied to vanity, betrayal, and justice. Forewarned, Forearmed by Mrs. J. H. Riddell and The Portrait by Margaret Oliphant explore prophecy and spiritual messages that challenge materialist worldviews. Across the collection, themes of death, the afterlife, divine punishment, and the thin veil between worlds are portrayed with eerie elegance. These authors redefined gothic storytelling by intertwining societal critique with otherworldly terror, making the stories not just chilling, but culturally resonant and intellectually provocative.
CONTENT:
1. The Transformation by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
2. The Dark Lady by Mrs. S. C. Hall
3. Morton Hall by Elizabeth Gaskell
4. A Ghost Story by Ada Trevanion
5. An Engineer’s Story by Amelia B. Edwards
6. Lost in A Pyramid, or the Mummy’s Curse by Louisa May Alcott
7. Tom Toothacre’s Ghost Story by Harriet Beecher Stowe
8. Kentucky’s Ghost by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
9. At Chrighton Abbey by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
10. The Fate of Madame Cabanel by Eliza Lynn Linton
11. Forewarned, Forearmed by Mrs. J. H. Riddell
12. The Portrait by Margaret Oliphant
13. The Shrine of Death by Lady Dilke
14. The Beckside Boggle by Alice Rea
15. The Hidden Door by Vernon Lee
16. Unexplained by Mary Louisa Molesworth
17. Let Loose by Mary Cholmondely
18. The Cave of the Echoes by Helena Blavatsky
19. The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
20. The Mass for the Dead by Edith Nesbit
21. The Tyburn Ghost by The Countess of Munster
22. The Duchess at Prayer by Edith Wharton
23. The Vacant Lot by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
24. An Unscientific Story by Louise J. Strong
25. A Dissatisfied Soul by Annie Trumbull Slosson
26. The Readjustment by Mary Austin
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This series was discontinued due to issues with the two authors as well as the publishing house. You can't buy the first 4-5 books in the series in print, ebook, or audiobook. An old print copy for one of them can go for like $200 on ebay. So to find the entire audiobook series for such an insanely good price made me take the plunge and buy. I figured even if it didn't work, it was worth the attempt. But the CD came, had everything on it, and I've since converted it to listen to the Books app on my iPhone. Soooooo worth it.
Couldn't believe the great price for this series. CD came in good time, even during the holidays. The audio is slightly lower quality than expected, but once you get into the groove of listening you stop noticing.
arrive in a timely manner and works well
A rare and hard to find series of audiobooks. And a fantastic find in this case. The sound quality varies, but considering the source material, not too bad at all.
Prompt and efficient delivery (to UK).
Certainly good value for money.
