"Three classic tales from the golden age of the ghost story, read by Andrew Sachs, Laurel Lefkow, and Steven Pacey A collector of antiquities acquires a priceless ancient book in "Canon Alberic s Scrapbook" by M. R. James only to find that something evil hides within its pages. A young wife becomes obsessed with the wallpaper in the room of her holiday home in "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. A man is tormented by the ..."
""The Monkey's Paw" Jacobs was considered a humorist in turn of the century England, but here he gives us a masterpiece of horror. "The Monkey's Paw" is a Gothic tale, warning us how easily wishes can go awry. "The Pit and the Pendulum" One of Poe's most familiar works, "The Pit and the Pendulum" is the first-hand account of a prisoner during the Spanish Inquisition. It is a classic Gothic tale which deals with the experience of entrapme ..."
Herland(Unabridged) (MP3 CD) by CharlottePerkinsGilman, William Dufris Cd, Published 2011 by Tantor Media, Inc Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4526-5174-3, ISBN: 1-4526-5174-4
"Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland, first published in 1915, is a feminist utopian novel that describes an isolated society composed entirely of women-a progressive, environmentally conscious land where peace and rationality reign and poverty is unknown. Told from the perspective of Vandyk Jennings, a male sociology student who sets out with his two friends to determine whether Herland really exists, the novel ironically and pointedly c ..."
"Best known for the 1892 title story of this collection, a harrowing tale of a woman's descent into madness, Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote more than 200 other short stories. Seven of her finest are reprinted here.Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include "turned," an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a naïve ser ..."
"Presented in the first person, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician husband (John) has rented an old mansion for the summer and the couple moves into the upstairs nursery. As a form of treatment, she is forbidden from working, but encouraged to eat well and get plenty of exercise and air, so she can recuperate from what he calls a temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency, a d ..."
""The Monkey's Paw" Jacobs was considered a humorist in turn of the century England, but here he gives us a masterpiece of horror. "The Monkey's Paw" is a Gothic tale, warning us how easily wishes can go awry. "The Pit and the Pendulum" One of Poe's most familiar works, "The Pit and the Pendulum" is the first-hand account of a prisoner during the Spanish Inquisition. It is a classic Gothic tale which deals with the experience of entrapme ..."
"Enduring stories that are as relevant today as they were when written at the turn of the century by influential women writers. This audio recording includes: On the Divide and The Garden Lodge by Willa Cather; A Point at Issue, Desiree's Baby, A Pair of Silk Stockings, and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin; Three Thanksgivings and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; and The Pelican and The Fullness of Life by Edith Whart ..."