Edgar Allan Poe has 115 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 169 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 1,197 ratings. The most-rated is Anxious People.
The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by the acclaimed comedian and actor Kevin Eldon (star of It's Kevin, Alan Partidge, Big Train, Brass Eye and Hot Fuzz) supported by Bettrys Jones, Joe Jameson and Rory Alexander. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Harold Beaver, read by Rory Alexander. One of the greatest of all horror writers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) also composed pioneering tales that seized upon the scientific developments of an era marked by staggering change. In this collection of 16 stories, he explores such wide-ranging contemporary themes as galvanism, time travel and resurrection of the dead. 'The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfall' relates a man's balloon journey to the moon with a combination of scientific precision and astonishing fantasy. Elsewhere, the boundaries between horror and science are elegantly blurred in stories such as 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar', while the great essay 'Eureka' outlines Poe's own interpretation of the universe. Powerfully influential on later authors including Jules Verne, these works are essential listening for anyone wishing to trace the genealogy of science fiction, or to understand the complexity of Poe's own creative vision.
Public Domain (P)2020 Penguin Audio
The Black Cat
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"The Black Cat" is the story of an alcoholic who is driven insane by his addiction. He tortures and kills his cat, Pluto. Then, a stray cat that looks almost exactly like the cat he murdered except for a gallows mark on its chest follows him home and drives him even more insane.
Public Domain (P)2020 Jaime Arredondo
Die schottische Spur
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Im kleinsten Kreise zeigt ein Kunstsammler seine neueste Erwerbung, ein seltenes Ölgemälde. Während der Präsentation werden alle Gäste mit Gas betäubt... und das Bild gestohlen. Ein Erpresser droht damit, das Kunstwerk zu zerstören. C. Auguste Dupin wird als Überbringer des Lösegelds gewählt, doch die Übergabe wird durch einen tödlichen Zwischenfall vereitelt und das Diebesgut verschwindet erneut. Verschiedene Personen sind am Verbleib und Erwerb des Bildes interessiert. Welches Geheimnis birgt es? Eine heiße Spur führt Dupin und Poe direkt nach Schottland...
©2020 Maritim Verlag (P)2020 Maritim Verlag
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
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In 1827, Arthur Gordon Pym stowed away on the brig Grampus, set for the South Seas. Thus begins a saga of mutiny and butchery, recapture of the vessel by a loyal few, subsequent shipwreck and sufferings, and deliverance.
Public Domain (P)2009 Audio Holdings, LLC
Stories to Tell in the Dark
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A creepy collection of 50 classic ghost, horror and mystery stories which will keep you up all night. 1. "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs 2. "This Is All" by Barry Pain 3. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F .Harvey 4. "The Reticence of Lady Anne" by Saki 5. "The End of a Show" by Barry Pain 6. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey 7. "The Room in the Tower" by E. F. Benson 8. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey 9. "The Idiot" by Arnold Bennett 10. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe 11. "The Bath Chair" by E. F. Benson 12. "The Mezzotint" by M. R. James 13. "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe 14. "The Thing in the Hall" by E. F. Benson 15. "Fingers of a Hand" by H. D. Everett 16. "Moon’s Gibbet" by Egerton Castle 17. "The Magnet" by Barry Pain 18. "The Horror Horn" by E. F. Benson 19. "A Very Black Business" by Ernest Bramah 20. "The Mysterious Card and the Card Unveiled" by Cleveland Moffett 21. "Outside the Door" by E. F. Benson 22. "Query" by Seamark 23. "My Adventure at Chislehurst" by A. J. Alan 24. "The Dancing Partner" by Jerome K. Jerome 25. "Afterward" by Edith Wharton 26. "Caterpillars" by E. F. Banson 27. "The Severed Hand" by Wilhelm Hauff 28. "The Hair" by A. J. Alan 29. "A Witch in the Peak" by R. Murray Gilchrist 30. "The Haunted Dolls House" by M. R. James ...and 20 more terrifying tales.
Public Domain (P)2015 Red Door Audiobooks
The Masque of the Red Death
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Satan-worshiping Prince Prospero in 12th-century Italy holds a macabre masked ball in the midst of a deadly plague. The hedonistic nobles believe that Prospero's castle walls will keep out not only the countrysides's peasants, but the lethal Red Death as well. Dark and surreal fiction by Edgar Allan Poe, whose name is synonymous with horror, mystery, and the uncanny. A performance reading by Oscar-nominated special-effects makeup artist Edward E. French.
Public Domain (P)2020 Edward E. French
The Edgar Allan Poe BBC Radio Collection
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Edgar Allan Poe's most celebrated stories, as heard on BBC Radio - plus bonus documentaries and two thrilling original dramas. The master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe has inspired generations of horror writers with his chilling Gothic tales and is also credited with inventing the detective fiction genre in 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'. This radio collection features five of his classic tales - 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'The Oblong Box', 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Masque of the Red Death', read by David Horovitch, Brian Gear, James Aubrey, Sean Barrett and Don Gilet. Also included is his renowned poem 'The Raven', read by Patrick Romer. Here, too, are adaptations of Poe's suspenseful story of piracy and slavery, 'The Gold Bug', starring Clarke Peters and Rhashan Stone, and his pioneering mystery story 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', starring James Fleet and Andrew Scott. Radio 3's The Essay: Loving the Raven sees Poe enthusiasts Andrew Taylor, Joanne Harris, Louise Welsh, Mark Lawson and Kim Newman discussing the author's enduring legacy and cult status, while in Adventures in Poetry: The Raven, Peggy Reynolds explores Poe's most iconic work. Also included are two original dramas featuring Poe himself. Obsessed by a woman's unsolved murder, Edgar Allan Poe is presented with a disturbing revelation on the night before his death in Peter Mackie's The Real Mystery of Marie Roget, starring Ed Bishop. And in Christopher Cook's The Strange Case of Edgar Allan Poe, starring Kerry Shale and John Moffatt, Poe's famous detective C. Auguste Dupin investigates the bizarre death of his creator. Content warning: 'The Gold Bug' is set in a time when slavery was still prevalent in America and contains racist language from that era. Track listing: 'The Pit and the Pendulum' 'The Tell-Tale Heart' 'The Oblong Box' 'The Fall of the House of Usher' 'The Masque of the Red Death' 'The Raven' 'The Gold Bug' 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' The Essay: Loving the Raven Adventures in Poetry: The Raven The Real Mystery of Marie Roget The Strange Case of Edgar Allan Poe
©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
El Pozo y el Pendulo
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El pozo y el péndulo (título original en inglés: The Pit and the Pendulum) es uno de los cuentos más famosos y celebrados de Edgar Allan Poe. Está considerado como uno de los relatos más espeluznantes dentro de la literatura de terror, pues transmite el abandono, la desorientación, el desconcierto y la desesperanza de una persona que sabe que va a morir.
©2019 Edgar Allan Poe (P)2019 Pegasus Classics
El Gato Negro
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El relato "El gato negro" se publicó por vez primera en el periódico United States Saturday Post, en 1843. El gato como símbolo del mal tiene una larga tradición en Occidente. En la supersticiosa Edad Media llegó incluso a representar a Satanás al visitar la tierra; era el animal de compañía de las brujas. En el romanticismo se puso de moda como animal literario por excelencia, por su aire misterioso, sus ojos relucientes y su aparente serenidad. El propio autor del relato, Edgar Allan Poe, tuvo en casa ese animal doméstico. Pero en realidad, el gato es aquí la víctima de los desvaríos y alucinaciones, por no hablar de los instintos criminales del narrador. Con el relato El gato negro, tenemos de nuevo el tema del "crimen perfecto" planeado fríamente por un asesino inteligente y calculador. En su interior, el propio narrador lucha contra sus insatisfacciones y frustraciones acrecentadas por el alcoholismo, y trama una venganza inmolando al inocente animal, por el que sentía gran afecto. El gato es el ojo acusador, su propia conciencia, capaz de examinar su psique desviada y enloquecida. Su maldad psicopática lleva al protagonista al asesinato.
©2019 Edgar Allan Poe (P)2019 Pegasus Classics
The Classic Tales Podcast, Season Five
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Mystery. Adventure. Horror. Romance. You can get a healthy mix of it all in The Classic Tales Podcast, Season Five. An anthology of all of the stories released through the podcast during 2011. Over 36 hours total! Optimized for mobile listening, this is one binge-worthy collection! Titles in the anthology include the following: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (novel) Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Raven", "The Sleeper", "Bridal Ballad", "The City in the Sea", "Dreams", "El Dorado", and "Annabel Lee" "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" by Oscar Wilde "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe "Jeeves Takes Charge" by P.G. Wodehouse A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family by Sheridan Le Fanu (novella) A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (novel) The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley (novel) Anthem by Ayn Rand (novella) "The Lord of the Dynamos" by H.G. Wells "Playing with Fire" by Arthur Conan Doyle "The Judge's House" by Bram Stoker "In Letters of Fire" by Gaston LeRoux "The Red Headed League" by Arthur Conan Doyle "Jeeves in the Springtime" by P.G. Wodehouse "Deep Waters" by P.G. Wodehous "The Aunt and the Sluggard" by P.G. Wodehouse "A Kidnapped Santa Claus" by L. Frank Baum The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen (novella) "The Man Who Lived Backwards" by Charles F. Hall
Public Domain (P)2020 B.J. Harrison
Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Six
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Welcome to Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Six, part of the world's largest collection of high-quality, classic horror audiobooks. Are you ready for our latest installment of enthralling horror masterpieces? Good, then we'll begin with Doug's well researched and passionate introduction to the authors and stories in this volume. This is closely followed by his literary majesty, Edgar Allan Poe, with the well-known and classic tale "The Pit and the Pendulum", a visceral account of a man's torment in the prisons of Toledo, during the Spanish Inquisition. Waking in a world of sensory deprivation and disorientation, Poe takes us through every spinechilling detail of terror as the prisoner seeks to evade his captors inventive attempts to end his life. Catch your breath before an English storytelling legend, Rudyard Kipling's "The Mark of the Beast", which will take you along a mist-bound trail for a soldier's tale of the British Empire stationed in colonial India - and werewolves. Then, we are proud to unveil our first guest reader, none other than the original - and in our terrified imaginations, the only - Mr Freddy Kreuger himself, Robert Englund. His first Spinechiller reading mesmerizes as he brings us "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", Ambrose Bierce's famous American Civil War tale. He paints a tantalizingly clear picture of a man's execution and his fantastical escape. Next up is H. P. Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls", a wonderfully chilling story of a descendent's gruesome discovery of the true evil of his family's ancestry. Volume Six comes to a close with a poem by John Milton Hayes, inspired by the work of Kipling. "The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God" is well known for its opening and gives an overall feel of ironic justice. So stoke those logs, dim the lights, sit back, and relax as the masters of classic horror fill your imagination with tales conjured from beyond our mortal coil.
©2010 Renegade Arts Entertainment Ltd (P)2010 Renegade Arts Entertainment Ltd
The Raven
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Lost love and a midnight visit from a raven bring one man to the brink of insanity. A classic poem by a master wordsmith. Narrated by Glenn Hascall.
Public Domain (P)2014 Glenn Hascall
Le chat noir et autres nouvelles
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Le chat noir, Le masque de la mort Rouge et Le portrait ovale : trois nouvelles, qui tiennent l'auditeur en haleine et posent de façon magistrale l'univers noir de ce maître du suspens que fut Edgar Allan Poe.Avant de mourir, un meurtrier rédige sa confession : un chat noir l'a amené à l'échafaud ; une forme spectrale sème la terreur dans une salle de bal ; dans une veille demeure, un homme est emporté par la contemplation d'un portrait énigmatique...Trois histoires fantastiques, étranges et mystérieuses, écrites par l'un des plus grands génies de la littérature américaine.
©Domaine public (P)2009 Gallimard Jeunesse
The Cask of Amontillado
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What would you do in the name of revenge? In The Cask of Amontillado, our narrator Montresor feels that the pompous Fortunado has insulted him one too many times. Join us as Motresor takes advantage of his enemy's love of wine to exact an unspeakable revenge.
Public Domain (P)2019 Daniela Acitelli
Survival Prepping
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Become a fierce survivalist expert and live off the land! Are you worried about the possibility of a natural catastrophe, and want to be fully prepared to keep your family safe? Do you often wonder what it would be like to go off the grid and leave a busy city life? This book will fully prepare you for a life in the wilderness! The climate on our planet is rapidly changing, and Mother Nature likes to strike when we least expect it. Tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires.... There are many ways life can throw you into a situation where you have to fend for yourself, without the help of modern technologies. The latest Coronavirus epidemic is just an example of how spending time in an isolated area can help you save your life. Imagine being able to go off, live comfortably in the wilderness, and wait for the troubles to pass. This incredible survival guide is made just for those who want to be ready for any natural or manmade disaster that might occur and break the daily routine you’re used to! Just imagine how incredible it would be to camp somewhere completely isolated, surrounded by nothing but breath-taking nature. You’d be able to reconnect with yourself and people you love, and experience something most people never do while being safe and sound! Here’s what this book has, and you need, to fully prepare yourself for a life in the wilderness: Guide on packing essentials – The best food, clothes, and tools you need (including tips on saving packing space) Live off the land techniques – How to find food and water in the wilderness and safety measures to take when going off the grid Emergency and safety guide – How to pack a survival kit and solutions for every unpredictable situation you might find yourself in Best wilderness survival tips – How to develop survival skills, adapt to any terrain, use nature as your compass and build bushcrafts And much more! Life and nature are unpredictable. Even if you don’t live in an area often hit by natural catastrophes, you might find yourself in a situation where you’re lost in the woods or worse. This book will help you prepare for and overcome those challenges by making sure you know how to use the gifts Mother Nature gave us! So scroll up, click on "Buy Now", and get your copy now!
©2020 Ron Hunt (P)2020 Ron Hunt