{"product_id":"the-foundations-of-fiction-gothic-horror-audiobook","title":"The Foundations of Fiction - Gothic Horror (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Foundations of Fiction - Gothic Horror (Audiobook)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Richard Mitchley, Eric Meyers, Mark Rice-Oxley(Unabridged: 16:22mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alexander Pushkin, Mary Shelley, Sheridan Le Fanu, George Eliot, M R James, E T A Hoffman, Gertrude Atherton, Perceval Landon, Robert W Chambers, W W Jacobs, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Ernst Raupach \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time?  Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuccess undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mere placing of these two words together creates a picture and a feeling that dark times are coming.  Something evil, perhaps unfathomable, will be launched upon us by an author’s imagination that is sure to bring consequences that may only unsettle but equally may go much, much further than anyone, at first, imagined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e01 - Foundations of Fiction - Gothic Horror - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 - The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 - Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 - The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 - The Dream by Mary Shelley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 - Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 - The Lifted Veil by George Eliot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 - Count Magnus by M R James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 - The Sand-Man by E T A Hoffman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 - Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 - The Yellow Sign by Robert W Chambers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 - The Three Sisters by W W Jacobs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 - A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 - Wake Not the Dead by Ernst Raupach\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43435552112718,"sku":"AB-24824","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781836824824.jpg?v=1771428187","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-foundations-of-fiction-gothic-horror-audiobook","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}