{"product_id":"the-foundations-of-fiction-haunted-house-audiobook","title":"The Foundations of Fiction - Haunted House (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Foundations of Fiction - Haunted House (Audiobook)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley(Unabridged: 04:06mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Oscar Wilde, H P Lovecraft, Rudyard Kipling, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, H D Everett, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Walter Scott, Bram Stoker, Margaret Oliphant, Algernon Blackwood, E T A Hoffman, Edith Nesbit, E F Benson, D K Broster, A C Benson, H P Lovecraft, W F Harvey, Hesba Stretton, Rosa Mulholland, Sheridan Le Fanu, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eric Purves, Sheridan Le Fanu, William Hope Hodgson, A M Burrage, Elizabeth Gaskell, M R James, Marjorie Bowen, Catherine Crowe, W F Harvey, Edith Nesbit, B M Croker, Rhoda Broughton, Elinor Mordaunt, Allen Upward, Richard Harris Barham, Charlotte Riddell, Edgar Allan Poe \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 dark forces of history have a way of settling in houses, usually large and rambling, but also small and nestled in a city, and from there all sorts of uneasy happenings begin.  Authors have very playful imaginations, as well as some very disturbing ideas as they escalate the interactions between people and the growing source of terror that is with us and around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43435552309326,"sku":"AB-24886","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781836824886.jpg?v=1771428205","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-foundations-of-fiction-haunted-house-audiobook","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}