Masterpieces of Mystery

Name: Masterpieces of Mystery
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN: 9781467682169

Author: G. K. Chesterton, O. Henry, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 12 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Red Door Consulting

Published: 07/30/2014

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Anthologies, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

A gripping collection of mystery stories, strange tales, and horrible crimes.

'The Perfect Murder', by Stacy Aumonier
'The Magic Casket', by F. Austin Freeman
'The Shadow of the Shark' by G. K. Chesterton
'The Marionettes', by O. Henry
'Charles', by A. J. Alan
Moon's Gibbet', by Egerton Castle
'The Severed Hand', by Wilhelm Hauff
'The Man with the Watches', by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
'The Adventure of the Diamond Necklace' by G. F. Forrest
'My Adventure at Chislehurst', by A. J. Alan
'Blackmail', by John Galsworthy
'Submarine', by Stella Benson
'Old Fags', by Stacy Aumonier
'Murder Under the Microscope', by William Russell
'The Treasure Hunt', by Edgar Wallace
'The Hair', by A. J. Alan
'The Mystery of Sasassa Valley', by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
'The Haunted Doll's House', by M. R. James
'My Adventure in Norfolk', by A. J. Alan
'Diamond Cut Diamond', by F. Britten Austin
'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe

About G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography,Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics, and even those who disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian and came to identify such a position with Catholicism more and more, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism. George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to Time magazine, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin

I hit this one up because Bart Everson mentioned The Horla by Guy de Maupassant and I'd never read it and now I have, and it was neither here nor there. One of these stories I'd read before in a collection I had when I was a kid, another one or two were passable, the one by Robert Louis Stevenson go......more

Goodreads review by Tracy

This book took me FOREVER to read and that is sad because I am always looking for a good ghost story and was hoping for something to reach out and grab me in this book. There were 9 stories included in the book and they were all written in the 19th century. So basically....it was difficult, at times,......more

Goodreads review by Tom

3.7 Foreword by Joseph Lewis French ✔️ The Listener • (1907) by Algernon Blackwood 4⭐ Number 13 by M. R. James 4.25⭐ Joseph: A Story • (1919) by Katherine Rickford 4⭐ The Horla • [Le Horla • 3] • (1903) by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of Le Horla 1887) 5⭐ The Beast with Five Fingers • (1919) by William Fryer......more

Goodreads review by Chris

I borrowed this from the library for a backpacking trip, and did provide some amusement as we read "Thrawn Janet" at night in the tent, but overall, the stories are quite usual now, though they may well have been amongst the first ghost stories of their time. As I was reading the Guy de Maupassant s......more

Goodreads review by arg/machine

A nice collection of classic ghost stories from various well-known authors. In the public domain, with a free electronic copy here.......more