Gothic Tales
Written by Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by Gary Furlong
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About this audiobook
This collection brings together over thirty of Conan Doyle's best Gothic tales. Darryl Jones's introduction discusses the contradictions in Conan Doyle's very public life-as a medical doctor who became obsessed with the spirit world, or a British imperialist drawn to support Irish Home Rule-and shows the ways in which these found articulation in that most anxious of all literary forms, the Gothic.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) descendía de una noble familia irlandesa y cursó estudios de Medicina. Sin embargo, nunca ejerció, pues apenas dos años después de licenciarse en 1885 dio a luz el primero de sus relatos de suspense, Estudio en escarlata (1887). Su éxito fue tan grande e inmediato, que nuestro autor ya no dejaría de escribir. El personaje creado por él, su detective Sherlock Holmes, se hizo famosísimo y protagonizó nada menos que sesenta títulos. Entre los más conocidos se encuentran El perro de los Baskerville, El valle del terror o los relatos incluidos en su libro Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes, publicado en Gribaudo. También cultivó la ciencia ficción, la novela histórica y otros géneros. En 1900 dio a luz su libro más extenso, La guerra de los bóers, y se pronunció en favor de la contienda británica en África. Según su opinión fue esto sobre todo lo que favoreció su nombramiento como caballero de la Orden del Imperio dos años después. Había alcanzado un lugar de prestigio, con apenas cuarenta años. Poco después (1906) murió su esposa Louise Hawkins y se casó con la médium Jean Elizabeth Leckie. Este vínculo con las ciencias ocultas se acrecentó tras la desaparición de su hijo Kingsley en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Del vínculo directo con el espiritismo nació su Historia del espiritismo (1926) así como numerosas polémicas, por ejemplo, contra su amigo Harry Houdini. Fue asimismo aficionado al fútbol, al críquet y al golf, entre otras pasiones. Murió de un ataque al corazón en la ciudad de Crowborough, en donde había residido durante veintitrés años.
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Reviews for Gothic Tales
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The term "gothic" is used for this audiobook collection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Most are not gothic by today's terms at all. Granted, some stories were interesting but the majority were dull. The narrator was very good, and he made the stories come alive. Some of the stories have good humor in them, so if you like mysteries or adventure tales I would recommend this.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I obviously know Doyle for his Sherlock stories, and was aware of some of his other pulp and gothic stories, but this collection, and in particular, the introductory essay, gave me a better appreciation for Doyle and his work.By our standards some of the ideas don't seem original and may seem silly, and Doyle's notions of race, colonialism, and sex, can be off putting, but he was a talented writer with lots to say.Hearing the stories in an audio format can make the stories more accessible and have certainly helped with my commutes.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I'm not a fan of Victorian literature. Doyle's stories contain all the attitudes that I despise. Women are lovely but weak and prone to fainting. Blacks are savages, as are most other races. You can read a man's character easily by studying his face. Christianity is the true religion (this is a thought spoken by several characters, although Doyle did not consider himself a Christian, but a Spiritualist). That being said, Gary Furlong does an outstanding job in performing 30+ Doyle stories, with multiple character's voices and excellent accents. Doyle's stories provide a wide variety of supernatural or just scary themes. We have all sorts of mania, seances, mummies, vampires, and some pretty sadistic revenge. Almost all have a protagonist with medical training, which of course allows the author to use his expertise in this field. Each story takes about 30 minutes of listening time, so this would be a great companion for a Doyle fan who commutes by car.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great mysteries, excellent narration.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Early Review MP3 CD - I received this CD in the mail just after Halloween, and it's full of appropriately unsettling stories for the winter season.The sound quality of this collection is first rate. Any fan of Conan Doyle's work, or ghost stories, will enjoy this collection.