Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection: Gothic Tales

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The 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 h...

from wdwilson3

I'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 t...

from smcgurr

I 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 si...

from lesindy

The 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 h...

from lesindy

The 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 h...