Tales of Mystery and Horror

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jun 1, 2023

In Category - Crime & Mystery Fiction, Horror & Supernatural Fiction

Authors: Maurice Level In Year : 1920

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Tales of Mystery and Horror

Introduction
The Debt Collector
The Kennel
Who?
Illusion
In the Light of the Red Lamp
A Mistake
Extenuating Circumstances
The Confession
The Empty House
The Test
Poussette
The Father
"For Nothing"
In the Wheat
The Beggar
Under Chloroform
The Man Who Lay Asleep
Fascination
The Bastard
That Scoundrel Miron
The Taint
The Kiss
A Maniac
The 10.50 Express
"Blue Eyes"
The Last Kiss

Maurice Level was a French writer of supremely twisted and macabre fiction with demented plotting and gruesome violence reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe and admired by the likes of H. P. Lovecraft. But beyond the Grand Guignol set pieces and O' Henry-esque twist endings, Level was a humanist at heart, giving us truly empathic characters, full of sadness and regret, and showing us who these people really are at their core once all trace of society has been stripped away. Here presented are 26 of his tales of terror and madness, many of which were translated into English for the first time for this collection. (Summary by Ben Tucker)