About the book
A mysterious visitor pursues a politician in a Gothic tale of revenge and supernatural terror.
LibriVox recording; public domain in the United States.
Recorded by LibriVox volunteers. Audio hosted by the Internet Archive. Original recording and credits.
Listen chapter by chapter
- 01 - Outside · 14 minutes
- 02 - Inside · 17 minutes
- 03 - The Man in the Bed · 12 minutes
- 04 - A Lonely Vigil · 14 minutes
- 05 - An Instruction to Commit Murder · 22 minutes
- 06 - A Singular Felony · 19 minutes
- 07 - The Great Paul Lessingham · 19 minutes
- 08 - The Man in the Street · 5 minutes
- 09 - The Contents of the Packet · 12 minutes
- 10 - Rejected · 12 minutes
- 11 - A Midnight Episode · 14 minutes
- 12 - A Morning Visitor · 11 minutes
- 13 - The Picture · 25 minutes
- 14 - The Duchess' Ball · 18 minutes
- 15 - Mr Lessingham Speaks · 15 minutes
- 16 - Atherton's Magic Vapour · 18 minutes
- 17 - Magic?--Or Miracle? · 5 minutes
- 18 - The Apotheosis of the Beetle · 34 minutes
- 19 - The Lady Rages · 10 minutes
- 20 - A Heavy Father · 10 minutes
- 21 - The Terror in the Night · 26 minutes
- 22 - The Haunted Man · 27 minutes
- 23 - The Way He Told Her · 14 minutes
- 24 - A Woman's View · 9 minutes
- 25 - The Man in the Street · 11 minutes
- 26 - A Father's No · 9 minutes
- 27 - The Terror by Night · 18 minutes
- 28 - The Strange Story of the Man in the Street · 27 minutes
- 29 - The House on the Road From the Workhouse · 30 minutes
- 30 - The Singular Behavior of Mr Holt · 6 minutes
- 31 - The Terror by Day · 12 minutes
- 32 - A New Client · 6 minutes
- 33 - What Came From Looking Through a Lattice · 21 minutes
- 34 - After Twenty Years · 16 minutes
- 35 - A Bringer of Tidings · 5 minutes
- 36 - What the Tidings Were · 9 minutes
- 37 - What Was Hidden Under the Floor · 12 minutes
- 38 - The Rest of the Find · 9 minutes
- 39 - Miss Louisa Coleman · 19 minutes
- 40 - What Miss Coleman Saw Through the Window · 11 minutes
- 41 - The Constable,--His Clue,--And the Cab · 14 minutes
- 42 - The Quarry Doubles · 10 minutes
- 43 - The Murder at Mrs. 'Enderson's · 22 minutes
- 44 - The Man Who Was Murdered · 12 minutes
- 45 - All That Mrs. 'Enderson Knew · 6 minutes
- 46 - The Sudden Stopping · 15 minutes
- 47 - The Contents of the Third-Class Carriage · 5 minutes
- 48 - The Conclusion of the Matter · 7 minutes