The House of Sounds
By: M.P. Shiel
3.15
Format: None pages, None
Shiel was a West-Indian author domiciled in Britain. He was an early writer of science fiction nove…
Want to Read $ 1.99"To be in love with pain-to pine after aching-is not that a wicked madness?"-M.P. Shiel, The House of Sounds
"To be in love with pain-to pine after aching-is not that a wicked madness?"-M.P. Shiel, The House of Sounds
If you liked the short stories plot in The House of Sounds by M.P. Shiel , here is a list of 18 books like this:
1. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
Want to Read $ 3.66Similar categories in Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- horror
"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
2. The Masque of the Red Death
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.06
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
3. Transformation (Hesperus Classics)
By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
3.52
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
Surely never such had existed before—a misshapen dwarf, with squinting eyes, distorted features, an… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Transformation (Hesperus Classics) book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
"And to my young heart the idea of death came for the first time blended with that of joy."-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)
"Revenge! — the word seemed balm to me; I hugged it, caressed it, till, like a serpent, it stung me."-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)
"What is there so fearful as the expectation of evil tidings delayed? ... Misery is a more welcome visitant when she comes in her darkest guise and wraps us in perpetual black, for then the heart no l…"-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)
4. The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
By: Arthur Machen
3.69
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
"I will not read it; I should never sleep again" A doctor performs an experiment on a young wom… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan (Creation Classics) book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
"There was something about Herbert which shocked him inexpressibly; not his poor rags nor the marks which poverty had set upon his face, but rather a indefinite terror which hung about him like a mist."-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
"Villiers, that woman, if I can call her a woman, corrupted my soul. The night of the wedding I found myself sitting in her bedroom in the hotel, listening to her talk. She was sitting up in bed, and …"-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
"Clarke, in the deep folds of dream, was conscious that the path from his father’s house had led him into an undiscovered country, and he was wondering at the strangeness of it all, when suddenly, in …"-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
"We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing. It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneat…"-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
5. The Black Cat
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.40
Format: 300 pages,
"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
6. The Dunwich Horror
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The story of Wilbur Whateley, son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father, and the strang… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- short stories
- horror
Similar categories in Hanns Heinz Ewers's The Spider book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
8. Der Sandmann
By: E.T.A. Hoffmann
4.10
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Unter Hoffmanns Werken hat Der Sandmann das weitaus grosste Interesse gefunden. Sein Grundproblem i… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in E.T.A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
9. The Body Snatcher
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
A young man studying medicine in Edinburgh is asked by his professor to be responsible for receivin… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body Snatcher book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
10. The Pit and the Pendulum
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.15
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Get set for true terror in one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories. We enter the mind… read more
Want to Read $ 1.24Similar categories in Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
"How at least shall we distinguish its shadows from those of the tomb?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"In the deepest slumber-no! In delirium-no! In a swoon-no! In death-no! even in the grave all is not lost."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"He who has never swooned, is not he who finds strange palaces and wildly familiar faces in coals that glow; is not he who beholds floating in mid-air the sad visions that the many may not view; is no…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
11. The Vampyre; A Tale
By: John William Polidori
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Vampyreis a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byr… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John William Polidori's The Vampyre; A Tale book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
12. Metzengerstein
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.04
Format: None pages,
The story takes place in Hungary, between two rival families: the Metzengersteins and the Berlifitz… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edgar Allan Poe's Metzengerstein book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
13. Olalla
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.98
Format: 296 pages,
'Is it me you love, friend? or the race that made me?' Stevenson's chilling Victorian gothic novell… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert Louis Stevenson's Olalla book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
14. Ligeia
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.51
Format: 235 pages,
Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer. read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
15. The Willows
By: Algernon Blackwood
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood person… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Algernon Blackwood's The Willows book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
Similar categories in M.R. James's Count Magnus book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
Similar categories in F. Marion Crawford's The Dead Smile book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
18. The Wendigo
By: Algernon Blackwood
4.50
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Algernon Blackwood's classic tale, The Wendigo. An influential novella by one of the most best-know… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Algernon Blackwood's The Wendigo book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
19. In the Court of the Dragon
By: Robert W. Chambers
4.23
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
"Oh, thou who burn'st in heart for those who burn In Hell, whose fires thyself shall feed in turn; … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert W. Chambers's In the Court of the Dragon book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
20. El vampiro. La familia del vurdalak
By: Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
4.13
Format: None pages, Paperback
La corriente literaria que arranca del romanticismo y que hizo del vampiro una figura cuya populari… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's El vampiro. La familia del vurdalak book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
21. The Monkey's Paw
By: W.W. Jacobs
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in W.W. Jacobs's The Monkey's Paw book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
22. Rappaccini's Daughter
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
4.01
Format: 532 pages,
Part fairy tale, part Gothic horror story, "Rappaccini's Daughter" is an inspired tale of creation … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini's Daughter book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
23. The Withered Arm
By: Thomas Hardy , None
3.93
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
<<Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) publico catorce novelas, una cincuentena de cuentos y mas de mil poemas.… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Thomas Hardy's The Withered Arm book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
24. The Secret of the Growing Gold
By: Bram Stoker
3.10
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
The history of the Brents had been something similar, but showing the causes of decadence in their … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Bram Stoker's The Secret of the Growing Gold book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
25. Number 13
By: M.R. James
3.59
Format: None pages, ebook
M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not p… read more
Want to Read $ 6.99Similar categories in M.R. James's Number 13 book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
26. Marsyas in Flanders
By: Vernon Lee
2.86
Format: None pages, None
MARSYAS IN FLANDRES foi publicado, pela primeira vez, em 1900, e republicado no ano de 1927, na col… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Vernon Lee's Marsyas in Flanders book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
27. The House of Sounds
By: M.P. Shiel
3.15
Format: None pages, None
Shiel was a West-Indian author domiciled in Britain. He was an early writer of science fiction nove… read more
Want to Read $ 1.99Similar categories in M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
"To be in love with pain-to pine after aching-is not that a wicked madness?"-M.P. Shiel, The House of Sounds
28. The Ghost of Mohammed Din
By: Clark Ashton Smith
2.47
Format: None pages, None
It was late in the afternoon, and we were seated on the veranda of my friend’s bungalow in the Begu… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Clark Ashton Smith's The Ghost of Mohammed Din book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
Similar categories in Ralph Adams Cram's Sister Maddelena book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
- gothic
- short stories
- horror
30. The De Grabrooke Monument
By: Charlotte Riddell
3.00
Format: 26 pages, None
None read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Charlotte Riddell's The De Grabrooke Monument book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
Similar categories in M.Y. Halidom's Execution book and M.P. Shiel's The House of Sounds
