A Whisper in the Dark, Louisa May Alcott
A Whisper in the Dark, Louisa May Alcott
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A Whisper in the Dark
Turbulent Tales from Louisa May Alcott

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Narrator: various narrators, Cassandra Campbell, Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki, Nicholas Guy Smith, Susan Hanfield

Unabridged: 10 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 12/16/2014


Synopsis

From the author of Little Women comes a collection of gothic, romantic, and spellbinding tales guaranteed to surprise and delight.This collection represents the best of Alcott's adult oeuvre. The stories in this volume display dramatic intensity and thrilling, suspenseful plots that show Alcott to be a complex and passionate writer. Listeners will discover within this maelstrom of murder, deceit, obsessive desire, treachery, duplicity, and betrayal that love and honor can still conquer all.The book takes its title from the tale "A Whisper in the Dark," arguably Alcott's gothic masterpiece, a story of imperiled innocence. Also featured are "The Mysterious Key and What It Opened," "The Abbot's Ghost; or, Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story," "La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman," "Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse," and "The Skeleton in the Closet."

About Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Educated by her father until she was sixteen, she also studied under Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Theodore Parker. A prolific writer, her most famous work was Little Women, a timeless American classic.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen’s birthday honors for services to drama.

About Cassandra Campbell

Original bio sent from Cassandra: Cassandra Campbell began doing voice overs as the voice for Calvin Klein’s Italian commercials. This was followed by commercial and documentary recording in both English and Italian. She has recorded many audiobooks and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as an Audie® Award nomination. As an actress and director, she has worked at the Public, the Mint, the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stagewest, Theatreworks, the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Millmountain Theatre, the National Shakespeare Company, and the New York Fringe Festival.  

About Gabrielle de Cuir

Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her “velvet touch” as an actor’s director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.

About Nicholas Guy Smith

Nicholas Guy Smith, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a highly rated and diverse voice-over actor who has been heard in feature films, television commercials, and video games. He has voiced characters for Disney, Warner Brothers, Universal, and the Cartoon Network.

About Susan Hanfield

Susan Hanfield is an Audie Award–winning narrator who comes from a strong classical theater background and loves bringing deep characterizations to all of her work. She has narrated over twenty books, including Ru Emerson’s six-book Night-Threads series. On camera, she has been seen commercially and in numerous international, national, and regional network spots. She also played the title character in Magdalene, an award-winning short film.


Reviews

Goodreads review by June on October 24, 2015

Feels perilously like we're peaking inside Jo's portfolio of "blood and thunder" stories...the ones she's always submitting to magazines. Love.......more

Goodreads review by Phil on October 28, 2016

Having previously read and reviewed four of the “Twelve Thrilling Tales”, I just read the eight from this collection that were new to me. “Modern Magic” proved interesting at times, but also boring in places. I like the concept more than the creation. 2 stars. “Only an Actress!” felt more like a dram......more

Goodreads review by Marilyn on April 29, 2018

A Whisper in the Dark is twelve short stories (two are novellas) by Louisa May Alcott. They contrast strongly with her famous Little Women stories--maybe they are the sensational stories Jo wrote to make money. At first I didn't think I would finish all the stories, but eventually I found some that......more

Goodreads review by Janet on August 02, 2009

This was initially a hard book to get through as I did not enjoy the first story - A Modern Mephistopheles - at all. It was dark and confusing. Some other stories that I did enjoy however were "Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse" which had a Hunchback of Notre Dame flavor to it, slightly. And I also......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on December 18, 2007

It's not difficult to discern the hallmarks of Alcott's style when reading these stories--these tales are Louisa May through and through. Her favorite phraseology appears over and over, along with a few dozen of her favorite heroines: impossibly lovely young things, blessed with grace, virtue, and c......more


Quotes

“This story collection is composed of twelve gothic dramas delivered by five narrators. Their accomplished portrayals capture the straitlaced manners and mores of the Victorian era…Cassandra Campbell’s polished portrayal of Bedford, the stately butler in ‘The Mysterious Key,’ is also memorable. The mature and spirited portrayal of Maurice’s rehabilitation in ‘The Abbot’s Ghost,’ a Christmas tale of intrigue, is especially engaging. Together, the accomplished narrators invoke intrigue, suspense, and provocative themes, none of which are what most listeners expect in the work of Alcott.” AudioFile