Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories (1907) – Julian Hawthorne – editor Free Audiobook

Written by Julian Hawthorne – editor
Read by Scott Woodside
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories
By: Julian Hawthorne – editor
Narrated by: Scott Woodside
Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 14-03-2012
Language: English
Publisher: Audible Studios

This audiobook is from the fourth volume of a six-volume collection of diverse mystery and detective stories from around the world, assembled by Julian Hawthorne. From a letter to Roman Senator L. Licinius Sura written by Pliny the Younger in the 1st Century CE describing his experiences with the supernatural to tales from all over Europe throughout the early 20th-century that touch on tragic irony, horrific torture, Faustian deals and mystery, this audiobook has many rare gems. Most notable is Voltaire’s “The Babylonian”, considered by some to be the primogenitor of the detective genre. Scott Woodside performs the collection lending this audio the air of a radio drama with his deep driving voice.

Publisher’s Summary
In the six volumes of the Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this 1907 collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In the first volume, we find stories written by American authors.

Public Domain (P)2012 Audible, Inc.