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This is an audio collection of some of the best ghost stories ever written, which make perfect evening listening - for the brave...Here are apparitions, mysterious deaths and strange, inexplicable visions to chill the blood. The stories range from those by masters of the genre like Sheridan Le Fanu and Ambrose Bierce to classic writers such as Emile Zola and Rudyard Kipling. Some are frightening, some poignant, others leave a lingering taste of unease. Read by Nigel Davenport, Rula Lenska, Andrew Sachs and David Rintoul, the stories included are: "Angeline, or the Haunted House" by Emile Zola; "The Moonlit Road" by Ambrose Bierce; "My Adventure in Norfolk" by A. J. Alan; "The Return of Imray" by Rudyard Kipling; "Mrs Lunt" by Hugh Walpole; "The Open Window" by Saki, and "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street" by Sheridan Le Fanu.
Contents
Part 1 Themes and Interpretations1870-19I4 - Continuity and change; The impact of Empire; The emergence of class; Individualism and collectivism; From 'Ancient Constitution' to 'Great Society'; The nationalization of culture; Sex and Gender; 'Modernity' and the 'lost domain'; Paradox and plurality; Victorians and Edwardians. Part 2 Demography, Death, and Disease: People and cities; Patterns of fertility; Patterns of mortality; Society, sickness, and medicine. Part 3 Family and Household: The 'Victorian' family; Family size and structure; Domestic economy; Patriarchalism; Motherhood; Childhood; Sexual relations; Family life. Part 4 Property: Perceptions of property; The distribution of property; Aristocratic property; Middle-class property; Working-class property; Property and politics. Part 5 Work: Work and gentility; Structure, skill, and organization; Alienation, leisure, and the work ethic; Industrial relations; Work and the 'working class'; Culture and context. Part 6 Religion: The issue of 'secularization'; The sociology of church attendance; The churches and civic culture; The structure of belief; Religion and society. Part 7 Society and the State: The social bases of the state; The mid-Victorian state; Changing political culture; Contraction and expansion; Finance, bureaucracy, and social policy; Crime, law, and police; Ambiguities of power. Part 8 Society and Social Theory: The problem of 'society'; Atomism, organicism, and social evolution; Historicism and idealism; Social theory and the 'social problem'; The language of race; Perceptions of poverty; Decay and degeneration; Society, liberty, and character: Echoes of Greece and Rome.
