Tales of Men and Ghosts

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Tales of Men and Ghosts

by Edith Wharton

EN·~9 hours·12 chapters

Chapters

12 total

TALES OF MEN AND GHOSTS - By Edith Wharton

0:02

London 1910

0:00

THE BOLTED DOOR - I

1:29:27

HIS FATHER’S SON - I

36:36

THE DAUNT DIANA - I

28:57

THE DEBT - I

31:33

FULL CIRCLE - I

49:37

THE LEGEND - I

1:01:07

THE EYES - I

44:48

THE BLOND BEAST - I

57:55

Description

In a dimly lit London flat of 1910, a weary middle‑aged man named Granice paces his library, obsessively checking the clock as a crucial dinner with his solicitor approaches. When the lawyer’s delay forces a postponement, Granice’s nerves flare, and he retreats to a desk cluttered with a manuscript, a mysterious letter, and a concealed revolver—objects that seem to pulse with unspoken urgency. The letter, a rejection from a theatrical troupe, drags him back into a decades‑long obsession with a play he believes will finally secure his legacy.

As the evening unfolds, Granice’s polished exterior cracks, revealing a tangled mix of ambition, fear, and lingering regrets about past decisions. The story captures the claustrophobic atmosphere of a single night, where the line between professional anxiety and something more unsettling begins to blur. Listeners are drawn into Granice’s inner turmoil, feeling each hesitant breath as he confronts the shadows of his own aspirations.

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Language

en

Duration

~9 hours (530K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Charles Aldarondo HTML file produced by David Widger

Release date

Oct 1, 2003

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton

1862–1937

Born into old New York society, this sharp-eyed novelist turned its manners, money, and quiet cruelties into some of American fiction’s most memorable stories. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her work still feels startlingly modern in its honesty.

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