The Seen and the Unseen: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Seen and the Unseen, credited to Richard Marsh, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Seen and the Unseen by Richard Marsh. Read in English by Sonia Is it true that people can literally be scared to death ? Is it possible to photograph astral projections ? What happens if you play with a pack of cards which belonged to a dead card-trickster ? These and more questions are raised and answered in ''The Seen and the Unseen'' (first published in 1900), a collection of twelve short stories of a supernatural and uncanny nature by English author Richard Marsh (1857-1915), famous for such mystery/horror novels as ''The Beetle'' and ''The Goddess: A Demon''. So if you feel you are ready for some goosebumps before bedtime, snuggle up and have a listen. - Summary by Sonia

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Seen and the Unseen
• Author credits: Richard Marsh
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 9:06:29

Catalogue topics

• horror
• Mystery
• short stories
• Crime
• suspense
• murder
• ghosts
• supernatural

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - I. A psychological experiment — 32:35
2. 02 - II. The photographs: Chapter 1 — 14:19
3. 03 - II. The photographs: Chapter 2 — 23:17
4. 04 - II. The photographs: Chapter 3 — 35:02
5. 05 - III. A pack of cards: Part 1 — 27:04
6. 06 - III. A pack of cards: Part 2 — 32:23
7. 07 - IV. The violin: 1 — 35:17
8. 08 - IV. The violin: 2 — 6:50
9. 09 - V. The tipster. An impossible story: 1 — 9:04
10. 10 - V. The tipster. An impossible story: 2 — 15:52
11. 11 - V. The tipster. An impossible story: 3 — 32:42
12. 12 - V. The tipster. An impossible story: 4 — 1:58
13. 13 - VI. The fifteenth man. The story of a rugby match — 25:16
14. 14 - VII. The assassin: Chapter 1 — 5:23
15. 15 - VII. The assassin: Chapter 2 — 20:04
16. 16 - VII. The assassin: Chapter 3 — 15:30
17. 17 - VIII. The diamonds: 1. The one diamond — 16:26
18. 18 - VIII. The diamonds: 2. The other — 10:34
19. 19 - VIII. The diamonds: 3. The two — 22:47
20. 20 - IX. A double-minded gentleman: Chapter 1 — 22:10
21. 21 - IX. A double-minded gentleman: Chapter 2 — 20:00
22. 22 - X. The robbery on the ''Stormy Petrel'': 1 — 17:02
23. 23 - X. The robbery on the ''Stormy Petrel'': 2 — 10:54
24. 24 - XI. The houseboat: Chapter 1 — 12:43

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