{"product_id":"book-dl4e","title":"More Deadly Than the Male","description":"\u003cp\u003eA darkly luminous new anthology collecting the most terrifying horror stories by renowned female authors, presenting anew these forgotten classics to the modern reader\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders are well aware that Mary Shelley wrote\u003cem\u003e Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e; few know how many other tales of terror she created. In addition to \u003cem\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/em\u003e, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote some surprisingly effective horror stories. The year after \u003cem\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/em\u003e appeared, Louisa May Alcott published one of the first mummy tales. These ladies weren't alone. From the earliest days of gothic and horror fiction, women were exploring the frontiers of fear, dreaming dark dreams that will still keep you up at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore Deadly than the Male\u003c\/em\u003e includes unexpected horror tales by Louisa May Alcott and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and forgotten writers like Mary Cholmondely and Charlotte Riddell, whose work deserves a modern audience. Listeners will be drawn in by the familiar names and intrigued by their rare stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Beckside Boggle\u003c\/em\u003e, Alice Rea brings a common piece of English folklore to hair-raising life, while Helene Blavatsky, best known as the founder of the spiritualist Theosophical Society, conjures up a solid and satisfying ghost story in \u003cem\u003eThe Cave of the Echoes\u003c\/em\u003e. Edith Wharton's great novel \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/em\u003e won her the Pulitzer prize, yet her horror stories are known only to a comparative few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners will discover lost and forgotten women who wrote horror every bit as effectively as their male contemporaries. They will learn about their lives and careers, the challenges they faced as women working in a male-dominated field, the way they overcame those challenges, and the way they approached the genre―which was often subtler, more psychological, and more disturbing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49293098844464,"sku":"BDdl4e","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49293098877232,"sku":"ZEdl4e","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49293098910000,"sku":"ZMdl4e","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dl4e-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775897093","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dl4e","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}