Shadowy Thing

  • 1928 first published
  • 🎧 9 h 46 min free audiobook

H. B. Drake's Shadowy Thing (1928) is a horror and classic fantasy novel.

A free LibriVox audiobook (9 h 46 min) is available.

About Shadowy Thing

A tale of spiritualism cannot easily win a willing suspension of disbelief in the world of a country squire, in which Dick Bellew has grown up. In his maturity, however, he finds himself surrounded by very attractive, intelligent, and strong-willed characters who challenge his impatience with unconventional ideas. A man of action, Dick has trouble expanding his stunted imagination, but this very quality makes him the ideal narrator of a story of spine-tingling horror. His no-nonsense "I say" or "Now, look here" defy readers to distrust his account—except to suspect it of being too skeptical. Being always one or two steps ahead of him in understanding what is really going on does eventually become somewhat tiresome, but since we seem to make these discoveries for ourselves, we are willing to accept even the most outrageous assumptions. (Headnote by Thomas A. Copeland)
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Free audiobook

Shadowy Thing — LibriVox recording, 9 h 46 min in 11 sections.

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Who wrote Shadowy Thing?

Shadowy Thing was written by H. B. Drake and first published in 1928.

What genre is Shadowy Thing?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Classic Fantasy.

Is there a free audiobook of Shadowy Thing?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 9 h 46 min.

What books are similar to Shadowy Thing?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula and The Invisible Man.

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