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The Room in the Dragon Volant

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873)

J. Sheridan LeFanu's Gothic mystery novel is narrated by Richard Beckett, a young Englishman abroad in Napoleonic-era France. He falls instantly in love with a mysterious and imperiled Countess, whom he glimpses momentarily behind her black veil. In order to be near her, he takes a room in the Dragon Volant (the Flying Dragon), a haunted inn that has been the site of mysterious disappearances. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	On the Road	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:29
Play 02	The Inn-Yard of the Belle Etoile	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:33
Play 03	Death and Love Together Mated	Elizabeth Klett	00:07:39
Play 04	Monsieur Droqville	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:50
Play 05	Supper at the Belle Etoile	Elizabeth Klett	00:14:33
Play 06	The Naked Sword	Elizabeth Klett	00:11:30
Play 07	The White Rose	Elizabeth Klett	00:13:22
Play 08	A Three Minutes' Visit	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:33
Play 09	Gossip and Counsel	Elizabeth Klett	00:09:17
Play 10	The Black Veil	Elizabeth Klett	00:10:24
Play 11	The Dragon Volant	Elizabeth Klett	00:09:50
Play 12	The Magician	Elizabeth Klett	00:09:52
Play 13	The Oracle Tells Me Wonders	Elizabeth Klett	00:10:47
Play 14	Mademoiselle de la Valliere	Elizabeth Klett	00:14:10
Play 15	Strange Story of the Dragon Volant	Elizabeth Klett	00:13:31
Play 16	The Parc of the Chateau de la Carque	Elizabeth Klett	00:13:40
Play 17	The Tenant of the Palanquin	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:54
Play 18	The Churchyard	Elizabeth Klett	00:12:43
Play 19	The Key	Elizabeth Klett	00:09:58
Play 20	The High-Cauld Cap	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:43
Play 21	I See Three Men in a Mirror	Elizabeth Klett	00:07:17
Play 22	Rapture	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:26
Play 23	A Cup of Coffee	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:31
Play 24	Hope	Elizabeth Klett	00:08:41
Play 25	Despair	Elizabeth Klett	00:07:05
Play 26	Catastrophe	Elizabeth Klett	00:21:07

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