The Man-Wolf

Émile Erckmann (1822 - 1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826 - 1890)

"The Man-Wolf" is a 38,000 word novella that appears in the English language collection of short stories entitled, The Man-Wolf and Other Tales. The other tales in that collection were not recorded for this project. The Man-Wolf is a gothic tale of lycanthropy authored by the French writing duo of Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian. Obviously this is an early version of the popular werewolf narrative, but it certainly is not the first. In fact, the lycanthropy mythology go back at least as far as the first century A. D. Listen and compare what you know of the modern-day werewolf story with what Erckmann and Chatrian imagined. - Summary by James K. White

Genre(s): Gothic Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preliminary Note by the Translator James K. White
00:08:03
Play 01 Chapter I Sophie Owen
00:20:29
Play 02 Chapter II James K. White
00:26:01
Play 03 Chapter III James K. White
00:20:33
Play 04 Chapter IV James K. White
00:21:41
Play 05 Chapter V James K. White
00:11:07
Play 06 Chapter VI James K. White
00:11:19
Play 07 Chapter VII James K. White
00:15:53
Play 08 Chapter VIII James K. White
00:16:44
Play 09 Chapter IX James K. White
00:19:41
Play 10 Chapter X James K. White
00:21:26
Play 11 Chapter XI James K. White
00:15:47
Play 12 Chapter XII James K. White
00:29:35
Play 13 Chapter XIII James K. White
00:21:12