The Ghost of Engineers’ Castle: Haunted Castle and Mysterious Disappearance of a Landowner
ISBN  9780956116529
Audio book adaptation of Leskov's classic ghost story uncovering mysteries of haunted castle with reputation going back several centuries. The story takes you through events unfolding in St Petersburg in 1859 or 1860. Folloed by a story of mysterious disappearance of 19th century nobleman from The Hunting Sketches by Ivan Turgenev. Track List THE GHOST OF ENGINEERS' CASTLE STORY: 01 Castle of Paul; 02 The Ghost of Peter the Great; 03 Mock funeral; 04 Foggy twilight; 05 Cadet K; 06 Infectious fear; 07 Impossible silence; 08 Waking the dead; 09 Grey man apparition; 10 Ghost's cross; 11 General's widow; 12 The Ghost Theme Soundtrack; MY NEIGHBOUR RADILOV STORY: 01 Nobleman's Nest; 02 A Man of Mystery;

Selected Lines from the Story

"Houses, like people, have their own reputations. There are houses that by general opinion are considered impure, that is, where there have been indications of some impure or, at any rate, incomprehensible power. Spiritualists have done much to explain such phenomena, but as their theories are not generally accepted the matter of haunted houses is still as obscure as ever…"

My Neighbour Radilov from Turgenev’s Hunting Sketches

"In people who are constantly and intensely preoccupied with one idea, or one emotion, there is something in common, a kind of external resemblance in manner, however different may be their qualities, their abilities, their position in society, and their education."

About The Authors

Nikolai Leskov, 1831 - 1895, a Russian journalist, novelist and short story writer. By many Russians he is considered the most Russian of all Russian writers. As a writer and journalist in the turbulent 1860s, he quickly established a reputation for being anti-nihilist. Anton Chekhov considered Leskov in some respects his teacher. For decades Leskov did not gain official approval, partly due to his religious themes and only in the 1950s Leskov has secured his position among the major classic Russian writers of the 19th century.

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev 1818-1883, a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His short story collection entitled The Hunting Sketches, is a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. Turgenev studied literature, philosophy and philology at the Universities of Moscow, St Petersburg and Berlin and in 1879 received honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford. Turgenev's artistic purity made him a favourite of like-minded novelists of the next generation, such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad.

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