The Carpathian Castle

4 hrs. 32 min.

Language Russian

Author Jules Verne

Narrator Valery Tolkov

Description

Ardis Audio Studio offers you Jules Verne’s gothic novel, published in 1892—5 years before Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”—and the story is also set in Transylvania. As always with Jules Verne, science and technology play an important role in the book. In the village of Veresht, a shepherd notices smoke rising from the ruined castle of Rudolf Gorcz. The news horrifies the villagers, who are convinced that the castle is inhabited by ghosts. At the very same time, a young Count Franz Teleck arrives in the village. He learns about the castle and is struck by the name of its owner—because a few years ago the count was engaged to an Italian singer, Stella. And at every performance, the young woman felt the terrifying gaze of Baron Rudolf Gorcz, who was madly in love with her. However, on the day they were supposed to marry, Stella died on stage as if pierced by that gaze. From that moment on, the rivals came to hate each other…