The Accursed

Other by Joyce Carol Oates read by Grover Gardner

Released 12 March 2013

Tracklist

  • CD 1: The Accursed, CD 1
  • 1
    Credits
    0:32
  • 2
    Dedication / Epigraph / "Author's Note"
    6:44
  • 3
    Prologue
    3:58
  • 4
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 1
    9:27
  • 5
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 2
    7:53
  • 6
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 3
    6:09
  • 7
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 4
    5:03
  • 8
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 5
    9:54
  • 9
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 6
    9:06
  • 10
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 7
    8:21
  • 11
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 8
    9:54
  • CD 2: The Accursed, CD 2
  • 1
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 9
    7:42
  • 2
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 10
    7:23
  • 3
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Postscript: Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 1
    9:10
  • 4
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Postscript: Ash Wednesday Eve, 1905", part 2
    10:56
  • 5
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Narcissus", part 1
    9:32
  • 6
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Narcissus", part 2
    9:32
  • 7
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Narcissus", part 3
    8:28
  • 8
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Spectal Daughter", part 1
    7:17
  • 9
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Spectal Daughter", part 2
    6:57
  • CD 3: The Accursed, CD 3
  • 1
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Spectal Daughter", part 3
    9:10
  • 2
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Spectal Daughter", part 4
    10:02
  • 3
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Angel Trumpet; or, 'Mr. Mayte of Virginia'", part 1
    10:21
  • 4
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Angel Trumpet; or, 'Mr. Mayte of Virginia'", part 2
    10:26
  • 5
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Author's Note: Princeton Snobbery"
    4:39
  • 6
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Unspeakable I", part 1
    8:27
  • 7
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Unspeakable I", part 2
    7:22
  • 8
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Unspeakable I", part 3
    7:52
  • 9
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Unspeakable I", part 4
    8:54
  • CD 4: The Accursed, CD 4
  • 1
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Unspeakable I", part 5
    7:38
  • 2
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Unspeakable I", part 6
    6:55
  • 3
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Burning Girl", part 1
    9:31
  • 4
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Burning Girl", part 2
    9:42
  • 5
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Burning Girl", part 3
    10:14
  • 6
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Burning Girl", part 4
    9:03
  • 7
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Author's Note: The Historian's Confession", part 1
    9:21
  • 8
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "Author's Note: The Historian's Confession", part 2
    8:53
  • 9
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Spectral Wife", part 1
    5:50
  • CD 5: The Accursed, CD 5
  • 1
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Spectral Wife", part 2
    8:22
  • 2
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Spectral Wife", part 3
    8:25
  • 3
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Spectral Wife", part 4
    7:33
  • 4
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Spectral Wife", part 5
    9:22
  • 5
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Demon Bridegroom", part 1
    5:47
  • 6
    Part I: Demon Bridegroom, "The Demon Bridegroom", part 2
    6:13
  • 7
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Duel", part 1
    7:39
  • 8
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Duel", part 2
    9:47
  • 9
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Duel", part 3
    9:30
  • 10
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "Postscript: The Historian's Dilemma"
    1:00
  • CD 6: The Accursed, CD 6
  • 1
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Unspeakable II", part 1
    5:51
  • 2
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Unspeakable II", part 2
    5:51
  • 3
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Cruel Husband", part 1
    9:41
  • 4
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Cruel Husband", part 2
    11:17
  • 5
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Cruel Husband", part 3
    9:14
  • 6
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Cruel Husband", part 4
    9:59
  • 7
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Cruel Husband", part 5
    9:33
  • 8
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Search Cont'd", part 1
    8:33
  • 9
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Search Cont'd", part 2
    7:21
  • CD 7: The Accursed, CD 7
  • 1
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Search Cont'd", part 3
    4:20
  • 2
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "October 1905", part 1
    9:08
  • 3
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "October 1905", part 2
    9:42
  • 4
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "October 1905", part 3
    7:25
  • 5
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "October 1905", part 4
    8:32
  • 6
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "'God's Creation as Viewed from the Evolutionary Hypothesis'"
    9:38
  • 7
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Phantom Lovers", part 1
    10:17
  • 8
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Phantom Lovers", part 2
    9:18
  • 9
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Phantom Lovers", part 3
    9:16
  • CD 8: The Accursed, CD 8
  • 1
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Phantom Lovers", part 4
    6:16
  • 2
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Turquoise-Marbled Book"
    9:50
  • 3
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Bog Kingdom", part 1
    10:19
  • 4
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Bog Kingdom", part 2
    9:13
  • 5
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Bog Kingdom", part 3
    8:57
  • 6
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Bog Kingdom", part 4
    7:04
  • 7
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Bog Kingdom", part 5
    6:21
  • 8
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "Postscript: 'Archaeopteryx'"
    1:21
  • 9
    Part II: The Curse Incarnate, "The Curse Incarnate"
    10:07
  • 10
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Voices", part 1
    7:31
  • CD 9: The Accursed, CD 9
  • 1
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Voices", part 2
    8:57
  • 2
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Bluestocking Temptress", part 1
    7:03
  • 3
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Bluestocking Temptress", part 1
    5:15
  • 4
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "The Glass Owl", part 1
    6:23
  • 5
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "The Glass Owl", part 2
    6:19
  • 6
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'Raciocination Our Salvation'", part 1
    10:12
  • 7
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'Raciocination Our Salvation'", part 2
    8:15
  • 8
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'Raciocination Our Salvation'", part 3
    7:50
  • 9
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'Raciocination Our Salvation'", part 4
    8:43
  • 10
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "The Ochre-Runnered Sleigh"
    4:53
  • CD 10: The Accursed, CD 10
  • 1
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'Snake Frenzy'"
    9:15
  • 2
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Postscript: Nature's Burden"
    1:52
  • 3
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'Defeat at Charleston'"
    10:12
  • 4
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'My Precious Darling...'", part 1
    9:26
  • 5
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'My Precious Darling...'", part 2
    9:55
  • 6
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'My Precious Darling...'", part 3
    7:48
  • 7
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'My Precious Darling...'", part 4
    7:18
  • 8
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'My Precious Darling...'", part 5
    8:56
  • 9
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'My Precious Darling...'", part 6
    8:27
  • CD 11: The Accursed, CD 11
  • 1
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'My Precious Darling...'", part 7
    5:10
  • 2
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'A Narrow Fellow in the Grass...'", part 1
    9:49
  • 3
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'A Narrow Fellow in the Grass...'", part 2
    10:47
  • 4
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'A Narrow Fellow in the Grass...'", part 3
    6:45
  • 5
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'A Narrow Fellow in the Grass...'", part 4
    9:47
  • 6
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Dr. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler's Novelty Machine"
    4:11
  • 7
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Quatre Face", part 1
    7:52
  • 8
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Quatre Face", part 2
    8:14
  • 9
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Quatre Face", part 3
    8:20
  • 10
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Quatre Face", part 4
    6:36
  • CD 12: The Accursed, CD 12
  • 1
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Quatre Face", part 5
    10:14
  • 2
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Quatre Face", part 6
    8:07
  • 3
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Quatre Face", part 7
    8:00
  • 4
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Quatre Face", part 8
    8:20
  • 5
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "Quatre Face", part 9
    8:14
  • 6
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'Angel Trumpet' Elucidated"
    5:08
  • 7
    Part III: The Brain, within Its Groove . . ., "'Armageddon'"
    3:34
  • 8
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Cold Spring", part 1
    7:22
  • 9
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Cold Spring", part 2
    8:39
  • 10
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Cold Spring", part 3
    8:02
  • CD 13: The Accursed, CD 13
  • 1
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Cold Spring", part 4
    7:28
  • 2
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Cold Spring", part 5
    7:55
  • 3
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Cold Spring", part 6
    6:02
  • 4
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "21 May 1906", part 1
    7:20
  • 5
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "21 May 1906", part 2
    9:04
  • 6
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "21 May 1906", part 3
    9:11
  • 7
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "21 May 1906", part 4
    7:47
  • 8
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Lieutenant Bayard by Night", part 1
    9:14
  • 9
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Lieutenant Bayard by Night", part 2
    6:30
  • 10
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Postscript: On the Matter of the 'Unspeakable' at Princeton", part 1
    6:54
  • CD 14: The Accursed, CD 14
  • 1
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Postscript: On the Matter of the 'Unspeakable' at Princeton", part 2
    5:41
  • 2
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "'Here Dwells Happiness'"
    7:03
  • 3
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 1
    8:38
  • 4
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 2
    8:53
  • 5
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 3
    7:47
  • 6
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 4
    7:36
  • 7
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 5
    10:05
  • 8
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 6
    5:48
  • 9
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 7
    8:15
  • 10
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 8
    7:43
  • CD 15: The Accursed, CD 15
  • 1
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 9
    10:23
  • 2
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 10
    10:02
  • 3
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Nordic Soul", part 11
    9:42
  • 4
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Terra Incognita I"
    8:26
  • 5
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Terra Incognita II", part 1
    9:32
  • 6
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Terra Incognita II", part 2
    8:22
  • 7
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Terra Incognita II", part 3
    10:43
  • 8
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Wheatsheaf Enigma I", part 1
    10:32
  • CD 16: The Accursed, CD 16
  • 1
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Wheatsheaf Enigma I", part 2
    5:51
  • 2
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Wheatsheaf Enigma II"
    4:18
  • 3
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "'Sole Living Heir of Nothingness'", part 1
    8:45
  • 4
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "'Sole Living Heir of Nothingness'", part 2
    6:49
  • 5
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "'Sole Living Heir of Nothingness'", part 3
    6:52
  • 6
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Temptation of Woodrow Wilson", part 1
    9:11
  • 7
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Temptation of Woodrow Wilson", part 2
    9:07
  • 8
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Temptation of Woodrow Wilson", part 3
    9:01
  • 9
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Temptation of Woodrow Wilson", part 4
    8:19
  • 10
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Temptation of Woodrow Wilson", part 5
    7:15
  • CD 17: The Accursed, CD 17
  • 1
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Temptation of Woodrow Wilson", part 6
    10:53
  • 2
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Postscript: 'The Second Battle of Princeton'"
    1:16
  • 3
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Dr. De Sweinitz's Prescription"
    4:30
  • 4
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Curse Exorcised"
    2:48
  • 5
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "A Game of Draughts", part 1
    8:40
  • 6
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "A Game of Draughts", part 2
    8:15
  • 7
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "A Game of Draughts", part 3
    8:06
  • 8
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "A Game of Draughts", part 4
    9:07
  • 9
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "A Game of Draughts", part 5
    10:22
  • 10
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Death of Winslow Slade"
    9:11
  • 11
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "'Revolution Is the Hour of Laughter'", part 1
    3:49
  • CD 18: The Accursed, CD 18
  • 1
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "'Revolution Is the Hour of Laughter'", part 2
    8:54
  • 2
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "'Revolution Is the Hour of Laughter'", part 3
    9:28
  • 3
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "'Revolution Is the Hour of Laughter'", part 4
    9:02
  • 4
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Crosswicks Miracle", part 1
    8:54
  • 5
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "The Crosswicks Miracle", part 2
    8:02
  • 6
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Epilogue - The Covenant", part 1
    9:08
  • 7
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Epilogue - The Covenant", part 2
    10:01
  • 8
    Part IV: The Curse Exorcised, "Epilogue - The Covenant", part 3
    10:04
  • 9
    Ending Credits / Copyright Notice
    0:48

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