Book description
The whisper of a voice in the dark-this is how Interview with the Vampire arrives in your ears. Not a story told, but a confession breathed against your skin, the soft rasp of Louis's voice threading through the silence of your room. Anne Rice's words, already luminous on the page, find a new, deeper life in audio. You don't just read the velvet dread of the centuries; you feel it coil around your throat, as if the narrator leans closer, his every sigh a secret just for you.
Listen. Hear the way the audiobook's narrator-this is the magic-doesn't merely recite. He unfurls. A single phrase, like "Blood is the only thing that tastes like home," becomes a slow, devastating revelation. The pauses aren't empty; they're thick with the weight of immortality, the echo of a thousand forgotten nights. The sound of a teacup setting down, the distant city hum outside a Parisian window-these aren't background noise. They're the very air Louis breathes, the world he's haunted by, now vibrating in your headphones.
Rice's genius wasn't just in the gothic beauty, but in the sensory cathedral she built. The audiobook makes you taste the metallic tang of blood, feel the cold marble of a vampire's sanctuary, hear the frantic pulse of a victim's heart against the silence. It's erotic not through shock, but through sheer, unbearable intimacy-the way Louis describes the first time he felt the "sweet, slow ache" of the hunt, or the quiet terror of Lestat's presence. The voice, rich and layered, makes the horror ache with longing. You don't fear the vampire; you ache with him.
This isn't a book you consume. It's a spell you step into. The rhythm of the narration-slow, deliberate, almost hypnotic-matches the eternal, restless pulse of the undead. When Louis speaks of love and loss, the voice doesn't shout; it drowns in the sorrow, the words softening until they're almost lost, like a sigh in a vast, empty cathedral. You hear the exhaustion of centuries in the slight tremor of his voice, the way he says "I am a vampire" not as a boast, but as a weary, inevitable truth.
The silence between sentences becomes the loudest sound. It's the space where dread lives, where the reader's own heartbeat syncs with the story's slow, dark rhythm. You don't just hear the story; you feel the chill of the crypts, the velvet darkness of a thousand nights. Rice's themes-love as a curse, immortality as a prison, the hunger for something beyond the human-don't just resonate; they pulse in the audio. The audiobook doesn't just tell you about the vampire's loneliness; it makes you feel it, a cold weight settling in your chest.
This is why Interview with the Vampire endures. It's not just a story about monsters. It's a mirror held to the human soul, reflecting our own hunger, our own terrifying, beautiful, eternal longing. And in audio form, it's no longer a book on a shelf. It's a ghost in your headphones, whispering truths you didn't know you needed to hear, its voice the only thing keeping the dark at bay. Listen. It will stay with you long after the last word fades.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience