Classic supernatural stories
2019
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This cornucopia of thrills and chills features 25 of the finest English-language tales of the uncanny and macabre. In addition to works by such stellar authors as Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and Henry S. Whitehead, the book features three complete short novels: A Phantom Lover by Vernon Lee, Serapion by Francis Stevens, and The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson.
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Author:
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849Maupassant, Guy deO'Brien, Fitz-JamesRiddell, J. H.Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937James, HenryCrawford, F. MarionLee, VernonMachen, ArthurJames, M. R.Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946Harvey, William FryerStevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914Cram, Ralph AdamsStevens, FrancisWhitehead, Henry S.Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937Merritt, A.Hodgson, William Hope
Imprint:
New York : Barnes & Noble, 2019.
Collation:
788 pages ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Ligeia / Edgar Allan Poe -- The Englishman / Guy de Maupassant -- What was it? / Fitz-James O'Brien -- The haunted river / Mrs J.H. Riddell -- The trail for murder / Charles Dickens -- Mr Justice Harbottle / J. Sheridan Le Fanu -- At Chrighton Abbey / Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- The triumph of night / Edith Wharton -- Sir Edmund Orme / Henry James -- Man overboard / F. Marion Crawford -- A phantom lover / Vernon Lee -- The novel of the black seal / Arthur Machen -- The mezzotint / M.R. James -- The room in the tower / E.F. Benson -- The parasite / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The stolen body / H.G. Wells -- The beast with five fingers / William Fryer Harvey -- The Isle of voices / robert Louis Stevenson -- The death of Halpin Frayser / Ambrose Bierce -- The dead valley / Ralph Adams Cram -- Serapion / Francis Stevens -- Sweet grass / Henry S. Whitehead -- The shadow over Innsmouth / H.P. Lovecraft -- The moon pool / A. Merritt -- The ghost pirates/ William Hope Hodgson
ISBN:
9781435169418 (hardback)
Language:
English
BRN:
379566
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