Victorian And Edwardian Tales Of Terror
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Author | : Robert Louis Stevenson |
Publisher | : Whitlock Publishing |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2015-09-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781943115143 |
Originally published over a hundred years ago, the fifteen stories in this anthology represent some of the great classics of ghost and terror fiction. You'll find works by M. E. Braddon, Amelia Edwards, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W. W. Jacobs, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, and H. G. Wells. These British and American tales span eight decades of literary history, and they present a terrifying collection of ghosts, monsters, and monstrous men.
Author | : Rex Collings |
Publisher | : Wordsworth Editions |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781840220667 |
This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter's night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely locked. The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as 'real' apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings. Some of these stories are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of tales of the supernatural. There are stories from distant lands - 'Fisher's Ghost' by John Lang is set in Australia and 'A Ghostly Manifestation' by 'A Clergyman' is set in Calcutta. In this selection, Sir Walter Scott (a Victorian in spirit if not in fact), keeps company with Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and other illustrious masters of the genre.
Author | : Hugh Lamb |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2001-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780486415901 |
Selected from the works of American, British, and French writers, 21 rare and seldom-anthologized stories include "A Bottomless Grave" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Ship that Saw a Ghost" by Frank Norris, Guy de Maupassant's "The Tomb," Richard Marsh's "The Haunted Chair," and other hard-to-find gems of the genre.
Author | : Richard Dalby |
Publisher | : Carroll & Graf Pub |
Total Pages | : 573 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780786702794 |
Gathers forty of the best English and American ghost stories from the genre's golden age of 1839 to 1910, including works by Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ambrose Bierce. Original.
Author | : Hugh Lamb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2019-10-13 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781699033074 |
The dead man playing a violin, the young doctor tasked with saving a doomed life, the deformed creatures and their mysterious mother, the desperate chase to kill a murderous monster...The Victorian era was a heyday for tales of the supernatural and macabre. Alongside such well known stories as The Signalman, The Monkey's Paw and A Warning to the Curious were hundreds of other, lesser known but equally accomplished, short stories. Victorian Tales of Terror, first published in 1974, brought together 15 long forgotten works of spooky fiction by writers such as Charles Dickens, J. Sheridan le Fanu and Ambrose Bierce. Over the course of 47 years, Hugh Lamb became one of the most celebrated anthologists of lost or forgotten tales of the supernatural and macabre. This new edition of Victorian Tales of Terror, featuring an extra story not found in the original edition, is presented as a commemoration of his life and his work.
Author | : Various |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2012-11-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1447480589 |
Showcasing the literary prowess of the Victorian era's women writers, this collection of short stories features haunting works of gothic horror in a celebration of the macabre. Discover the spine-tingling tales crafted by these visionary women as they explore themes of madness, the occult, ghostly encounters, and the dark recesses of the human psyche. Featuring the work of Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Louisa May Alcott, and more, each story immerses the reader in a world of chilling gothic beauty. The pioneering women celebrated in this collection challenged patriarchal bounds and societal expectations in these tales of terror. This volume is part of the Mothers of the Macabre series, celebrating the gothic horror masterpieces of pioneering women writers who played a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the genre. Carefully curated, The Queens of Victorian Horror pays homage to the enduring legacy of these female authors, shedding light on their extraordinary contributions to gothic horror literature.
Author | : Chris Priestley |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1599906988 |
This spine-tingling novel has more than enough fear factor for the most ardent fan of scary stories. Uncle Montague lives alone in a big house, but regular visits from his nephew, Edgar, give him the opportunity to recount some of the frightening stories he knows. As each tale unfolds, an eerie pattern emerges of young lives gone awry in the most terrifying of ways. Young Edgar begins to wonder just how Uncle Montague knows all these ghastly tales. This clever collection of stories-within-a-story is perfectly matched with darkly witty illustrations by David Roberts. Look for the other spine-tingling book in Chris Priestley's Tales of Terror series, Tales of Terror from the Black Ship!
Author | : Hugh Lamb |
Publisher | : W H Allen |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Fifteen stories of the macabre and supernatural, involving terrible events in the mansions of the rich and ghastly crimes in the slums of the poor, by nineteenth-century British, American, French, and German writers.
Author | : Hugh Lamb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
14 stories from America and Europe, as well as Great Britain, written during the 19th century, guaranteed to chill your bones as you read about the evil eye, voodoo, and other aspects of the supernatural. Includes notes on the authors.
Author | : Ellen Wood |
Publisher | : Valancourt Books |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2018-11-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781948405218 |
A new anthology of twenty ghostly tales of Yuletide terror, collected from rare Victorian periodicals Seeking to capitalize on the success of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843), Victorian newspapers and magazines frequently featured ghost stories at Christmas time, and reading them by candlelight or the fireside became an annual tradition, a tradition Valancourt Books is pleased to continue with our series of Victorian Christmas ghost stories. This third volume contains twenty tales, most of them never before reprinted. They represent a mix of the diverse styles and themes common to Victorian ghost fiction and include works by once-popular authors like Ellen Wood and Charlotte Riddell as well as contributions from anonymous or wholly forgotten writers. This volume also features a new introduction by Prof. Simon Stern. "Before me, with the sickly light from the lantern shining right down upon it, was--a cloven hoof! Then the awfulness of the compact I had made came to my mind with terrible force ..." - Frederick Manley, "The Ghost of the Cross-Roads" "By the fireplace there was a large hideous pool of blood soaking into the carpet, and leaving ghastly stains around. I am not ashamed to confess that my brain reeled; the mysterious horror overcame me ..." - Lillie Harris, "19, Great Hanover Street" "A fearful white face comes to me; a horrible mask, with features drawn as in agony--ghastly, pale, hideous! Death or approaching death, violent death, written in every line. Every feature distorted. Eyes starting from the head. Thin lips moving and working--lips that are cursing, although I hear no sound." - Hugh Conway, "A Dead Man's Face"