This anthology brings together 29 of the greatest horror stories from the British, Irish, American, and European traditions through the long 19th century. It ranges widely across diverse sub-genres including the supernatural, psychological and tales of the uncanny, and features established classics as well as little-known works.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- Note on the Text
- Select Bibliography
- Chronology
- E.T.A. HOFFMANN, The Sandman
- WILLIAM MAGINN, The Man in the Bell
- JAMES HOGG, George Dobson's Expedition to Hell
- HONORÉ DE BALZAC, La Grande Bretêche
- EDGAR ALLAN POE, Berenice
- SHERIDAN LE FANU, Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter
- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, The Birth-Mark
- HERMAN MELVILLE, The Tartarus of Maids
- FITZ-JAMES O'BRIEN, What Was It?
- CHARLES DICKENS, No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal-Man
- ÉMILE ZOLA, The Death of Olivier Bécaille
- RONALD ROSS, The Vivisector Vivisected
- ROBERT-LOUIS STEVENSON, The Body-Snatcher
- RUDYARD KIPLING, The Mark of the Beast
- AMBROSE BIERCE, Chickamauga
- CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN,The Yellow Wall Paper
- ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, The Case of Lady Sannox
- BRAM STOKER, The Squaw
- ROBERT W. CHAMBERS, The Repairer of Reputations
- ARTHUR MACHEN, Novel of the White Powder
- RICHARD MARSH, The Adventure of Lady Wishaw's Hand
- W. W. JACOBS, The Monkey's Paw
- MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN, Luella Miller
- M. R. JAMES, Count Magnus
- FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD, For the Blood is the Life
- ALGERNON BLACKWOOD, The Wendigo
- W. F. HARVEY, August Heat
- E. F. BENSON, The Room in the Tower
- WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON, The Derelict
- Explanatory Notes
