Something Wicked: 560+ Horror Classics, Macabre Tales & Supernatural Mysteries (eBook)

The Call of Cthulhu, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde…

Wilhelm Hauff, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Adelbert Von Chamisso, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, John Buchan, Louis Tracy, Bram Stoker, Anatole France, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Jack London, Henry James, Théophile Gautier, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Le Gallienne, Jane Austen, Ralph Adams Cram, Thomas De Quincey, John Meade Falkner, Guy de Maupassant, Thomas Hardy, William Archer, Daniel Defoe, John Kendrick Bangs, Cleveland Moffett, Brander Matthews, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Horace Walpole, Rudyard Kipling, Lafcadio Hearn, Hugh Walpole, Ambrose Bierce, Frederick Marryat, Ellis Parker Butler, Washington Irving, Leonid Andreyev, David Lindsay, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grant Allen, Arthur Machen, Wilkie Collins, Saki, William Makepeace Thackeray, Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer, Fergus Hume, Edward Bellamy, Walter Hubbell, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Leopold Kompert, Richard Marsh, Florence Marryat, Catherine Crowe, Vincent O'Sullivan, H. G. Wells, Robert W. Chambers, W. W. Jacobs, M. P. Shiel, E. F. Benson, Jerome K. Jerome, M. R. James, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Stanley G. Weinbaum, George W. M. Reynolds, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Edith Nesbit, Sabine Baring-Gould, William Thomas Beckford, Francis Marion Crawford, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Nikolai Gogol, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Frank R. Stockton, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Ann Radcliffe, Louisa M. Alcott, Amelia B. Edwards, Leonard Kip, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Fitz-James O'Brien, Katherine Rickford, Bithia Mary Croker, Catherine L. Pirkis, Émile Erckmann, Alexandre Chatrian, Pedro De Alarçon, Pliny The Younger, Helena Blavatsky, Villiers L'Isle de Adam, William F. Harvey, Fiona Macleod, William T. Stead, Gambier Bolton, Andrew Jackson Davis, Nizida, Walter F. Prince, Chester Bailey Fernando, William Polidori, H. H. Munro (Autoren)

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2023
23193 Seiten
Good Press (Verlag)
859-654768401-5 (EAN)

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Something Wicked: 560+ Horror Classics, Macabre Tales & Supernatural Mysteries is an unparalleled anthology that plunges readers into the depths of fear and fascination through an array of foreboding narratives and supernatural encounters. This collection fuses diverse literary styles'Äîranging from gothic horror to chilling mysteries'Äîcrafted by some of the greatest literary minds across centuries. The anthology offers an expansive exploration of horror's evolution, vividly representing its thematic intricacies and cultural reflections. Standout stories weave dark allegories with eerie settings, promising to both unsettle and entice readers by challenging the boundaries between reality and the surreal. This collection brings together an illustrious array of authors who have collectively shaped the landscape of horror and the macabre. Among these visionaries are Wilhelm Hauff, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, and Mary Shelley, each contributing to a fabric of narratives that span Romantic, Victorian, and early 20th-century sensibilities. The anthology aligns with movements such as Romanticism and Gothic Revival, while exploring the anxieties of modernity and the unknown. The contributing authors provide a spectrum of perspectives that enrich the thematic core with cultural and historical depth, combining to create an essential resource for understanding the genre's enduring appeal and evolution. Such an extensive compilation offers readers a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in a multitude of voices that collectively explore terror, mystery, and the supernatural. Something Wicked is recommended for those seeking a comprehensive understanding of horror's literary roots and its narrative diversity. Readers will find education and entertainment in the varied insights and dialogues produced by the integration of these classic works, making this anthology a vital addition to any literary collection.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2023
• Übersetzer: Lafcadio Hearn, C. J. Hogarth, J. T. Bealby, Samuel Henley, Isabel F. Hapgood
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
• Schlagworte: castle rock • classic horror authors • cosmic horror collection • cultural horror perspectives • Dark Fiction • dark human imagination • Daughters of the Lake • Dead End Girl • existential fear themes • Ghost Stories • Gothic literature • Gothic supernatural tales • horror classics • Literary Horror • literary horror evolution • Macabre Tales • paranormal literature • Psychological thrillers anthology • Romanticism macabre stories • Sharp Objects • Silence of the lambs • Stephen King • supernatural mysteries • Swamp Spook • The Haunting of Hill House • The Undead Twenty Three • victorian era mysteries • Victorian Gothic horror • victorian horror • westworld