Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson

Darryl Jones, E.T.A. Hoffmann, William Maginn, James Hogg, Honoré de Balzac, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Fitz-James O’Brien, Charles Dickens, Émile Zola, Ronald Ross, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Robert W. Chambers, Arthur Machen, Richard Marsh, W.W. Jacobs, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, M.R. James, F. Marion Crawford, Algernon Blackwood, W.F. Harvey, E.F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson

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Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson by Darryl Jones, E.T.A. Hoffmann, William Maginn, James Hogg, Honoré de Balzac, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Fitz-James O’Brien, Charles Dickens, Émile Zola, Ronald Ross, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Robert W. Chambers, Arthur Machen, Richard Marsh, W.W. Jacobs, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, M.R. James, F. Marion Crawford, Algernon Blackwood, W.F. Harvey, E.F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson
The modern horror story grew and developed across the nineteenth century, embracing categories as diverse as ghost stories, supernatural and psychological horror, medical and scientific horrors, colonial horror, and tales of mystery and premonition. This anthology brings together 29 of the greatest horror stories of the period from 1816 to 1912, from the British, Irish, American, and European traditions. It ranges widely across the sub-genres to encompass authors whose terror-inducing powers remain unsurpassed.
The book includes stories by some of the best writers of the century - Hoffmann, Poe, Balzac, Dickens, Hawthorne, Melville, Zola - as well as established genre classics such as M. R. James, Arthur Machen, Bram Stoker, Algernon Blackwood, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and others. It includes rare and little-known pieces by writers such as William Maginn, Francis Marion Crawford, W. F. Harvey, and William Hope Hodgson, and shows the important role played by periodicals in popularizing the horror story. Wherever possible stories are reprinted in their first published form, with background information about their authors and helpful, contextualizing annotation. Darryl Jones's lively introduction discusses horror's literary evolution and its articulation of cultural preoccupations and anxieties. These are stories guaranteed to freeze the blood, revolt the senses, and keep you awake at night: prepare to be terrified!
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    Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson by Darryl Jones, E.T.A. Hoffmann, William Maginn, James Hogg, Honoré de Balzac, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Fitz-James O’Brien, Charles Dickens, Émile Zola, Ronald Ross, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Robert W. Chambers, Arthur Machen, Richard Marsh, W.W. Jacobs, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, M.R. James, F. Marion Crawford, Algernon Blackwood, W.F. Harvey, E.F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson

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