In the shadow of Edgar Allan Poe Classic tales of horror, 1816-1914

Book - 2015

Collects twenty short horror stories published between 1816 and 1914 that have been overshadowed by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, including Bram Stoker's "The Squaw" and L.T. Meade's "The Woman with the Hood."

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Published
New York : Pegasus Crime 2015.
Language
English
Other Authors
Kate Chopin, 1850-1904 (-), Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914?, Bram Stoker, 1847-1912
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition
Physical Description
xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781605988757
  • Introduction / by Leslie S. Klinger
  • The sand man / by E. T. A. Hoffmann (1816)
  • The mummy's foot / by Théophile Gautier (1840)
  • An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1853)
  • The upper berth / by F. Marion Crawford (1886)
  • His unconquerable enemy / by W. C. Morrow (1889)
  • In dark New England days / by Sarah Orne Jewett (1890)
  • The yellow wallpaper / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1891)
  • Desiree's baby / by Kate Chopin (1893)
  • The yellow sign / by Robert W. Chambers (1895)
  • A tragedy of bones / by George MacDonald (1895)
  • A night of horror / by Dick Donovan (1899)
  • The corpse-rider / by Lafcadio Hearn (1900)
  • The leather funnel / by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
  • The shadows on the wall / by Mary Wilkins Freeman (1903)
  • Lost hearts / by M. R. James (1904)
  • The Moonlight road / by Ambrose Bierce (1907)
  • The spider / by Hanns Heinz Ewers (1907)
  • The woman with the hood / by L. T. Meade (1908)
  • The Easter egg / by Saki (H. H. Munro) (1911)
  • The squaw / by Bram Stoker (1914).
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Klinger (The New Annotated Dracula) mixes well-known and obscure authors in this solid anthology of 20 short tales of terror. Prominent names include Arthur Conan Doyle, M.R. James, Ambrose Bierce, and Bram Stoker, though some of their stories aren't their most reprinted (e.g., James's "Lost Hearts"). But even aficionados of the genre may not be familiar with such selections as Hanns Heinz Ewers's "The Spider" and Dick Donovan's "A Night of Horror." While all the entries will raise subtle chills, the standout is Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," first published in 1891 and inspired by Gilman's own struggles with postpartum depression. The narrator and her physician husband have just moved into a colonial mansion, right after the birth of a son, and she's troubled by the "lame uncertain curves" of her wallpaper that, when followed, "suddenly commit suicide" by plunging off at "outrageous angles." This volume provides a good introduction to dark fiction of an earlier age. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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