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Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840

Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840

François Baculard D'Arnaud
3.8/5 ( ratings)
Excellent...chills the blood of the toughest reader. The parade of great names from Goethe to Poe testifies to the quality of the writing - Sunday Times

Introduction • • essay by Peter Haining
The New Melusina • • novelette by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [as by Johann von Goethe]
The Ghost-Seer, or The Apparitionist • non-genre • [Der Geisterseher • 1] • • novel by Friedrich von Schiller [as by J. F. von Schiller]
The Harp • • short story by Karl Theodor Körner
The Wild Huntsman! Or The Demon's Skeleton Chase • [Baron Munchausen / Münchhausen] • • short fiction by Gottfried August Bürger [as by Gottfried August Burger]
The Bride of the Grave • • novelette by Ernst Raupach [as by Johann Ludwig Tieck ]
The Field of Terror • • short story by Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué? [as by Baron de La Motte Fouqué]
The Bottle-Imp • • novelette by Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué? [as by Johann Karl August Musäus ?]
The Spectre Barber • • novella by Johann Karl August Musäus [as by Anonymous]
The Cremona Violin • • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Fatal Marksman • • short story by A. Apel [as by Johann August Apel]
The Devil's Ladder • • short story by Alois Wilhelm Schreiber
The Hall of Blood • • short story by Julia Pardoe [as by Professor von Kramer ]
The Witch of Eye • • short story by Henry Neele [as by Francois Baculard d'Arnaud ]
The Unholy Compact Abjured • • short story by uncredited [as by Charles Pigault-Lebrun]
The Wandering Jew's Sentence • • short story by Eugène Sue?
The Parracide Punished • • short story by Anonymous
Louise, or Living Spectre • • short story by Anonymous
Jan Schalken's Three Wishes • • short story by H. S. Van Dyk [as by Anonymous]
Maredata and Giulio, or The Ocean Spirit • • short story by N. G. [as by Anonymous]
Valdrwulf, or The Fiend of the Moor • • short story by J. Fitzgerald Pennie [as by Anonymous]
Rip Van Winkle • • short story by Legend
Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist • • novella by Charles Brockden Brown
The Adventure of the German Student • [Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman] • • short story by Washington Irving
The Christmas Banquet • • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Strange Guests • • short story by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft [as by Anonymous]
Hugues, the Wer-Wolf • • short story by Sutherland Menzies
The Possessed One • • short story by uncredited [as by Anonymous]
Ben Blower's Story • • short story by Charles Hoffman
The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunato] • • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Shadow—A Parable • [Tales of the Folio Club] • • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Language
English
Pages
506
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Limited
Release
May 18, 1983

Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840

François Baculard D'Arnaud
3.8/5 ( ratings)
Excellent...chills the blood of the toughest reader. The parade of great names from Goethe to Poe testifies to the quality of the writing - Sunday Times

Introduction • • essay by Peter Haining
The New Melusina • • novelette by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [as by Johann von Goethe]
The Ghost-Seer, or The Apparitionist • non-genre • [Der Geisterseher • 1] • • novel by Friedrich von Schiller [as by J. F. von Schiller]
The Harp • • short story by Karl Theodor Körner
The Wild Huntsman! Or The Demon's Skeleton Chase • [Baron Munchausen / Münchhausen] • • short fiction by Gottfried August Bürger [as by Gottfried August Burger]
The Bride of the Grave • • novelette by Ernst Raupach [as by Johann Ludwig Tieck ]
The Field of Terror • • short story by Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué? [as by Baron de La Motte Fouqué]
The Bottle-Imp • • novelette by Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué? [as by Johann Karl August Musäus ?]
The Spectre Barber • • novella by Johann Karl August Musäus [as by Anonymous]
The Cremona Violin • • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Fatal Marksman • • short story by A. Apel [as by Johann August Apel]
The Devil's Ladder • • short story by Alois Wilhelm Schreiber
The Hall of Blood • • short story by Julia Pardoe [as by Professor von Kramer ]
The Witch of Eye • • short story by Henry Neele [as by Francois Baculard d'Arnaud ]
The Unholy Compact Abjured • • short story by uncredited [as by Charles Pigault-Lebrun]
The Wandering Jew's Sentence • • short story by Eugène Sue?
The Parracide Punished • • short story by Anonymous
Louise, or Living Spectre • • short story by Anonymous
Jan Schalken's Three Wishes • • short story by H. S. Van Dyk [as by Anonymous]
Maredata and Giulio, or The Ocean Spirit • • short story by N. G. [as by Anonymous]
Valdrwulf, or The Fiend of the Moor • • short story by J. Fitzgerald Pennie [as by Anonymous]
Rip Van Winkle • • short story by Legend
Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist • • novella by Charles Brockden Brown
The Adventure of the German Student • [Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman] • • short story by Washington Irving
The Christmas Banquet • • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Strange Guests • • short story by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft [as by Anonymous]
Hugues, the Wer-Wolf • • short story by Sutherland Menzies
The Possessed One • • short story by uncredited [as by Anonymous]
Ben Blower's Story • • short story by Charles Hoffman
The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunato] • • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Shadow—A Parable • [Tales of the Folio Club] • • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Language
English
Pages
506
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Limited
Release
May 18, 1983

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