“Book Descriptions: This volume is a cornucopia of thrills and chills, featuring 25 tales of the uncanny and macabre regarded to be among the finest weird tales in the English language. Its stellar line-up of authors includes Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, A. Merritt, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Henry S. Whitehead. In addition to distinguished works by these authors, the book features three complete short novels: A Phantom Lover by Vernon Lee, Serapion by Francis Stevens and The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson. Part of Barnes & Noble's Leatherbound Classic Collection (or Collectible Editions), this book features exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable and collectible, the series offers hours of pleasure to readers young and old and each book is indispensable for the home library.
Contents: - Edgar Allan Poe "Ligeia" - Guy de Maupassant "The Englishman" - Fitz-James O'Brien "What Was It?" - J.H. Riddell "The Haunted River" - Charles Dickens "The Trial for Murder" - J. Sheridan le Fanu "Mr. Justice Harbottle" - Mary Elizabeth Braddon "At Chrighton Abbey" - Edith Wharton "The Triumph of Night" - Henry James "Sir Edmund Orme" - F. Marion Crawford "Man Overboard" - Vernon Lee "A Phantom Lover" - Arthur Machen "The Novel of the Black Seal" - M.R. James "The Mezzotint" - E.F. Benson "The Room in the Tower" - Arthur Conan Doyle "The Parasite" - H.G. Wells "The Stolen Body" - William Fryer Harvey "The Beast with Five Fingers" - Robert Louis Stevenson "The Isle of Voices" - Ambrose Bierce "The Death of Halpin Frayser" - Ralph Adams Cram "The Dead Valley" - Francis Stevens "Serapion" - Henry S. Whitehead "Sweet Grass" - H.P. Lovecraft "The Shadow over Innsmouth" - A. Merritt "The Moon Pool" - William Hope Hodgson "The Ghost Pirates"” DRIVE
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