Publisher's Synopsis
Classic Tales of Horror presents the work of some of the world's most celebrated authors in a compilation that provides both a gripping read and glimpses of life beyond the everyday realm. Spooks and inexplicable things that go bump in the night have long exercised creative imaginations and provided source material for story-tellers.
Classic Tales includes: The Mortal Immortal - Mary Shelley, A Vine on a House - Ambrose Bierce, Green Tee - J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Hurst of Hurstcote - E. Nesbit, The Mysterious Stranger - Anonymous, The Bottle Imp - Robert Louis Stephenson, Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker, Wandering Willie's Tale - Sir Walter Scott, Circumstance - Harriett Prescott Spofford, The Lifted Veil - George Eliot, One Summer Night - Ambrose Bierce, The Dream Woman - Wilkie Collins, The Lost Ghost - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Carmillia - J. Sheridan Le Fanu, The Banshee's Warning - Mrs. J.H. Riddell, Clarimonde - Theophile Gautier, The Upper Berth - F. Marlon Crawford, and Thurlow's Christmas Story - John Kendrick Bangs.
