The Queens Of Victorian Horror Rare Tales Of Terror From The Pens Of Female Authors Of The Victorian Period

Author : Various
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447480587

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The Queens of Victorian Horror - Rare Tales of Terror from the Pens of Female Authors of the Victorian Period by Various Pdf

Showcasing the literary prowess of the Victorian era's women writers, this collection of short stories features haunting works of gothic horror in a celebration of the macabre. Discover the spine-tingling tales crafted by these visionary women as they explore themes of madness, the occult, ghostly encounters, and the dark recesses of the human psyche. Featuring the work of Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Louisa May Alcott, and more, each story immerses the reader in a world of chilling gothic beauty. The pioneering women celebrated in this collection challenged patriarchal bounds and societal expectations in these tales of terror. This volume is part of the Mothers of the Macabre series, celebrating the gothic horror masterpieces of pioneering women writers who played a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the genre. Carefully curated, The Queens of Victorian Horror pays homage to the enduring legacy of these female authors, shedding light on their extraordinary contributions to gothic horror literature.

Author : Hugh Lamb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1699033072

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Victorian Tales of Terror by Hugh Lamb Pdf

The dead man playing a violin, the young doctor tasked with saving a doomed life, the deformed creatures and their mysterious mother, the desperate chase to kill a murderous monster...The Victorian era was a heyday for tales of the supernatural and macabre. Alongside such well known stories as The Signalman, The Monkey's Paw and A Warning to the Curious were hundreds of other, lesser known but equally accomplished, short stories. Victorian Tales of Terror, first published in 1974, brought together 15 long forgotten works of spooky fiction by writers such as Charles Dickens, J. Sheridan le Fanu and Ambrose Bierce. Over the course of 47 years, Hugh Lamb became one of the most celebrated anthologists of lost or forgotten tales of the supernatural and macabre. This new edition of Victorian Tales of Terror, featuring an extra story not found in the original edition, is presented as a commemoration of his life and his work.

Author : Hugh Lamb
Publisher : W H Allen
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015010821596

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Victorian Tales of Terror by Hugh Lamb Pdf

Fifteen stories of the macabre and supernatural, involving terrible events in the mansions of the rich and ghastly crimes in the slums of the poor, by nineteenth-century British, American, French, and German writers.

Author : Carroll Clayton Savant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367858584

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Horror in the Age of Steam by Carroll Clayton Savant Pdf

Change is terrifying, and rapid change, within a small amount of time, is destabilizing to any culture. England, under the tutelage of Queen Victoria, witnessed precipitous change the likes of which it had not encountered in generations. Wholesale swaths of the economy and the social structure underwent complete recalibration, through the hands of economic progress, industrial innovation, scientific discovery, and social cohesiveness. Faced with such change, Britons had to redefine the concept of work, belief, and even what it meant to be English. Victorians relied on many methods to attempt to release the steam from the anxieties incurred through change, and one of those methods was the horror story of everyday existence during an age of transition. This book is a study of how authors Elizabeth Gaskell, Emily Bront , and Anne Bront turned to horrifying representations of everyday reality to illustrate the psychological-traumatic terrors of an age of transition

Author : Sheridan Le Fanu,Robert Louis Stevenson,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Catherine Crowe
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781398840744

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Victorian Ghost Stories by Sheridan Le Fanu,Robert Louis Stevenson,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Catherine Crowe Pdf

By flickering candlelight, these haunting tales were carefully penned by some of greatest writers of the Victorian era, including Sheridan Le Fanu, Catherine Crowe and Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The Victorian era has been dubbed the "Golden Age of the Ghost Story", producing some of the most iconic and masterful ghost stories the genre has ever seen. In this exquisite collection, you will find 14 terrifying tales which have been haunting readers for more than a century. Be transported to cobwebbed crypts, creaking manor houses, and dusky moors, where peril lies just around the corner. Includes: • The Dream - Sheridan Le Fanu • The Italian's Story - Catherine Crowe • Eveline's Visitant - Mary Elizabeth Braddon • The Body Snatcher - Rudyard Kipling • And many more! Perfect for horror lovers, these classic ghost stories are sure to terrify and entertain in equal measure.

Author : Peter Haining
Publisher : New York : Taplinger Publishing Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : English fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034846977

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The Gentlewomen of Evil by Peter Haining Pdf

Brilliant tales of terror from an unlikely source: Victorian gentlewomen. Ghosts, apparitions and spectres provide an atmosphers of evil and lurking fear.

Author : Richard Dalby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:313334027

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Victorian Ghost Stories by Richard Dalby Pdf

Author : Hugh Lamb
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0486415902

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A Bottomless Grave by Hugh Lamb Pdf

Selected from the works of American, British, and French writers, 21 rare and seldom-anthologized stories include "A Bottomless Grave" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Ship that Saw a Ghost" by Frank Norris, Guy de Maupassant's "The Tomb," Richard Marsh's "The Haunted Chair," and other hard-to-find gems of the genre.

Author : Hugh Lamb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UVA:X000050737

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Victorian Nightmares by Hugh Lamb Pdf

Author : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,Robert Louis Stevenson,Elizabeth Gaskell,Mary Louise Molesworth,Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Publisher : Sirius Entertainment
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1398836796

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Victorian Ghost Stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,Robert Louis Stevenson,Elizabeth Gaskell,Mary Louise Molesworth,Mary Elizabeth Braddon Pdf

The Victorian ghost stories in this collection have been haunting readers for more than a century and are perfect for any serious spook lover. This book features various terrifying tales by acclaimed Victorian writers including Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Louise Molesworth and Rudyard Kipling. Readers are sure to entertained by the short stories in this book that are filled with mysterious noises, creepy train adventures and malevolent figures. Stories in this book include: - The Story of the Rippling Train - Mary Louise Molesworth - The Body Snatcher - Robert Louis Stevenson - The Cold Embrace - Mary Elizabeth Braddon And many more!

Author : Mike Stocks
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781409569190

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Victorian Horror Stories: Usborne Classics Retold by Mike Stocks Pdf

Six terrifying tales from the Victorian age thrillingly retold for today's readers.

Author : Michel Parry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:5088794

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Reign of Terror by Michel Parry Pdf

Author : Edith Birkhead
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781775459835

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The Tale of Terror by Edith Birkhead Pdf

If you're a true fan of horror fiction, don't miss scholar Edith Birkhead's classic survey of the origins of the genre, The Tale of Terror. Focusing on the early roots of horror in the Romantic and Victorian eras, this comprehensive study offers compelling insight and analysis of well-known tales and obscure gems alike.

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780720614381

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The Darker Sex by Mike Ashley Pdf

Ghosts, precognition, suicide, and the afterlife are all themes in these thrilling stories by Britain and America's greatest Victorian women, proving their talent for creating dark, sensational, and horrifying tales of the supernatural. This anthology showcases some of the best and most representative work by female writers during this period, including Emily Bronte, Mary Braddon, George Eliot, and Edith Nesbit, as well as Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Riddell, Louisa Baldwin, Mary Penn, Violet Quirk, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Editor Mike Ashley provides valuable insight into the authors' lives. Each story still has the ability to shock, frighten, and show how Victorian women perfected and developed the Gothic genre.

Author : Graeme Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643131139

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More Deadly than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror by Graeme Davis Pdf

A darkly luminous new anthology collecting the most terrifying horror stories by renowned female authors, presenting anew these forgotten classics to the modern reader. Readers are well aware that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein: few know how many other tales of terror she created. In addition to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote some surprisingly effective horror stories. The year after Little Women appeared, Louisa May Alcott published one of the first mummy tales. These ladies weren’t alone. From the earliest days of Gothic and horror fiction, women were exploring the frontiers of fear, dreaming dark dreams that will still keep you up at night. More Deadly than the Male includes unexpected horror tales by Louisa May Alcott and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and forgotten writers like Mary Cholmondely and Charlotte Riddell, whose work deserves a modern audience. Readers will be drawn in by the familiar names and intrigued by their rare stories. In The Beckside Boggle, Alice Rea brings a common piece of English folklore to hair-raising life, while Helene Blavatsky, best known as the founder of the spiritualist Theosophical Society, paints a picture of A Witch’s Den as vivid as any vision conjured up by the great pulp writers. Edith Wharton’s great novel The Age of Innocence won her the Pulitzer prize, yet her horror stories are known only to a comparative few. Readers will discover lost and forgotten women who wrote horror every bit as effectively as their male contemporaries. They will learn about their lives and careers, the challenges they faced as women working in a male-dominated field, the way they overcame those challenges, and the way they approached the genre—which was often subtler, more psychological, and more disturbing.