Big Book of Best Short Stories: Specials - Horror Volume II
- ISBN-10
- 8577774929
- ISBN-13
- 9788577774920
- Series
- Big Book of Best Short Stories
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 365
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-10-01
- Publisher
- Tacet Books
- Authors
- Washington Irving, Robert W. Chambers, M. R. James
Description
This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. The theme of this edition is: Horror. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: M. R. James: - A School Story - Count Magnus - Lost Hearts - 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You My Lad" - The Rose Garden - An Episode of Cathedral History - Mr. Humphreys and his InheritanceRichard Middleton: - The Ghost Ship. - A Drama of Youth. - The New Boy. - On the Brighton Road. - A Tragedy in Little. - Sheperd's Boy. - The Passing of Edward.Robert W. Chambers: - The Messenger - The Repairer of Reputations - The Purple Emperor - Passeur - The Key to Grief - A Matter of Interest - Pompe FunèbreMary Shelley: - The Invisible Girl - The Brother and Sister - The Dream - Transformation - The Mortal Immortal - The Mourner - The Swiss PeasantWashington Irving: - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Rip Van Winkle - The Devil and Tom Walker - Christmas - Guest from Gibbet Island - The Legend of the Engulphed Convent - The Adventure of my Uncle
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