The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
By: John William Polidori , Robert Morrison
4.00
Format: None pages,
John Polidori's classic tale The Vampyre(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition t…
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1. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
2. A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
By: Yoshida Kenkō , Meredith McKinney
3.74
Format: 51 pages, Paperback
'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune wi… read more
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- classics
- short stories
"It is the ephemeral nature of things that makes them wonderful."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"After all, things thought but left unsaid only fester inside you."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"Knowledge leads to deception; talent and ability only serve to increase earthly desires."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky"-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
3. The Signalman
By: Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn
3.66
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Presents the tale of a young man who, after listening to an eccentric railroad signalman's predicti… read more
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- classics
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- horror
- fantasy
"Hallow! Below there!"-Charles Dickens, The Signalman
4. Confessions of an English Opium Eater
By: Thomas de Quincey , Barry Milligan
4.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Cla… read more
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- classics
5. The Last Man
By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
A futuristic story of tragic love and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague, The… read more
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- gothic
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- fiction
- horror
6. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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- classics
7. Gothic Tales
By: Elizabeth Gaskell , Laura Kranzler
3.81
Format: 4 pages,
'Such whispered tales, such old temptations and hauntings, and devilish terrors' Elizabeth Gaskell'… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
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- horror
8. The Mysteries of Udolpho
By: Ann Radcliffe , Jacqueline Howard
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
With The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe raised the Gothic romance to a new level and inspired … read more
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- fiction
- horror
9. I Hate and I Love
By: Catullus
3.06
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Dazzling modern lyrical poems from Catullus - by turns smutty, abusive, romantic and deeply moving.… read more
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- classics
10. The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
By: John William Polidori , Robert Morrison
4.00
Format: None pages,
John Polidori's classic tale The Vampyre(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition t… read more
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- classics
- short stories
- vampires
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
11. The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Grand Master Ursula K. LeGuin has been recognised for almost fifty years as one of the most importa… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- fantasy
- short stories
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13. Christabel
By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
4.37
Format: 224 pages,
Christabel is a long narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in two parts. The story of Christab… read more
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- classics
- vampires
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
14. Daphnis and Chloe
By: Paul Turner , Longus
3.68
Format: 593 pages, Paperback
A tender novel describing eager and inept young love, Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby b… read more
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- classics
- fiction
15. Uncle Silas
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu , Victor Sage
4.26
Format: 91 pages, Paperback
One of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed tod… read more
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16. Carmilla
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
3.86
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing… read more
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- classics
- vampires
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"Love will have its sacrifices. No sacrifice without blood."-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
"You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever."-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
"If your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours."-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
"Darling, darling. I live in you, and you would die for me. I love you so."-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
17. The Monk
By: None
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murde… read more
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18. Dracula's Guest
By: Bram Stoker
4.36
Format: 39 pages,
A passage from the manuscript of Dracula. read more
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19. The Complete Poems
By: Catullus , Guy Lee
3.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Of all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing … read more
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20. The Lost Ones
By: Anita Frank
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Some houses are never at peace. England, 1917 Reeling from the death of her fiancé, Stella March… read more
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- fiction
- horror
21. Dreams Must Explain Themselves
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.24
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
Ursula K. Le Guin has won or been nominated for over 200 awards for her fiction, including the Hugo… read more
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- short stories
