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Author

Contributions

Cuddon, J. A. 1928- - Contributor

Publication

1985 - Penguin Books, Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England, England

Language

English

Word Count

151,750 words, Guess

Page Count

607 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

Internet Archiveunset0000unse_y1e0
ISBN-10014006799X
ISBN-139780140067996
Goodreads59424916
Library of Congress Control Number85149044

and 2 more

Better World Books9780140067996
Open LibraryOL2594812M

Classifications

DDC823/.0872/08
LCCPN6120.95.H727 P46 1984
LCCPR1309.H6

and 1 more

LCCPN6120.95.H727P46

Description

The Monk of horror, or The Conclave of corpses, by Anonymous The Astrologer's prediction, or The Maniac's fate, by Anonymous The expedition to Hell, by James Hogg Mateo Falcone, by Prosper Merimee [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W), by Edgar Allan Poe Le Grande Breteche, by Honore de Balzac The romance of certain old clothes, by Henry James Who knows?, by Guy de Maupassant The body snatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson The death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola The boarded window, by Ambrose Bierce Lost hearts, by M.R. James The sea-raiders, by H.G. Wells The derelict, by William Hope Hodgson Thurnley Abbey, by Perceval Landon The fourth man, by John Russell In the penal colony, by Franz Kafka The waxwork, by A.M. Burrage Mrs. Amworth, by E.F. Benson The reptile, by Augustus Muir Mr. Meldrum's Mania, by John Metcalfe The beast with five fingers, by William Fryer Harvey Dry September, by William Faulkner Couching at the door, by D.K. Broster The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany The man who liked Dickens, by Evelyn Waugh Taboo, by Geoffrey Household The thought, by L.P. Hartley Comrade death, by Gerald Kersh Leningen versus the ants, by Carl Stephenson The brink of darkness, by Yvor Winters Activity time, by Monica Dickens Earth to Earth, by Robert Graves The dwarf, by Ray Bradbury The Portabello Road, by Muriel Spark No flies on Frank, by John Lennon Sister Coxall's revenge, by Dawn Muscillo Thou shalt not suffer a witch ..., by Dorothy K. Haynes The terrapin, by Patricia Highsmith [Man from the south](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504421W), by Roald Dahl Uneasy home-coming, by Will F. Jenkins The Aquarist, by J.N. Allan An interview with M. Chakko, by Vilas Sarang

Subjects

Other Editions

The Penguin Book of Horror StoriesPaperbackPenguin Books1985-01-01

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