Horror Stories

Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson

Edited by Darryl Jones

Oxford World's Classics

• A unique and wide-ranging anthology of horror fiction from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, that embraces the diversity of the genre to showcase its terrifying achievements.
• Includes all horror types -- from supernatural tales and ghost stories, to scientific, psychological, and colonial horror--and writers from the British, Irish, European, and American traditions.
• A lively and accessible introduction discusses horror's appeal and often controversial nature, its particular attraction to nineteenth-century writers and readers as a way of articulating cultural preoccupations and anxieties, and the importance of the periodical market to the history of the genre.
• Includes comprehensive notes with brief accounts of the writers' lives and careers, full chronology, and select bibliography.

Horror Stories

Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson

Edited by Darryl Jones

Oxford World's Classics

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Horror Stories

Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson

Edited by Darryl Jones

Oxford World's Classics

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Horror Stories

Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson

Edited by Darryl Jones

Oxford World's Classics

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Horror Stories

Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson

Edited by Darryl Jones

Oxford World's Classics

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A Halloween horror story: What was it? Part 5

Every Friday this October we've unveiled a part of Fitz-James O'Brien's tale of an unusual entity in What Was It?, a story from the spine-tingling collection of works in Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson, edited by Darryl Jones. Today we're wrapping up the story with the final installment. Last we left off the narrator, Harry, and his friend, Hammond, tied up an invisible entity, shocking the boarders of the haunted home where they had been staying. Will they learn more about the mysterious creature?

Posted on October 31, 2014

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A Halloween horror story : What was it? Part 4

We're getting ready for Halloween this month by reading the classic horror stories that set the stage for the creepy movies and books we love today. Every Friday this October we've unveiled a part of Fitz-James O'Brien's tale of an unusual entity in What Was It?, a story from the spine-tingling collection of works in Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson, edited by Darryl Jones. Last we left off the narrator, Harry, tried to fight off a mysterious creature fighting him in his bed. His friend Hammond had just come to his rescue.

Posted on October 24, 2014

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A Halloween horror story : What was it? Part 2

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Posted on October 22, 2014

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A Halloween horror story : What was it?

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Posted on October 3, 2014

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