Books Tagged ‘Horror’
The Cask of Amontillado
Subject: Horror
“The Cask of Amontillado” (sometimes spelled “The Casque of Amontillado”) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city ...
Tags: Horror, Gothic, Short Stories, Academic, Fiction
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Subject: Horror
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch ...
Tags: Horror, Gothic, Short Stories, Fantasy, Fiction
The War of the Worlds
Subject: Science Fiction
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by Pearson’s Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in th...
Tags: Classics, Horror, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Subject: Fiction
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde. Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed...
The Yellow Wallpaper
Subject: Fiction
Based on the author’s own experiences, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ is the chilling tale of a woman driven to the brink of insanity by the ‘rest cure’ prescribed after the...
Tags: Classics, Horror, Gothic, Short Stories, Mental Health
The Masque of the Red Death
Subject: Horror
“The Masque of the Red Death”, originally published as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy”, is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first...
Tags: American, Allan Poe, Horror, Gothic, Short Stories
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Subject: Science Fiction
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Jekyl...
Tags: England, Horror, Mystery, Gothic, Science Fiction
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition
Subject: Fiction
Edgar Allan Poe was a master of tales of the mysterious and macabre. From the eerie incantations of “The Raven” to the persistent fright of “The Tell-Tale Heart,” his stories an...
Tags: Classics, Horror, Poetry, Short Stories, Fiction