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In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe : : Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914

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Introduction / by Leslie S. Klinger -- The sand man / by E. T. A. Hoffmann (1816) -- The mummy's foot / by Théophile Gautier (1840) -- An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1853) -- The upper berth / by F. Marion Crawford (1886) -- His unconquerable enemy / by W. C. Morrow (1889) -- In dark New England days / by Sarah Orne Jewett (1890) -- The yellow wallpaper / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1891) -- Desiree's baby / by Kate Chopin (1893) -- The yellow sign / by Robert W. Chambers (1895) -- A tragedy of bones / by George MacDonald (1895) -- A night of horror / by Dick Donovan (1899) -- The corpse-rider / by Lafcadio Hearn (1900) -- The leather funnel / by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902) -- The shadows on the wall / by Mary Wilkins Freeman (1903) -- Lost hearts / by M. R. James (1904) -- The Moonlight road / by Ambrose Bierce (1907) -- The spider / by Hanns Heinz Ewers (1907) -- The woman with the hood / by L. T. Meade (1908) -- The Easter egg / by Saki (H. H. Munro) (1911) -- The squaw / by Bram Stoker (1914).
Collects twenty short horror stories published between 1816 and 1914 that have been overshadowed by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, including Bram Stoker's "The Squaw" and L.T. Meade's "The Woman with the Hood."
Contents: Sandmann. -- Pied de momie. -- Account of some strange disturbances in Aungier street. -- Upper berth. -- His unconquerable enemy. -- In dark New England days. -- Yellow wallpaper. -- Desiree's baby. -- Yellow sign. -- Tragedy of bones. -- Night of horror. -- Corpse-rider. -- Leather funnel. -- Shadows on the wall. -- Lost hearts. -- Moonlit road. -- Spider. -- Woman with the hood. -- Easter egg. -- Squaw.

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