Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz (Fall River Press, 2014, 978-1-4351-5721-7, $7.98, 666pp, hc, an, cover by Shutterstock)
Horror anthology of 20 “sensation stories” from the 19th century, including Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818 version), and works by Washington Irving, E.T.A. Hoffman, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Louisa May Alcott. This is an instant remainder edition.
- vii · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus [Frankenstein] · Mary Shelley · n. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited.
- 154 · The Adventure of the German Student · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1824
- 159 · The Wehr-Wolf: A Legend of the Limousin · Richard Thomson · nv Tales of an Antiquary: Vol. I, Henry Colburn, 1828, uncredited.
- 172 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842
- 185 · Sawney Beane: The Man-Eater · Charles Whitehead · ss Lives and Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Robbers, and Murderers, of All Nations by Charles Whitehead, E. Strong, 1836
- 189 · Aurelia, or, The Tale of a Ghoul · E. T. A. Hoffmann · ss The Serapion Brethren, Volume II by E. T. A. Hoffmann, George Bell and Sons, 1892, as “[untitled]”
translated from the German (“Vampirismus”, 1821).
- 201 · Wake Not the Dead! or, The Bride of the Grave · Johann Ludwig Tieck (error, actually by Ernst Raupach) · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, uncredited.
translated from the German (“Lasst die Todten Ruhen: Ein Mährchen”, Minerva: Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1823, Leipzig, 1822).
- 224 · The Dream-Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).
- 245 · A Night in the Grave, or, The Devil’s Receipt · Sir Walter Scott, uncredited · ex from Redgauntlet, as by The Author of “Waverley”, Constable, 1824, as by The Author of “Waverley”
- 260 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler November 1893
- 269 · The Diary of a Madman · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895
translated from the French (“Un fou”, Le Gaulois, September 2, 1885).
- 273 · George Dobson’s Expedition to Hell · James Hogg · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1827
- 282 · Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886
- 334 · The Apparition of Lord Tyrone to Lady Beresford · [uncredited] · ss The Terrific Register, Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825
- 340 · Lost in a Pyramid, or, The Mummy’s Curse · Louisa May Alcott · ss The New World January 16 1869
- 349 · In Kropfsberg Keep · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895
- 358 · The Buried Alive · John Galt · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1821, uncredited.
- 361 · The Dualitists, or, The Death-Doom of the Double-Born · Bram Stoker · ss The Theatre Annual Christmas 1887
- 374 · The Executioner · William Godwin · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1832 (+1), as by Syphax
- 415 · The String of Pearls, or, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet-Street · James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest · n. 1850, uncredited.; given as by James Malcolm Rymer alone.
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