the worodworth book of HORROR STORIES

图书标准信息

• 作者 Various 著
• 出版社 Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• 出版时间 2005-01
• ISBN 9781840220568
• 定价 122.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 1168页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

'...itisanuniversalphenomenonofournaturethatthemournful,thefearful,eventhehorrible,allureswithirresistibleenchantment.'ChaucerBurr,Memoir,1850TheWordsworthBookofHorrorStoriesisasuperbcollectionofsomeofthegreatesttalesofthegenre,manyareclassicswhileothersarelesser-knowngemsunearthedfromthisvintageeraofthesupernatural.Fromtimeimmemorial,mantheworldoverhasdrawnupontheworstfearsofhisconsciousandsubconsciousmindtofurnishlegendsofterrror.InthisvolumeauthorssuchasM.R.James,LeFanu,HenryJames,WilkieCollins,CharlesDickens,Bierce,Balzac,Gaskell,andmanyothersinviteyoutoclosethecurtains,lockthedoors,drawthearmchairclosertotheblazingfireandsettledowntoaspine-chillingread.