In the evocative collection 'Spooky Christmas: 30+ Supernatural & Eerie Tales,' readers are invited to traverse the shadowy corridors of the Victorian and Edwardian imagination, where holiday cheer takes a spectral turn. The anthology weaves a tapestry of uneasy atmospheres and chilling narratives, with each story exploring themes of mystery, morality, and the supernatural set against the backdrop of Christmas. The collection boasts a variety of literary styles, from gothic horror to whimsical ghost stories, reflecting the rich heritage and evolving nature of supernatural fiction during this era. Noteworthy tales stand out for their creativity and capacity to unsettle, making this an essential read for aficionados of the eerie. The anthology includes contributions from some of the era's most storied authors, spanning a breadth of cultural and literary backgrounds. The likes of Dickens, Stevenson, and Doyle represent the pinnacle of British literature, each bringing their mastery in exploring the macabre and the mysterious. Meanwhile, the contributions from American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa M. Alcott infuse the collection with transatlantic perspectives. Together, these authors align with the historical Gothic and supernatural traditions, demonstrating an enduring literary fascination with the intersection of the festive and the phantasmagorical. For the inquisitive reader yearning to immerse themselves in the multifaceted realm of supernatural literature, 'Spooky Christmas' offers a captivating and enriching experience. This anthology presents a rare opportunity to engage with the diverse perspectives and stylistic approaches of some of the most influential authors of the past two centuries. It promises not just spine-tingling escapism but also a reflective exploration of the cultural and psychological underpinnings of our fascination with the supernatural during the most wonderful time of the year. Such a convergence of voices and visions ensures that 'Spooky Christmas' is more than just a collection—it's a dialogue across time, recommending itself as both an educational and an entertaining addition to any literary library.
Lysande utsikter
Charles Dickens
audiobookbookEn julsaga
Charles Dickens
audiobookbookA Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
audiobookbook180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.2) : Life is a Dream, The Awakening, Babbitt, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Sense and Sensibility, A Tale of Two Cities, Dubliners, A Doll's House,Anne of Green Gables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Iliad & Odyssey...
Virginia Woolf, P. B. Shelley, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, James Joyce, Leo Tolstoy, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Honoré de Balzac, Jane Austen, L. M. Montgomery, Kenneth Grahame, Rabindranath Tagore, George Weedon Grossmith, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daniel Defoe, Jules Verne, Jonathan Swift, James Fenimore Cooper, George MacDonald, J. M. Barrie, Alexandre Dumas, Homer, Benito Pérez Galdós, Dante, William Dean Howells, Kakuzo Okakura, Gustave Flaubert, Victor Hugo, Stendhal, John Buchan, Edgar Wallace, William Walker Atkinson, Émile Coué, G. K. Chesterton, D.H. Lawrence, George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Conrad, Walter Scott, Anthony Trollope, Emile Zola, Theodor Storm, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Fielding, Jerome K. Jerome, Laurence Sterne, Thomas Hardy, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Sinclair Lewis, W. Somerset Maugham, Henry James, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Gogol, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Benjamin Franklin, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Edgar Allan Poe, Willkie Collins, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Gaston Leroux, H. G. Wells, Lewis Wallace, Washington Irving, Machiavelli, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Confucius, Laozi, John Milton, W. B. Yeats, Elizabeth von Arnim, Cao Xueqin
book90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1) : Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy: The Madman, Moby-Dick, Siddhartha, Crime and Punishment, Hamlet, Great Expectations, Little Women, Meditations, The Einstein Theory, Heart of Darkness, The Red Badge of Courage
Walt Whitman, Herman Hesse, George Eliot, Kahlil Gibran, Anton Chekhov, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, James Joyce, Henry David Thoreau, William Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, John Keats, Charles Baudelaire, Walter Scott, Daniel Defoe, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Leo Tolstoy, Benito Pérez Galdós, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, R.D. Blackmore, Alexandre Dumas, Marcel Proust, D. H. Lawrence, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Guy de Maupassant, Princess Der Ling, Victor Hugo, Juan Valera, Anthony Trollope, Stephen Crane, E. M. Forster, Theodore Dreiser, Margaret Cavendish, Upton Sinclair, Plato, Apuleius, Marcus Aurelius, Sun Tzu, Voltaire, Miguel de Cervantes, Giovanni Boccaccio, Frederick Douglass, Sigmund Freud, H. A. Lorentz, Wallace D. Wattles, James Allen, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, H. P. Lovecraft, Washington Irving, Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, L. Frank Baum, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Selma Lagerlöf, Jack London, Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw, Soseki Natsume, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen
bookLysande utsikter / Lättläst
Charles Dickens
audiobookbookOliver Twist
Charles Dickens
audiobookbookOliver Twist
Charles Dickens
audiobookbookDavid Copperfield
Charles Dickens
audiobookbook10 Masterpieces you have to listen before you die Vol: 3 (Golden Deer Classics)
Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack London, H.P Lovecraft, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Emily Brontë
audiobookOliver Twist
Charles Dickens
audiobookbookDombey and Son
Charles Dickens
audiobook