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The Monk of horror, or The Conclave of corpses, by Anonymous
The Astrologer's prediction, or The Maniac's fate, by Anonymous
The expedition to Hell, by James Hogg
Mateo Falcone, by Prosper Merimee
Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, by Edgar Allan Poe
Le Grande Breteche, by Honore de Balzac
The romance of certain old clothes, by Henry James
Who knows?, by Guy de Maupassant
The body snatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson
The death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola
The boarded window, by Ambrose Bierce
Lost hearts, by M.R. James
The sea-raiders, by H.G. Wells
The derelict, by William Hope Hodgson
Thurnley Abbey, by Perceval Landon
The fourth man, by John Russell
In the penal colony, by Franz Kafka
The waxwork, by A.M. Burrage
Mrs. Amworth, by E.F. Benson
The reptile, by Augustus Muir
Mr. Meldrum's Mania, by John Metcalfe
The beast with five fingers, by William Fryer Harvey
Dry September, by William Faulkner
Couching at the door, by D.K. Broster
The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany
The man who liked Dickens, by Evelyn Waugh
Taboo, by Geoffrey Household
The thought, by L.P. Hartley
Comrade death, by Gerald Kersh
Leningen versus the ants, by Carl Stephenson
The brink of darkness, by Yvor Winters
Activity time, by Monica Dickens
Earth to Earth, by Robert Graves
The dwarf, by Ray Bradbury
The Portabello Road, by Muriel Spark
No flies on Frank, by John Lennon
Sister Coxall's revenge, by Dawn Muscillo
Thou shalt not suffer a witch ..., by Dorothy K. Haynes
The terrapin, by Patricia Highsmith
Man from the south, by Roald Dahl
Uneasy home-coming, by Will F. Jenkins
The Aquarist, by J.N. Allan
An interview with M. Chakko, by Vilas Sarang

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
607

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Cover of: Penguin Book of Horror Stories
Penguin Book of Horror Stories
December 1999, Bloomsbury Books
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: The Penguin book of horror stories
The Penguin book of horror stories
1991, Bloomsbury
in English
Cover of: The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
1985, Penguin Books
Paperback in English - Reprint
Cover of: The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
November 28, 1985, Viking
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The Penguin book of horror stories
1984, Penguin
in English

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Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England

Table of Contents

The Monk of horror, or The Conclave of corpses, by Anonymous
The Astrologer's prediction, or The Maniac's fate, by Anonymous
The expedition to Hell, by James Hogg
Mateo Falcone, by Prosper Merimee
The Case of M. Valdemar, by Edgar Allan Poe
Le Grande Breteche, by Honore de Balzac
The romance of certain old clothes, by Henry James
Who knows?, by Guy de Maupassant
The body snatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson
The death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola
The boarded window, by Ambrose Bierce
Lost hearts, by M.R. James
The sea-raiders, by H.G. Wells
The derelict, by William Hope Hodgson
Thurnley Abbey, by Perceval Landon
The fourth man, by John Russell
In the penal colony, by Franz Kafka
The waxwork, by A.M. Burrage
Mrs. Amworth, by E.F. Benson
The reptile, by Augustus Muir
Mr. Meldrum's Mania, by John Metcalfe
The beast with five fingers, by William Fryer Harvey
Dry September, by William Faulkner
Couching at the door, by D.K. Broster
The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany
The man who liked Dickens, by Evelyn Waugh
Taboo, by Geoffrey Household
The thought, by L.P. Hartley
Comrade death, by Gerald Kersh
Leningen versus the ants, by Carl Stephenson
The brink of darkness, by Yvor Winters
Activity time, by Monica Dickens
Earth to Earth, by Robert Graves
The dwarf, by Ray Bradbury
The Portabello Road, by Muriel Spark
No flies on Frank, by John Lennon
Sister Coxall's revenge, by Dawn Muscillo
Thou shalt not suffer a witch ..., by Dorothy K. Haynes
The terrapin, by Patricia Highsmith
Man from the south, by Roald Dahl
Uneasy home-coming, by Will F. Jenkins
The Aquarist, by J.N. Allan
An interview with M. Chakko, by Vilas Sarang

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
1984

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.0872/08
Library of Congress
PN6120.95.H727 P46 1984, PR1309.H6, PN6120.95.H727P46

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
607 p. ;
Number of pages
607

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2594812M
Internet Archive
unset0000unse_y1e0
ISBN 10
014006799X
ISBN 13
9780140067996
LCCN
85149044
Library Thing
237710
Goodreads
59424916

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