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The Blood of the Vampire

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Carmilla

J. Sheridan Le Fanu · 86 pages

First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), *Carmilla* is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein (Carmilla is an anagram of Mircalla). The character is a prototypical example of the lesbian vampire, expressing romantic desires toward the protagonist. The novella notably never acknowledges homosexuality

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The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels

Henry James · 457 pages

A collection of short novels includes the title work, a chilling classic of psychological terror, as well as "Daisy Miller," "The Aspern Papers," "An International Episode," "The Altar of the Dead," and "The Beast of the Jungle."

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Strange Tales

Robert Louis Stevenson · 240 pages

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Dracula

Bram Stoker · 356 pages

Na história, um casal e seus amigos são atormentados por Conde Drácula, uma entidade sobrenatural e hematófoga que, presa em uma maldição contagiosa, pretende se mudar de seu recluso castelo na Transilvânia para a efervescente Londres do século XIX. Com a ajuda do professor Van Helsing, o grupo de amigos pretende enfrentar o morto-vivo, mesmo com todos os perigos que a ofensiva trará.

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The Old Nurse's Story

Elizabeth Gaskell · 64 pages

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Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker

Syrie James · 562 pages

"Bestselling author Syrie James has crafted her most powerful tale yet in this amazingly written retelling of Dracula from Mina Harker's perspective. Perfect for anyone who loves vampires--and there are millions of readers out there who do--this novel deftly unveils Mina's story, a woman falling into into a forbidden, dangerous love and whose powerful emotions are subdued by the restrictions of he

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The Beetle

Richard Marsh · 330 pages

The Beetle was published in 1897, the same year as Dracula —and outsold it six to one that year. Like Dracula , the novel is steeped in the evil mysteries of an ancient horror: in this case, a mysterious ancient Egyptian creature bent on revenge. The story is told through the sequential points of view of a group of middle-class Victorians who find themselves enmeshed in the creature’s plot. The

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The Face in the Glass and Other Gothic Tales

Mary Elizabeth Braddon · 256 pages

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Frankenstein / Dracula / Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson · 356 pages

This special edition of the original gothic horror novel Dracula by Bram Stoker features an introduction by bestselling horror novelist, Brian Lumley and amazing artwork by Alex McVey! Also included in this special collector's edition is Dracula's Guest (a chapter that was cut from the original novel before publication), and an "real life" vampire account from 1725!

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The Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe · 30 pages

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado" [a.mon.ti.ˈʝa.ðo]) is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of Poe's

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle · 207 pages

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La Morte Amoureuse

Theophile Gautier · 48 pages

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Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood

James Malcolm Rymer · 828 pages

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The Vampire Lestat

Anne Rice · 550 pages

Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches fo

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Hide Me Among the Graves

Tim Powers

Winter, 1862. A malevolent spirit roams the cold and gloomy streets of Victorian London, the vampiric ghost of John Polidori, the onetime physician of the mad, bad and dangerous Romantic poet Lord Byron. Polidori is also the supernatural muse to his niece and nephew, poet Christina Rossetti and her artist brother Dante Gabriel. But Polidori's taste for debauchery has grown excessive. He is dete

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The Woman in Black

Susan Hill · 192 pages

"It was a Monday afternoon in November and already growing dark, not because of the lateness of the hour--it was barely three o'clock--but because of the fog, the thickest of London pea-soupers.' So begins Arthur Kipps' account of the terrible events at Eel Marsh House. When he was instructed to take the train to the north, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Alice Drablow in Crythin Gifford, he imagine

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The Vampyre

John William Polidori · 60 pages

The Vampyre*, a short gothic novel by John William Polidori, was first published in 1819 and is considered the first modern vampire story. The story features Lord Ruthven, a seductive aristocrat with unnatural powers over men and women, and an insatiable thirst for blood. Polidori's innovative portrayal of the vampire as a Byronic figure is said to have set the template for the modern vampire.

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House of Furies

Madeleine Roux · 416 pages

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The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

Wilkie Collins · 189 pages

This is perhaps Collins' last lucid effort before ill health and opium drained his powers. A tale of ghostly terror, relentless pace, tight narrative, and a doomed Countess characterize and distinguish this powerful Collins novelette.

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Dark Dance

Tanith Lee · 352 pages

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Jane Eyre

Evelyn Attwood · 160 pages

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Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys · 189 pages

Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of citsion's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". A sensual and protected young woman, the narrator grows up in the lush, natural world of the Caribbean. She is sold into marriage to the cold-hearted and prideful R

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The Haunted House

Charles Dickens · 128 pages

The drama begins with a Yuletide gathering in an eerie country retreat that's rumored to be haunted. There, Dickens and his friends, including acclaimed authors Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins, take on the task of finding evidence of a supernatural presence in the house. When they reconvene at a Twelfth Night feast to review their findings, what will their stories reveal?

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