Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural HC Modern Library Edgar Allan Poe Lov

Description: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hardcover Edited by: Phyllis Cerf Wagner , Herbert Wise When this longtime Modern Library favorite--filled with fifty-two stories of heart-stopping suspense--was first published in 1944, one of its biggest fans was critic Edmund Wilson, who in The New Yorker applauded what he termed a sudden revival of the appetite for tales of horror. Represented in the anthology are such distinguished spell weavers as Edgar Allen Poe ("The Black Cat"), Wilkie Collins ("A Terribly Strange Bed"), Henry James ("Sir Edmund Orme"), Guy de Maupassant ("Was It a Dream?"), O. Henry ("The Furnished Room"), Rudyard Kipling ("They"), and H.G. Wells ("Pollock and the Porroh Man"). Included as well are such modern masters as Algernon Blackwood ("Ancient Sorceries"), Walter de la Mare ("Out of the Deep"), E.M. Forster ("The Celestial Omnibus"), Isak Dinesen ("The Sailor-Boys Tale"), H.P. Lovecraft ("The Dunwich Horror"), Dorothy L. Sayers ("Suspicion"), and Ernest Hemingway ("The Killers"). "There is not a story in this collection that does not have the breath of life, achieve the full suspension of disbelief that is so particularly important in [this] type of fiction," wrote the Saturday Review. With an introduction and notes by Phyllis Cerf Wagner and Herbert Wise. This bargain of a book is a thick hardcover anthology--more than 1,000 pages long--containing stories of naturalistic and supernatural terror. First published in 1944, it has stood the test of time and become a classic in the field. Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural is rivaled only by David G. Hartwell's The Dark Descent as the essential horror anthology. Fortunately, there's little overlap: of the 52 tales in this anthology, only 5 are duplicated in The Dark Descent. Included here are such memorable stories as W.W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw"; Saki's "Sredni Vashtar" and "The Open Window"; Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game"; Conrad Aiken's "Silent Snow, Secret Snow"; Arthur Machen's "The Great God Pan"; along with gems by E.F. Benson, H.G. Wells, Ambrose Bierce, Rudyard Kipling, Walter de la Mare, M.R. James, Guy de Maupassant, and O. Henry. Publisher- Modern Library; (1972) Hardcover- 1056 pages Weight 2.13 pounds Dimensions 5.71 x 1.97 x 8.33 inches Strange things happen in October. Leaves take flight on chilly nights; tall oaks' long fingers reach out on moonlit roads; pumpkins appear in fields everywhere, some even leering at visitors from shadowy porches; the moon rises bone-white, casting eerie shadows on lawns and chimneys; owls may call your name; and even small children morph inexplicably into fantastical creatures who walk the night from house to house on October 31... But none of these is as strange and forbidding as are the bizarre and terrifying stories within this volume. "The Most Dangerous Game" concerns a highly intelligent creature who provides hunting's ultimate challenge, and on an island, no less; also, I must warn you not to "whistle" in the dark or something you don't want may come to visit you; and then there's "The Monkey's Paw." How could a dead monkey's paw possibly harm you? But it might on the night of October 31. Be sensible and pitch it into your crackling fire. WARNING: Don't read "The Monkey's Paw" by yourself after dark. It will make you get up and check your locks. I promise. Not that it will do any good, of course. There are many others, too, including the fellow who keeps a screaming skull in his house. No accounting for individual tastes, eh? In "Afterward" you won't recognize the shade until it's too late - for you, that is. And if you're up north, watch out for the silent, secret snow. It covers all, including you if you're not careful. All the great old dead truly rise in this volume: Faulkner, the Southern ghost, whose most recognized quote is, "The past is never dead. It's not even past;" Poe, the mad specter; Bierce, the vanishing ghost (we still don't know what happened to him); even Hemingway, Dickens, Blackwood, Wharton, and both Jameses: Henry and M.R. They're all here. So be careful. To open this tomb... er, tome - is to release their spirits into your home. Buy, but remember... not to be opened until Halloween night, ideally when the house is quiet and abed. And don't forget to put some wolfsbane and garlic on your door... just to be on the safe side, of course. Please check my other listings HERE before checking out...combine your order and save on shipping! Please add me to your favorite sellers list as I have new listings on the way! Thanks for viewing! Please note shipping is full price plus $2 for each additional item. ALL ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY! PLEASE MESSAGE WITH QUESTIONS! PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND CHECK MY OTHER LISTINGS! If you don't see it- ask! It MAY be in stock! We'll be glad to put a listing up for you! Respond to messages in 24 hours or less!

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