My Dad's Library

LIT-EN-052

Classic Tales of Horror

Stephanie Dowrick (collector & introducer)

An anthology of classic horror short stories collected and introduced by Stephanie Dowrick, featuring works by celebrated authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Henry James, and Guy de Maupassant, among others. The cover features striking illustrations of coffins with supernatural figures rendered in purple and orange, accompanied by skulls and crossbones motifs. The book draws primarily from 19th-century Gothic and horror literary tradition.