Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Horror is often divided into the psychological horror and supernatural horror sub-genres. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society.This book contains the following texts: - The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards; - Afterward by Edith Wharton; - The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe; - The Monkeys Paw by W. W. Jacobs; - The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens; - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving; - The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft.For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
Über den Autor H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft wurde am 20. August 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, geboren und verbrachte sein ganzes Leben in New England. 1916 veröffentlichte er seine erste Kurzgeschichte, doch zu Lebzeiten blieb er als Schriftsteller verkannt. Erst lange nach seinem Tod am 15. März 1937 erlangte Lovecraft, vor allem durch bekanntere Kollegen wie Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, Stephen King, Joe R. Landsdale, Neil Gaiman und Alan Moore, seinen Status als Kultautor. Vor allem seine Geschichten rund um die Großen Alten, gottgleiche, grausame Wesen, die jeden Menschen in den Wahnsinn treiben, der ihnen auf die Spur kommt, fasziniert Fans und Horror-Schriftsteller seit Jahrzehnten und bilden die Basis für unzählige Romane, Spiele und Filme.
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