

About this book
<p>Collins Classics brings you a haunting selection of the finest horror stories from classic literature – featuring works by Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Shelley – with additional content.</p> <p>Complete with a Life & Times section for each author, which offers insights into their lives, works and the time of publication, and a handy glossary adapted from the Collins English Dictionary, this Collins Classics Collection will enhance your reading experience.</p> <p>DRACULA: This dark, brooding and powerfully atmospheric novel is a classic of gothic literature, casting light on the darkness of the human psyche, and exploiting our deepest fears.</p> <p>TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION: Including Poe’s most terrifying, grotesque and haunting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author’s macabre works.</p> <p>THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE: Stevenson's quintessential novella of the Victorian era epitomizes the conflict between psychology, science and religious morality, but is fundamentally a triumphant study of the duality of human nature.</p> <p>FRANKENSTEIN: In the most famous gothic horror story ever told, Shelley confronts the limitations of science, the nature of human cruelty and the pathway to forgiveness with rich language and evocative imagery.</p>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 1322
- ISBN
- 9780007509577
- Language
- en
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