Classic Horror Stories by Various Authors New Sealed Leatherbound

by John Grant

Classic Horror Stories celebrates the rich literary legacy of the tale of the supernatural and the macabre with more than 40 stories that span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book's lineup of writers reads like a who's who of classic horror authors from America, Great Britain, and the European Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Guy de Maupassant, William Hope Hodgson, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, and more. Its selections include some of the finest weird tales ever published, among them Lovecraft's "The Colour out of Space," Blackwood's "The Willows," Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body-Snatcher," William Fryer Harvey's "August Heat," and W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw." Classic Horror Stories is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for every home library.

800 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2003

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Reviews

[Newcastle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some changes were made to the three classic horror stories Dracula, Frankenstein and Jekyll&Hyde for "modern readers". I didn't agree with every change, but all in all they didn't affect the underlying story.

**spoilers**
For example at the end of Frankenstein the monster decides to live in the Arctic however long this may be, instead of to killing himself. This removes the finality of the original story and leaves a somewhat open ending. I'd like to think Frankenstein's creation is still somewhere out there.

Another change was a clearer description how Frankenstein creates the monster. In this retelling he uses part of his thigh instead of quote "The dissecting room and the slaughter-house furnished many of my materials".

As far as I can remember (it's been a while since I bought the book) this collections was written for children, so this might explain the afore mentioned change. Furtheremore in this version Frankenstein clearly uses electricity to bring the monster to life, like in most adaptions of the novel I've seen.