What do you think?
Rate this book
The Red Man
A short tale of the macabre.
- GenresClassicsShort Stories
Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1835
9 people want to read
About the author
Catherine Gore
284 books14 followersaka: Mrs. Charles Gore
Catherine Grace Frances Gore (née Moody; 12 February 1798 – 29 January 1861) was a British novelist and dramatist, daughter of a wine merchant at Retford, where she was born. She is amongst the best known of silver fork writers – authors of the "long" Regency era depicting the gentility and etiquette of high society.
Gore was born in 1798 in London, the youngest child of Mary (née Brinley) and Charles Moody, a wine merchant. Her father died soon afterwards, and her mother remarried in 1801, to London physician Charles D. Nevinson. She is thus sometimes referred to as "Miss Nevinson" by contemporary reviewers and in scholarship. Catherine was interested in writing from an early age, gaining the nickname "the Poetess".
She married Lieutenant Charles Arthur Gore of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards on 15 February 1823 at St George's, Hanover Square; Gore retired later that year. They had ten children, eight of whom died at a young age. They had one surviving son, Captain Augustus Frederick Wentworth Gore, and one daughter, Cecilia Anne Mary, who married Lord Edward Thynne in 1853.
Her first novel, Theresa Marchmont, or The Maid of Honour, was published in 1824. Her first major success was Pin Money, published in 1831, but her most popular and well-known novel was to be Cecil, or Adventures of a Coxcomb published in 1841. Gore also found success as a playwright, writing eleven plays that made their way to the London stage, though her plays never quite became as famous as her witty novels.
The Gores resided mainly on Continental Europe, with Catherine supporting her family by her voluminous writings. Between 1824 and 1862 she produced about 70 works, the most successful of which were novels of fashionable English life. Among these may be mentioned Manners of the Day (1830), Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb (1841), and The Banker's Wife (1843). She also wrote for the stage, and composed music for songs.
Gore's 1861 obituary in The Times concluded that Gore was "the best novel writer of her class and the wittiest woman of her age."
(from Wikipedia)
Catherine Grace Frances Gore (née Moody; 12 February 1798 – 29 January 1861) was a British novelist and dramatist, daughter of a wine merchant at Retford, where she was born. She is amongst the best known of silver fork writers – authors of the "long" Regency era depicting the gentility and etiquette of high society.
Gore was born in 1798 in London, the youngest child of Mary (née Brinley) and Charles Moody, a wine merchant. Her father died soon afterwards, and her mother remarried in 1801, to London physician Charles D. Nevinson. She is thus sometimes referred to as "Miss Nevinson" by contemporary reviewers and in scholarship. Catherine was interested in writing from an early age, gaining the nickname "the Poetess".
She married Lieutenant Charles Arthur Gore of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards on 15 February 1823 at St George's, Hanover Square; Gore retired later that year. They had ten children, eight of whom died at a young age. They had one surviving son, Captain Augustus Frederick Wentworth Gore, and one daughter, Cecilia Anne Mary, who married Lord Edward Thynne in 1853.
Her first novel, Theresa Marchmont, or The Maid of Honour, was published in 1824. Her first major success was Pin Money, published in 1831, but her most popular and well-known novel was to be Cecil, or Adventures of a Coxcomb published in 1841. Gore also found success as a playwright, writing eleven plays that made their way to the London stage, though her plays never quite became as famous as her witty novels.
The Gores resided mainly on Continental Europe, with Catherine supporting her family by her voluminous writings. Between 1824 and 1862 she produced about 70 works, the most successful of which were novels of fashionable English life. Among these may be mentioned Manners of the Day (1830), Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb (1841), and The Banker's Wife (1843). She also wrote for the stage, and composed music for songs.
Gore's 1861 obituary in The Times concluded that Gore was "the best novel writer of her class and the wittiest woman of her age."
(from Wikipedia)
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
October 30, 2017
I read a collection of short classic horror stories that included Catherine Gore's short stories The Red Man and seeing no review of the story I decided to share my thoughts. This story is not about ghosts or vampires but one of the evil of a man who takes revenge on his family in such a extreme way, though he was wronged, his despotic behavior was too cruel. Then add a hidden room and a semi-heartless rake to bring to a perfectly sad story. The collection I read which included The Red Man was Oxford World's Classics The Vampyre and other Tales of Macabre.
September 18, 2018
An excellent short tale about the vengeance of a jealous father consumed with hatred and fury over the infidelities of his deceased wife.
After his daughter becomes pregnant out of wedlock, he in a passion of rage takes her to view the funeral of her lover and then chains her to the wall of an empty room in his house, until she gives birth. He then kills her child in front of her and leaves her to die.
The tale is narrated by 'The Red Man' an individual who deals in ironmongery and curios in a poky little shop on a forgotten street in Paris. He tells the story after displaying the macabre object of the manacle which held the daughter to the wall, still with her skeletal hand affixed!
Well crafted and genuinely macabre.
After his daughter becomes pregnant out of wedlock, he in a passion of rage takes her to view the funeral of her lover and then chains her to the wall of an empty room in his house, until she gives birth. He then kills her child in front of her and leaves her to die.
The tale is narrated by 'The Red Man' an individual who deals in ironmongery and curios in a poky little shop on a forgotten street in Paris. He tells the story after displaying the macabre object of the manacle which held the daughter to the wall, still with her skeletal hand affixed!
Well crafted and genuinely macabre.
January 16, 2025
a bit of a more advanced narrative than what I'm used to which made it a bit tricky to unpack. overall i thought it was really good and definitely fits with the macabre rhetoric
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews