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Literary Horrors: Great Tales of Terror in the Penguin Classics Imprint

Our Retired maverick English Teacher and genre lover comes up with 47 Penguin Classics that will scare the crap out of you ( or at least make you real uneasy) while at the same time allowing you to think of yourselves as part of the literati. He is eagerly awaiting the publication of the Penguin Classics editions of Stephen King, which would both outrage a number of his colleagues and amuse him greatly.
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American Supernatural Fiction (Joshi)
American Supernatural Fiction
1
Joshi
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
2
Algernon Blackwood
The Best of Richard Matheson (Matheson)
The Best of Richard Matheson
3
Matheson
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
4
H.P Lovecraft
The Case Against Satan (Ray Russell)
The Case Against Satan
5
Ray Russell
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
6
Horace Walpole
Conjure Tales & Tales of the Color-Line (Charles W. Chesnutt)
Conjure Tales & Tales of the Color-Line
7
Charles W. Chesnutt
Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories (M.R. James)
Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories
8
M.R. James
The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Dark Eidolon
9
Clark Ashton Smith
Dark Tales (Shirley Jackson)
Dark Tales
10
Shirley Jackson
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
11
Bram Stoker
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (Bram Stoker)
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
12
Bram Stoker
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Dreams in the Witch House
13
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
14
Edgar Allan Poe
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
15
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
16
Mary Shelley
Gothic Tales (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Gothic Tales
17
Elizabeth Gaskell
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories (Ray Russell)
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories
18
Ray Russell
The Haunted Doll's House (M. R. James)
The Haunted Doll's House
19
M. R. James
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
20
Shirley Jackson
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
21
Arthur Conan Doyle
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
22
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Island of Dr Moreau (H. G. Wells)
The Island of Dr Moreau
23
H. G. Wells
The Italian (Ann Radcliffe)
The Italian
24
Ann Radcliffe
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories
25
Washington Irving
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
26
Charles Maturin
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
27
Matthew Lewis
The Mysteries of Paris (Eugene Sue)
The Mysteries of Paris
28
Eugene Sue
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Penguin Classics)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
29
Penguin Classics
The Penguin Book of Exorcisms (Joseph P. Laycock)
The Penguin Book of Exorcisms
30
Joseph P. Laycock
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Beirce (Michael Newton)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Beirce
31
Michael Newton
The Penguin Book of Witches (Katherine Howe)
The Penguin Book of Witches
32
Katherine Howe
Perchance to Dream (Charles Beaumont)
Perchance to Dream
33
Charles Beaumont
The Phantom of the Opera (Penguin Classics)
The Phantom of the Opera
34
Penguin Classics
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
35
James Hogg
Selected Tales (Brothers Grimm)
Selected Tales
36
Brothers Grimm
Selected Tales and Sketches (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Selected Tales and Sketches
37
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe (Thomas Ligotti)
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
38
Thomas Ligotti
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
39
Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio (Pu Songling)
Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio
40
Pu Songling
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