Mysteries of the Unseen; Or, Supernatural Stories of English Life … [with] Wild and Weird; Or, Remarkable Stories of Russian Life … [with] Dark Stories from the Sunny South; Or, Legends of the Mediterranean
Description:"Especially attractive to the connoisseur of rare horror fiction are Campbell's three short story collections: DARK STORIES FROM THE SUNNY SOUTH; OR, LEGENDS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN (1889), MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN; OR, SUPERNATURAL STORIES OF ENGLISH LIFE (1889); and WILD AND WEIRD; OR, REMARKABLE STORIES OF RUSSIAN LIFE (1889). The last contains 'The White Wolf of the Kostopchin,' regarded as one of the best werewolf tales of the nineteenth century. These three books were issued simultaneously in a popular cheap format and were also published together as an omnibus under the Wild and Weird banner." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 67. "An omnibus of Victorian sensational supernatural fiction, set in Russia, Italy and England, involving ghosts, diabolism, death portents, even a werewolf. Rousing full-blooded stuff, lurid and unsubtle but quite entertaining; another aspect of the tradition, in contrast to say, Mrs. Oliphant. A major collection of its kind." - Robert Knowlton. "The stories set in Russia are the most successful works in this collection. They are fairly long and the florid treatment fits the folkloristic subject matter. The British stories are literal and crude." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 338.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mysteries of the Unseen; Or, Supernatural Stories of English Life … [with] Wild and Weird; Or, Remarkable Stories of Russian Life … [with] Dark Stories from the Sunny South; Or, Legends of the Mediterranean. To get started finding Mysteries of the Unseen; Or, Supernatural Stories of English Life … [with] Wild and Weird; Or, Remarkable Stories of Russian Life … [with] Dark Stories from the Sunny South; Or, Legends of the Mediterranean, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Mysteries of the Unseen; Or, Supernatural Stories of English Life … [with] Wild and Weird; Or, Remarkable Stories of Russian Life … [with] Dark Stories from the Sunny South; Or, Legends of the Mediterranean
Description: "Especially attractive to the connoisseur of rare horror fiction are Campbell's three short story collections: DARK STORIES FROM THE SUNNY SOUTH; OR, LEGENDS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN (1889), MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN; OR, SUPERNATURAL STORIES OF ENGLISH LIFE (1889); and WILD AND WEIRD; OR, REMARKABLE STORIES OF RUSSIAN LIFE (1889). The last contains 'The White Wolf of the Kostopchin,' regarded as one of the best werewolf tales of the nineteenth century. These three books were issued simultaneously in a popular cheap format and were also published together as an omnibus under the Wild and Weird banner." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 67. "An omnibus of Victorian sensational supernatural fiction, set in Russia, Italy and England, involving ghosts, diabolism, death portents, even a werewolf. Rousing full-blooded stuff, lurid and unsubtle but quite entertaining; another aspect of the tradition, in contrast to say, Mrs. Oliphant. A major collection of its kind." - Robert Knowlton. "The stories set in Russia are the most successful works in this collection. They are fairly long and the florid treatment fits the folkloristic subject matter. The British stories are literal and crude." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 338.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mysteries of the Unseen; Or, Supernatural Stories of English Life … [with] Wild and Weird; Or, Remarkable Stories of Russian Life … [with] Dark Stories from the Sunny South; Or, Legends of the Mediterranean. To get started finding Mysteries of the Unseen; Or, Supernatural Stories of English Life … [with] Wild and Weird; Or, Remarkable Stories of Russian Life … [with] Dark Stories from the Sunny South; Or, Legends of the Mediterranean, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.