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The Penny Dreadfuls

Author : Bram Stoker
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 9781634501149
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Penny Dreadfuls written by Bram Stoker and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood, gore, murder, and sin—Victorian literature’s darkest horrors await you. The penny dreadfuls were cheap nineteenth-century English stories that featured gothic, lurid, disturbing, and tantalizing content. These horror serials cost a penny per issue, hence their name: penny dreadfuls. The penny dreadfuls often paid homage to—and even inspired—many of the more famous narratives of the horror genre. This book unites three of the most notorious literary giants of the nineteenth century, all born of the penny dreadful tradition: Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, all in one authentic collection of the best Victorian gothic horror ever written. Originally published at a time when dramatic scientific discoveries sparked a cultural fixation on the paranormal, these stories remain timeless in their uncanny ability to prey upon our primal fear of that which is strange, violent, and unknown. This book contains three haunting tales and a bonus story: • Dracula by Bram Stoker • Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker (Dracula’s original first chapter, not published until after Stoker’s death) • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Curl up with The Penny Dreadfuls on a dark, moonless night and rediscover these chilling classics. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The String of Pearls

Author : George Payne Rainsford James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The String of Pearls written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Penny Dreadfuls and Other Victorian Horrors

Author : Michael Anglo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Penny Dreadfuls and Other Victorian Horrors written by Michael Anglo and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood

Author : Thomas Peckett Prest
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood written by Thomas Peckett Prest and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood is a horror story by Thomas Peckett Prest. Structured in different episodes, these are classic tales of blood sucking horrors at midnights, for fans of the genre.

Penny Dreadful

Author : Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN 13 : 1785853686
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Penny Dreadful written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hit Showtime TV series is presented in comics for the first time! Written by the scriptwriters of the hit Penny Dreadful TV show - Krysty Wilson-Cairns and Andrew Hindraker! Featuring Vanessa Ives (Eva Green), Sir Malcom Murray (Timothy Dalton) and Sembene (Danny Sapani) the story recounts the events that led up to the explosive first season of the show. This prequel reveals the terrifying events that led Vanessa to try and find her missing childhood firend, Mina Harker, and exposes the true nature of the vampiric monsters infesting Victorian London. Beautifully realized by Louie De Martinis, and written by the show scriptwriters, this collected edition takes the reader on a heart-stopping journey into the supernatural realm.

Dracula

Author : Bram Stoker
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1783293640
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Dracula written by Bram Stoker and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in 1897, Stoker’s novel introduces the iconic character of the vampire Count Dracula. Through a series of letters and diary entries, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form as we know it today.

Classic Tales of Mystery

Author : Editors of Canterbury Classics
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1645178943
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book Classic Tales of Mystery written by Editors of Canterbury Classics and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven classic whodunits starring master sleuths such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Father Brown. A superstar lineup of detectives—including Sherlock Holmes, C. Auguste Dupin, and Hercule Poirot—headlines this elegant leather-bound edition of classic mystery stories. Short stories such as Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and G. K. Chesterton’s “The Blue Cross” are ideal for a cozy evening by the fire, while novels like Agatha Christie’s The Murder on the Links and Jules Verne’s An Antarctic Mystery will keep you engrossed for days. The eleven works in this volume are preceded by a scholarly introduction that explores the origins of the genre, as well as the development of the modern mystery story and the contributions made by each author. Works Included Short stories: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Edgar Allan Poe "The Adventure of the Creeping Man," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "The Blue Cross," G. K. Chesterton "The Coin of Dionysius," Ernest Bramah "The Anthropologist at Large," R. Austin Freeman "The Most Dangerous Game," Richard Connell Novels: The Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie Whose Body?, Dorothy Sayers The Thirty-nine Steps, John Buchan An Antarctic Mystery, Jules Verne Room 13, Edgar Wallace

The Female Grotesque

Author : Mary Russo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136037500
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Female Grotesque written by Mary Russo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grotesque - the exagggerated, the deformed, the monstrous - has been a well-considered subject for students of comparative literature and art. In a major addition to the literature of art, cultural criticism and feminist studies, Mary Russo re-examines the grotesque in the light of gender, exploring the works of Angela Carter David Cronenberg Bahktin Kristeva Freud Zizek. Mary Russo looks at the portrayal of the grotesque in Western culture and by combining the iconographic and the historical, locates the role of the woman's body in the discourse of the grotesque.

The Mysteries of London

Author : George William MacArthur Reynolds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Mysteries of London written by George William MacArthur Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fibber in the Heat

Author : Miles Jupp
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448147107
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Fibber in the Heat written by Miles Jupp and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award ** Fanatical about cricket since he was a boy, Miles Jupp would do anything to see his heroes play. But perhaps deciding to bluff his way into the press corps during England's Test series in India wasn't his best idea. By claiming to be the cricket correspondent for BBC Scotland and getting a job with the (Welsh) Western Mail, Miles lands the press pass that will surely be the ticket to his dreams. Soon, he finds himself in cricket heaven - drinking with David Gower and Beefy, sharing bar room banter with Nasser Hussain and swapping diarrhoea stories with the Test Match Special team. But struggling in the heat under the burden of his own fibs, reality soon catches up with Miles as he bumbles from one disaster to the next. A joyous, charming, yet cautionary tale, Fibber in the Heat is for anyone who's ever dreamt about doing nothing but watching cricket all day long.

The Lady and the Highwayman

Author : Sarah M. Eden
Publisher : Thorndike Press Large Print
ISBN 13 : 9781432872946
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book The Lady and the Highwayman written by Sarah M. Eden and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors Elizabeth Black and Fletcher Walker go head-to-head as rival writers of Victorian Penny Dreadfuls. As an upper class schoolteacher, Elizabeth must write under the pseudonym "Mr. King" in order to keep her identity a secret, while former street urchin Fletcher is determined to uncover the truth behind this up-and-coming new talent.

From the Penny Dreadful to the Ha'penny Dreadfuller

Author : Robert J. Kirkpatrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780712309547
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book From the Penny Dreadful to the Ha'penny Dreadfuller written by Robert J. Kirkpatrick and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells, for the first time, the full history of the British boys' periodical, from its origins in the second half of the 18th century to its decline after the Second World War. Beginning with educational and religious magazines, it follows the trail through the violent and sensational 'penny blood' which thrived between around 1830 and 1870, to early attempts to entertain as well as educate boys through monthly magazines, and the ground - breaking weekly story papers and 'penny dreadfuls' of Edwin J. Brett, beginning with Boys of England in 1866, and his rivalry with the Emmett brothers and other publishers. It also looks at cheap periodical publishing for boys in America, before exploring the introduction of more 'respectable' periodicals such as the Boy's Own Paper and Chums, and the attempts of a young Alfred Harmsworth, later Lord Northcliffe and founder of the Amalgamated Press, to usurp the 'penny dreadful' by producing the 'ha'penny dreadfuller'. Finally, it charts the progress of the story paper through the first half of the 20th century, before it gave way to comics, imported American magazines, and television. It concludes with a comprehensive checklist, giving publication details of over 600 periodicals.

The Merchant and the Rogue

Author : Sarah M. Eden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book The Merchant and the Rogue written by Sarah M. Eden and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "London, 1865 Vera Sorokina loves reading the Penny Dreadfuls and immersing herself in tales of adventure, mystery, and romance. Her own days are filled with the often mundane work of running the book and print shop she owns with her father. The shop offers her the freedom and income to employ and protect the poverty-stricken Londoners she's come to care about, and it gives her father something to do other than long for their hometown of St. Petersburg. She is grateful for the stability in their lives, but she often feels lonely. Brogan Donnelly was born and raised in Ireland, but has lived in London for several years, where he's built a career as a Penny Dreadful writer. He has dedicated himself to the plight of the poor with the help of his sister. His membership in the secretive Dread Penny Society allows him to feel he isn't entirely wasting his life, yet he feels dissatisfied. With no one to share his life with but his sister, he fears London will never truly feel like home. Brogan and Vera's paths cross, and the attraction is both immediate and ill-advised. Vera knows from past experience that writers are never to be trusted, and Brogan has reason to suspect not everything at her print shop is aboveboard. When the growing criminal enterprise run by the elusive and violent Mastiff begins targeting their area of London, Brogan and Vera must work together to protect the community they've both grown to love. But that means they'll need to learn to trust each other with dangerous secrets that have followed both of them from their home countries"--

The Penny Dreadful

Author : Peter Haining
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9780575017795
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Penny Dreadful written by Peter Haining and published by Orion. This book was released on 1975 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Defendant

Author : Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Defendant written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1901 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Penny Dreadful Covers Collection

Author :
Publisher : Titan Comics
ISBN 13 : 9781785868764
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (687 download)

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Download or read book Penny Dreadful Covers Collection written by and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in an oversized format, this sumptuous tome contains over 60 stunning pieces of art and photography that have graced the covers of the Penny Dreadful comics series Featuring work from artists like: Guillem March, Ben Templesmith, Louie De Martinis, Marguerite Sauvage, Ben Oliver, Paul McCaffrey, Abigail Larson, Shane Pierce, Tula Lotay, Rob Davis, Stephen Mooney, Jesús Hervás, Tristan Jones, Roberta Ingranata, Claudia Ianniciello and many more! With unseen sketches, commentary, process pieces and more, this is the ultimate giftbook for Dreadfuls and horror comic fans.

The Gentleman and the Thief

Author : Sarah M. Eden
Publisher : Thorndike Press Large Print
ISBN 13 : 9781432891626
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Gentleman and the Thief written by Sarah M. Eden and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gentleman scribes penny dreadful novels by night and falls in love with a woman who is a music teacher by day--and a thief at night. LONDON 1865 From the moment Hollis Darby meets Ana Newport, he's smitten. Even though he's from a wealthy, established family and she isn't, he wishes he could have a life with her by his side. But Hollis has a secret: the deep coffers that have kept his family afloat for generations are bare, so he supports himself by writing penny dreadfuls under a pseudonym. If not for the income from his novels, he would be broke. Ana Newport also has a secret. Though she once had a place in society thanks to her father's successful business, bankruptcy and scandal reduced his fortune to nothing more than a crumbling town house. So Ana teaches music during the day, and at night she assumes the identity of the "Phantom Fox." She breaks into the homes of the wealthy to reclaim trinkets and treasures she feels were unjustly stolen from her family when they were struggling. When Hollis's brother needs to hire a music tutor for his daughter, Hollis recommends Ana, giving him a chance to spend time with her. Ana needs the income and is eager for the opportunity to get to know the enigmatic gentleman. What neither of them expects is how difficult it will be to keep their respective secrets from each other. When a spree of robberies rocks the city, Ana and Hollis join forces to solve the crimes, discovering that working together deepens the affection between them. After all, who better to save the day than a gentleman and a thief?