Brimming with tales of terror, suspense and the uncanny, this work offers the first collection devoted to the Gothic genre. Each story contains the common elements of the gothic tale - a warped sense of time, a claustrophobic setting, a link to archaic modes of thought and the impression of a
descent into disintegration. In this volume covering the genre from 1773-1991: Sir Bertrand: A Fragment: Anna Laetitiia Aikin; The Poisoner Of Montremos: Richard Cumberland; The Friar’s Tale: Anonymous; Raymond: A Fragment: Juvenis; The Parricide Punished: Anonymous; The Ruins Of The Abbey Of FitzMartin: Anonymous; The Vindictive Monk: Isaac Crookenden; The Astrologer’s Prediction: Anonymous; Andreas Vesalius The Anatomist: Petrus Borel; Lady Eltringham: J. Wadham; The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Edgar Allan Poe; A Chapter In The History Of A Tyrone Family: Sheridan Le Fanu; Rappacinni’s Daughter: Nathaniel Hawthorne; Selina Sedilla: Bret Harte; Jean-Ah Poquelin: George Washington Cable; Olalla: Robert Louis Stevenson; Barbara Of The House Of Grebe: Thomas Hardy; Bloody Blanche: Marcel Schwob; The Yellow Wallpaper: Charlotte Perkins Stetson; The Adventure Of The Speckled Band: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;Hurst Of Hurstcote: E. Nesbit; A Vine On A House: Ambrose Bierce; Jordan’s End: Ellen Glasgow; The Outsider: H.P. Lovecraft; A Rose For Emily: William Faulkner; A Rendezvous In Averoigne: Clark Ashton Smith; The Monkey: Isak Dinesen; Miss De Mannering Of Asham: F.M. Mayor; The Vampire of Kaldenstein: Frederick Cowles; Clytie: Eudora Welty; Sardonicus: Ray Russell; The Bloody Countess: Alejandra Pizarnik; The Gospel According To Mark: Jorge Luis Borges; The Lady Of The House Of Love: Angela Carter; Secret Observations On The Goat-Girl: Joyce Carol Oates; Blood Disease: Patrick McGrath; If You Touched My Heart: Isabel Allende.