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An intriguing collection of baffling mysteries from such masters as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and G. K. Chesterton.

Questa è la storia del piccolo principe, bambino misterioso proveniente dal minuscolo asteroide B612 che, arrivato nel deserto del Sahara vi incontra un pilota in panne, intento a riparare il suo velivolo. Il pilota e il piccolo principe iniziano a parlare e diventano amici. Il bambino racconta all&'adulto le sue peripezie da un pianeta all&'altro prima del suo atterraggio sul pianeta Terra. Così comincia una delle storie più dolci e più belle che siano mai state scritte: che è poi la storia degli incontri, della scoperta dell&'amicizia, del sapere affezionarsi e voler bene a qualcuno. Una storia semplice e grandissima, piena di poesia e di tenerezza. Età di lettura: da 8 anni.

The Sherlock Holmes Book chronicles every case of the world's greatest detective and his assistant Dr Watson. The game is afoot and now you can discover every detail of Sherlock Holmes' world

L’essenzialità, la finezza descrittiva, i personaggi indimenticabili hanno fatto di questo romanzo un “classico moderno”. Il misterioso, affascinante e inquieto Gatsby, con le sue feste stravaganti, il lusso e la mondanità di cui si circonda, non mira in verità che a ritrovare l’amore di Daisy. Ma è possibile ricatturare il passato? Nello scenario dei frenetici anni Venti, di cui Fitzgerald e la moglie Zelda furono protagonisti, il desiderio di Gatsby diventa emblema di un sogno di assolutezza, che la realtà frantuma e disperde. Molti grandi attori hanno prestato il loro volto a Gatsby e Daisy, tra i quali Robert Redford e Mia Farrow nel 1974, Leonardo DiCaprio e Carey Mulligan nel 2013.

This collection features a set of wide ranging and mind expanding tales created by the founding fathers of this most fascinating and exciting of literary genres.

Murderous ghosts, horrific curses and monstrous beings haunt an unforgiving landscape into which travellers stray at their peril. Journey through the dark byways of Australia's Gothic past in the rare stories gathered in this memorable new collection. Work by acclaimed Australian writers such as Marcus Clarke, Henry Lawson and Edward Dyson appears alongside many lesser-known authors such as Beatrice Grimshaw, Mary Fortune and Ernest Favenc. Many of the stories collected here have never been reprinted since their first publication in 19th and early 20th century periodicals and showcase the richness and variety of the Australian ghost and horror story.James Doig provides an authoritative introduction full of fresh insights into Australian Gothic fiction with detailed biographical notes on the authors represented.

Over the centuries Ireland has preserved a magical, mystical aura that lends itself to tales of the supernatural-from leprechauns and fairies to ghosts and hauntings. Stories and storytelling have always been central to Irish folk culture, and this anthology of the best ghost stories from Ireland and Irish writers includes contributions from Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Patrick Kennedy, George Moore, and W. B. Yeats. The result is a collection of tingling tales of poltergeists, supernatural experiences, haunted houses, death warnings, and banshees that will chill the blood of readers and listeners alike.

'...the hand was writhing in agonized contortions, squirming and wriggling upon the nail like a worm upon a hook. 'We'll keep it there until it dies, ' he said. 'May I burn in hell, if I ever open the door of that safe again.' The brilliant and scary The Beast with Five Fingers, is the first entry in this mammoth collection of strange and chilling short stories by W.F. Harvey, an unjustly neglected author of supernatural tales. This unique volume demonstrates clearly that Harvey is one of the masters of the genre. Along with such classics as August Heat, which concerns two strangers whose individual fates become inextricably entwined in a nightmare scenario and the gruesome school yarn, The Dabblers, you will find such minor masterpieces of the uncanny as The Man Who Hated Aspidistras, Sarah Bennet's Possession, The Habeas Corpus Club and many more stories which refreshingly avoid the cliche while at the same time creating that wonderfully eerie sense of fear.

Prepare to be shocked. This novel, written in 1796, is a Gothic festival of sex, magic and ghastly, ghostly violence rarely seen in literature. The Monk is remarkably modern in style and tells a breathless tale of temptation, imprisonment and betrayal. Matthew Lewis recounts the downfall of Ambrosio, the holier-than-thou monk seduced within the walls of a Madrid abbey until he heads for the utter corruption of the soul. Meanwhile, two sets of young lovers are thwarted and the reader thrills to pursuits through the woods by bandits and is chilled by the spectre of nuns imprisoned in vermin-ridden and skeleton-crowded vaults. Late Eighteenth Century audiences were polarised in opinion as to the novel's merits. Lord Byron and the Marquis de Sade were impressed by Lewis's daring, while Coleridge warned parents against The Monk's suitability for their sons or daughters, describing the novel as 'poison for youth. If you want a novel that still terrifies, over two hundred years after it was written, there is none finer than The Monk.

Throughout his illustrious writing career, Charles Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction. Even in his first successful work, Pickwick Papers, you will find five ghost stories, all of which are included in this collection. Dickens began the tradition of the "ghost story at Christmas" and many of his tales in this genre are presented here including the brilliant novella, "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain," which deserves to be as well known as A Christmas Carol. While all his supernatural tales aim to chill the spine, they are not without the usual traits of Dickens' flamboyant style, his subtle wit, biting irony, humorous incidents, and moral observations. It is a mixture which makes these stories fascinating and entertaining as well as unsettling. To paraphrase the Fat Boy in Pickwick Papers: Charles Dickens "wants to make your flesh creep."

Moving, his candle was instantly extinguished, and in the very moment of being left in the darkness he saw, standing in the doorway, a woman, resembling her who had haunted his dream overnight. He rushed with outstretched hands to seize her, but clutched only air. Night Shivers presents a treasure trove of the stories of Mrs J. H. Riddell, one of the greatest Victorian writers of ghost stories. These tales, many of which have been out of print for years, take the reader on fearful journeys into the gloomy haunts of old neglected houses, into a world of prophetic dreams, out onto the wild terrain of Ireland to encounter a frightful banshee and even down into Hell itself. In these fourteen short stories and one novella, The Uninhabited House, there is the distillation of the best and most effective of Riddell s spine-tingling supernatural fiction.

I racconti che Oscar Wilde scrisse per i figli Cyril e Vyvyan sono una lettura intramontabile e godibilissima ancora oggi a qualsiasi età. "Dagli otto agli ottantenni", prescriveva il sottotitolo alla prima raccolta di Oscar Wilde.

This book explores the captivating and eerie world of vampires through a collection of stories, featuring both well-known and lesser-known tales.

Colonel Sapt travels to England on a secret mission to prevent anarchy in Ruritania by enlisting Rudolf Rassendyll to impersonate the King during his recovery from illness. However, Rassendyll has mysteriously vanished.

Includes short stories: Best Ghost Stories, Best Fairy Stories, Celtic Fairy Tales and Tales of the Macabre. This new collection of detective stories of the golden age includes intriguing tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Wallace, G K Chesterton, 'Sapper', E W Hornung, and Arnold Bennett.

Píše se rok 1880 a mladý excentrik Holmes teprve začíná s praxí detektivního konzultanta. Jeho zvláštní nadání a první kroky však neuniknou pozornosti jiné postavy, o níž veřejnost zatím také nic netuší, profesora Moriartyho. V téže době, na druhém konci světa, si jiný muž, jakýsi doktor Walker, sahá až na dno své dosavadní existence, aby se stal obětí i nástrojem zlovolných manipulací. Setkání obou mužů je neodvratné, není však dílem osudu, ale součástí rafinovaného plánu Napoleona zločinu. Profesor Moriarty se nám tak konečně představuje v plném lesku. A paní Hudsonová? A Mycroft Holmes? Jak se ke svému zděšení a úžasu dovídáme, již od dob Studia v šarlatové, Podpisu čtyř a Řeckého tlumočníka bylo všechno jinak, což jako dokonalý tour de force prokáže skutečná verze hororu Poslední případ.

A collection of early Mummy stories that contributed to the emergence of the Dead returning to life as a horror fiction sub-genre, selected and introduced by David Stuart Davies.

A simplified version of A. Conan Doyle's story of the gigantic hound, which seemed to haunt the Baskerville family, and Sherlock Holmes. Controlled vocabulary suitable for Adult Literacy and ESL Learners.

Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century is a wonderful collection of classic stories specially selected and introduced by David Stuart Davies. These are tales from the golden age of the great storytellers presenting evocative snapshots from that bygone era while at the same time providing engaging entertainment and stimulation for the modern reader. schovat popis

A collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents and debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was esconsced in his rooms at 221B Baker Street and London was permanently wreathed in a sinister fog.

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of Sherlock magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married, and becomes involved with other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard. The original illustrations from The Strand magazine by Sidney Paget accompany each story. Stories included in this edition are: A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Man with the Twisted Lip The Blue Carbuncle The Speckled Band Silver Blaze The Musgrave Ritual The Dancing Man The Solitary Cyclist Charles Augustus Milverton The Six Napoleons The Abbey Grange The Second Stain The Devil's Foot