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The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls

Tales of Horror: Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Picture of Dorian Gray

by Bram StokerMary Shelley and Oscar. Wilde
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/07/2015

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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.

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ISBN:
9781634501149
9781634501149
Category:
Horror & ghost stories
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-07-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x152.4x45.72mm
Weight:
1.08kg
Bram Stoker

Born in Dublin, Ireland, on November 8, 1847, Bram Stoker published his first literary work, The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, a handbook in legal administration, in 1879.

Turning to fiction later in life, Stoker published his masterpiece, Dracula, in 1897. Deemed a classic horror novel not long after its release, Dracula has continued to garner acclaim for more than a century, inspiring the creation of hundreds of film, theatrical and literary adaptations.

In addition to Dracula, Stoker published more than a dozen novels before his death in 1912.

Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, into a life of personal tragedy. In 1816, she married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and that summer traveled with him and a host of other Romantic intellectuals to Geneva.

Her greatest achievement was piecing together one of the most terrifying and renowned stories of all time: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Shelley conceived Frankenstein in, according to her, "a waking dream."

This vision was simply of a student kneeling before a corpse brought to life. Yet this tale of a mad creator and his abomination has inspired a multitude of storytellers and artists. She died on February 1, 1851.,

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