The Second Macabre MEGAPACK®: 20 Classic Dark Fantasies

By Edith Nesbit

This volume is a treasure-trove of rare 19th-century macabre stories for lovers of classic fantasy and horror. From ghosts of mind and spirit to paranormal experiences, from exotic Arabian Nights adventures to Deals with the Devil, each story in this volume is sure to delight the discerning reader of classic fantasy and horror. Included are:

THE GRAY LADY, by Mary E. Lee

THE EBONY FRAME, by Edith Nesbit

THE DOOM, by Benedict

THE CURSE OF THE CATAFALQUES, by F. Anstey

THE STRIDING PLACE, by Gertrude Atherton

SISTER SERAPHINE, by Edna W. Underwood

EXTRAORDINARY INDIAN FEATS OF LEGERDEMAIN, by David Dawson Mitchell

LAZARUS, by Leonid Andreyev

THE TRANSFIGURED, by Heinrich Zschokke

THE UNCANNY BAIRN, by Mrs. Alfred (Louisa) Baldwin

UNCLE ABRAHAM’S ROMANCE, by Edith Nesbit

MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE, by Edith Nesbit

THE SECRET OF THE STRADIVARIUS, by Hugh Conway

MR. LINDSAY’S MANUSCRIPT, by T. H. E.

ROSAURA AND HER RELATIONS, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

THE ENCHANTED GIFTS, by Mrs. Jane L. Swift

THE GALLOWS MAN, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

THE ROCK OF HANS HEILING, by Theodor Koerner

THE VISION OF AGIB, by Anonymous

WINDERHANS AND THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK, by Anonymous

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Release date: Apr 9, 2013
• ISBN: 9781434446695

Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English writer of children’s literature. Born in Kennington, Nesbit was raised by her mother following the death of her father—a prominent chemist—when she was only four years old. Due to her sister Mary’s struggle with tuberculosis, the family travelled throughout England, France, Spain, and Germany for years. After Mary passed, Edith and her mother returned to England for good, eventually settling in London where, at eighteen, Edith met her future husband, a bank clerk named Hubert Bland. The two—who became prominent socialists and were founding members of the Fabian Society—had a famously difficult marriage, and both had numerous affairs. Nesbit began her career as a poet, eventually turning to children’s literature and publishing around forty novels, story collections, and picture books. A contemporary of such figures of Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, Nesbit was notable as a writer who pioneered the children’s adventure story in fiction. Among her most popular works are The Railway Children (1906) and The Story of the Amulet (1906), the former of which was adapted into a 1970 film, and the latter of which served as a profound influence on C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series. A friend and mentor to George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells, Nesbit’s work has inspired and entertained generations of children and adults, including such authors as J.K. Rowling, Noël Coward, and P.L. Travers.

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