The Nightmare Reader
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Author
- Peter Haining
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Irving, Washington
- Thomas De Quincey
- Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- C.F. Hoffman
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Елена Петровна Блаватская
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Arthur Machen
- Edward Plunkett
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Aleister Crowley
- H. G. Wells
- Montague Rhodes James
- Montague Summers
- H.P. Lovecraft
- John Gawsworth
- Robert Bloch
- Ray Bradbury
- Arthur C. Clarke
Publication
1973 - Doubleday & Company, Garden City, N.Y., New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
85,000 words, Guess
Page Count
340 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenightmarereader00hain
- ISBN-100385022158
- ISBN-139780385022156
- Goodreads1991398
- Library of Congress Control Number72092215
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number636440
- Open LibraryOL5308618M
Classifications
- DDC823/.0872
- LCCPZ1.H1255 Nl
- LCCPR1309.H6 Nl
Description
CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. The bold dragoon / by Washington Irving Drug addiction. Levana and our ladies of sorrow / by Thomas de Quincey Sorcery. The magician / by Lord Lytton Morphia influence. [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) / by Edgar Allan Poe Schizophrenia. The drunkard's dream / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Claustrophobia. The man in the reservoir / by C.F. Hoffman The blood drinker. Haceldama / by Lafcadio Hearn Hallucination. The ensouled violin / by Madame Blavatsky Morbidity. Visions of the night / by Ambrose Bierce The legendary dream. The soldier's rest / by Arthur Machen A trauma of war. The bureau d'échange de Maux / by Lord Dunsany Psychic experience. The silver mirror / by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The occultist. The testament of Magdalen Blair / by Aleister Crowley Visionary. A dream of Armageddon / by H.G. Wells Ghostly visitation. A school story / by M.R. James Obsession. The grimoire / by Montague Summers Recluse. The evil clergyman / by H.P. Lovecraft Nightmare. The slayers and the slain / by August Derleth Fear of illness. The shifting growth / by John Gawsworth Arachnophobia. Along came a spider / by Algernon Blackwood Night fantasy. The head hunter / by Robert Bloch A waking dream. The haunting of the new / by Ray Bradbury The future. The curse / by Arthur C. Clarke
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