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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
With a new introduction by Professor John Sutherland, this edition takes a fresh look at one of the great works of the twentieth century. Animal Farm is a moral animal fable written to highlight the weakness of humankind, and satirise the rule of Stalin, whose rise through revolution ended in totalitar ...Show more
At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft
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Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
Complete and unabridged paperback edition.At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the Fe ...Show more
Bleak House by DICKENS, CHARLES
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
A "legal dispute novel" written in days gone by, sophisticated in a way modern "crime stories" are lacking. Bleak House by Charles Dickens is an example of classic fiction first published in 1853 in the United Kingdom. A true book of worth, a classic that lives on in an era of timeless distinction. Earl ...Show more
Frankenstein (Or, the Modern Prometheus) by Mary Shelley
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
Mary Shelley¿s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, tells the story of a scientist (Victor Frankenstein) who creates a grotesque but sapient creature. Frankenstein¿s monster may not be the scariest component of the story; it also sheds light on a darker side of humanity.On one gloomy night in May, 1 ...Show more
House on the Borderland by W. Hodgson
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Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
Cited by H.P. Lovecraft as 'perhaps the greatest of all Mr. Hodgson's works', this tale of a deserted house in Ireland hints at a terrifying evil. When two men on an innocent fishing trip encounter the enigmatic ruins of a house, they slowly uncover its secrets through the diary of its previous tenant. ...Show more
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
With a new introduction by Professor Richard Bradford this edition takes a fresh look at one of the great works of the twentieth century. Orwell's classic dystopian fiction warns us of our future, and deals with issues that speak to multiple dangers faced by many nations today. Winston Smith is a memb ...Show more
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
'To inherit a great fortune. To inherit a great misfortune.' These words, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's notebook, neatly encapsulate the theme of The House of the Seven Gables - that of a family whose fortunes are poisoned by its past misdeeds. The sins of the Pyncheon father are visited upon his children ...Show more
The Last Man by Mary Shelley
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
From the author of Frankenstein comes this apocalyptic tale of a world devastated by plague. Mary Shelley's 1826 roman à clef takes place in the late 21st century, as England's last king abdicates and a charmed circle of idealistic political reformers plunges into a maelstrom of war, pestilence, and ana ...Show more
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.' Centred around a glorious yellow diamond that carries with it a menacing history, The Moonstone tells the story of Rac ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde.The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel by popular playwright Oscar Wilde. Published in 1891 the book immediately caught attention of censorship for it was not at par with reader's sensibilities (then British and foreign readers and reviewers).Originally pu ...Show more
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 'Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, - stern and wild ones, - and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss' Fiercely romantic and hugely influential, The Scarlet Letter is the tale of Hester P ...Show more
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - And Other Dark Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
In Stevenson's suspense-filled masterpiece of horror, a shameless, repulsive creature stalks the streets and he's becoming harder to control... The charming Dr Jekyll could not be more different to the violent and depraved Mr Hyde - until, that is, he takes a potion of his own concoction which allows hi ...Show more