Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxix).
Contents
Lord Arthur Savile's crime / Oscar Wilde -- Sir Edmund Orme / Henry James -- The mark of the beast / Rudyard Kipling -- The Dak bungalow at Dakor / B.M. Croker -- Lot no. 249 / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The case of Lady Sannox / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Pallinghurst barrow / Grant Allen -- Magic lantern / Jean Lorrain -- The spectral hand / Jean Lorrain -- The great god Pan / Arthur Machen -- Vaila / M.P. Shiel.
Summary
This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James & Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era.
