Ebook {Epub PDF} A Bottomless Grave Other Victorian Tales of Terror by Hugh Lamb

1 quote from Hugh Lamb: 'The world of shadows and superstition that was Victorian England, so well depicted in this tale, was unique. While the foundations of so much of our present knowledge of subjects like medicine, public health, electricity, chemistry and agriculture, were being, if not laid, at least mapped out, people could still believe in the existence of devils and demons. Foreword (Victorian Tales of Terror) • () • essay by Hugh Lamb Xélucha • () • short story by M. P. Shiel The Black Veil • () • short story by Charles Dickens The Mystery at Fernwood • () • novelette by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [as by Elizabeth Braddon] The Black Lady of Brin Tor • () • short story by Guy.  · Writers of the era fed this appetite with a continuing feast of stories steeped in terror and the supernatural. This unique collection gathers together 21 of these Victorian-era spine-tinglers, but unlike most anthologies, which feature the same tired tales, this volume contains 21 outstanding, but neglected stories from that time www.doorway.ru: Dover Publications.

It reminds me very much of a similar book i had when i was a child, of which i have still got and regularly go back to read, again and again. My old book was published by StMichael! (MS) Those were the days. So you can imagine my delight and suprise when i came across this "A Bottomless Grave" and Other Victorian Tales of Terror!". LibraryThing Review User Review - ocgreg34 - LibraryThing "This unique collection gathers together 21 of these Victorian-era spine-tinglers, but unlike most anthologies, which feature the same tired tales, this volume contains 21 outstanding, but neglected. Author of A Bottomless Grave Other Victorian Tales of Terror, Cuentos de detectives victorianos, and Tales from a Gas-Lit Graveyard.

Hugh Lamb is the author of A Bottomless Grave Other Victorian Tales of Terror ( avg rating, ratings, 15 reviews, published ), Tales from a. A BOTTOMLESS GRAVE and Other Victorian Tales of Terror (Orig. VICTORIAN NIGHTMARES) Lamb, Hugh (editor)(H. B. Marriott-Watson; G. R. Simms; Morgan Robertson; M. Murray Gilchrist; Dick Donovan; Frank Norris; Ambrose Bierce; J. K. Bangs; more) Published by Dover, NY, ISBN ISBN Writers of the era fed this appetite with a continuing feast of stories steeped in terror and the supernatural. This unique collection gathers together 21 of these Victorian-era spine-tinglers, but unlike most anthologies, which feature the same tired tales, this volume contains 21 outstanding, but neglected stories from that time period.