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Description edit
Mystery and terror lurk in the pages of these great suspense tales concocted by thirteen literary masters of the last hundred years.
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The suspenseful tales in this new collection take intrepid readers of all ages into that unexplored world where the darker and more dangerous powers of man and nature reside. Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and other masters of the mystery story lead us to the terrifying brink of the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Quotes edit
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“Don't follow after her! She blamed the child for her sickness, now you blame it for her death. She stumbled on a toy, remember that. You can't blame the child.”
First Sentence edit
As the title suggests, all of the short stories in this collection have two features in common: they involve suspense and they arouse terror in the reader.
Table of Contents edit
Preface, by Stewart H. Benedict
Mademoiselle de Scuderi, by E. T. A. Hoffmann (Translated and abridged by W. E. Reichelt)
Mateo Falcone, by Prosper Mérimée
A Descent into the Maelstrom, by Edgar Allan Poe
Mr. Justice Harbottle, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Abridged by the author)
The Traveller's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed, by Wilkie Collins
The Squaw, by Bram Stoker
The Hand, by Guy de Maupassant
The Adventure of the Speckled Band, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, by Rudyard Kipling
The Lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Escape, by Hereward Carrington
The Vanishing Lady, by Alexander Woollcott
The Small Assassin, by Ray Bradbury
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stewart H. Benedict (Editor)
Other Contributors:
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (Contributor) - Mademoiselle de Scuderi (short story, translated and abridged by W. E. Reichelt)
- Prosper Mérimée (Contributor) - Mateo Falcone (short story)
- Edgar Allan Poe (Contributor) - A Descent into the Maelstrom (short story)
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Contributor) - Mr. Justice Harbottle (short story, abridged by the author)
- Wilkie Collins (Contributor) - The Traveller's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed (short story)
- Bram Stoker (Contributor) - The Squaw (short story)
- Guy de Maupassant (Contributor) - The Hand (short story)
- Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor) - The Adventure of the Speckled Band (short story)
- Rudyard Kipling (Contributor) - The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes (short story)
- Marie Belloc Lowndes (Contributor) - The Lodger (short story)
- Hereward Carrington (Contributor) - The Escape (short story)
- Alexander Woollcott (Contributor) - The Vanishing Lady (short story)
- Ray Bradbury (Contributor) - The Small Assassin (short story)
- Stewart H. Benedict (Preface)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: October 1963
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: October 1963
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 288
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