18 books like Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century

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Decline of Science in England Charles Babbage · 1830 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Challenging xvi, 228 p. 22 cm Shares Science, History

The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe · 1922 · ★ 4.1 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Moderate "The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in seven rooms of the abbey, each… Shares Plagues, Abbeys, Short Story, Gothic fiction

The White People Arthur Machen · 2004 · ★ 3.8 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Light "The White People" is a horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. Written in the late 1890s, it was first published in 1904 in Horlick's Magazine, edited by Machen's friend A. E. Waite, then reprinted in Machen's collection The House of Souls. Shares Short Story, Horror

Seven Gothic tales Isak Dinesen · 1934 · ★ 3.9 · 420p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Originally published in 1934, *Seven Gothic Tales,* the first book by "one of the finest and most singular artists of our time" *(The Atlantic),* is a modern classic. Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nineteenth-century Gothic tale, in the tradition of writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann,… Shares Gothic fiction, Short Stories, Horror, History

The Fantasy Hall of Fame [22 stories] Robert Silverberg · 1983 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Plagues, Abbeys, Gothic fiction, Short Stories with this book. Shares Plagues, Abbeys, Gothic fiction, Short Stories

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume IV - Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1902 · 335p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Business Man Colloquy of Monos and Una Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Eleonora Island of the Fay Journal of Julius Rodman Man of the Crowd Masque of the Red Death Murders in the Rug Morgue Mystification Never Bet the Devil Your Head Oval Portrait Three Sundays in a Week Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling Shares Plagues, Abbeys, Gothic fiction, Short Stories

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing · 1800 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The reminiscences of a young girl growing up in early nineteenth-century England. Shares Short Stories, History

A study of the short story Henry Seidel Canby · 1913 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Abbeys, Short Story, Gothic fiction, Short Stories with this book. Shares Abbeys, Short Story, Gothic fiction, Short Stories

Longitude Dava Sobel · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude,… Shares Science, History

The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Algernon Blackwood · 1906 · ★ 3.7 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Collection of short fiction horror stories by the weird fiction writer Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951). Shares Short Stories, Horror

Never Whistle at Night

Never Whistle at Night Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. · 2023 · ★ 3.8 · 444p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and… Shares Short Stories, Horror

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition Ann Charters · 2010 · 1163p · ≈ 38h · Moderate Collection contains: Stories: Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven / Sherman Alexie -- Act of vengeance / Isabel Allende -- Hands / Sherwood Anderson -- Happy endings / Margaret Atwood -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- Lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- Black man and white woman in dark green boat / Russell Banks -- Snow / Ann Beattie -- From Fun Home:… Shares Short Story, Short Stories, Horror, History

Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition Charles H. Bohner · 1989 · 1180p · ≈ 39h · Challenging Roses, rhododendron / A. Adams -- The egg ; I want to know why / S. Anderson -- Rape fantasies / M. Atwood -- The story of my dovecot / I. Babel -- Sonny's blues / J. Baldwin -- The lesson / T.C. Bambara -- My mother's memoirs, my father's lie, and other true stories / R. Banks -- Lost in the funhouse / J. Barth -- A city of churches / D. Barthelme -- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / A.… Shares Short Story, Short Stories, Horror, History

The Changeling

The Changeling Victor LaValle “Mesmerizing . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness.”—Marlon James, author of the Dark Star trilogyNOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANFIELD • ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIMEWinner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award… Shares Horror

Darkness Comes Dean Koontz · 1984 · ★ 3.9 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A blizzard brings a city to a standstill-and ushers in an evil that defies imagination. Shares Horror

Them

Them W.H. Chizmar Shares Horror with this book.

Voices in the Snow

Voices in the Snow Darcy Coates Clare remembers the cold. She remembers abandoned cars and children's toys littered across the road. She remembers dark shapes in the snow and a terror she can't explain. And then... nothing. When she wakes, aching and afraid in a stranger's gothic home, he tells her she was in an accident, a crash in the snow. He claims he saved her. Clare wants to leave, but a vicious snowstorm has blanketed… Shares Horror

Between Two Fires

Between Two Fires Christopher Buehlman An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie BestsellerEnter a darker age with New York Times bestselling author Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires, a medieval horror adventure unlike anything on the shelf.And Lucifer said: “Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of heaven down…”The year is 1348.Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a… Shares Horror

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