18 books like Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century)

What to read after Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century) — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories Leslie Shepard · 1977 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Dickens, C. Captain Murderer. -- Poe, E.A. Pit and the Pendulum Lytton, Lord. The haunted and the haunters, or The house and the brain. -- Maupassant, G. de. The inn. -- Jerome, J.K. The dancing partner. -- Caterpillars. -- Stoker, B. The judge's house. -- Hodgson, W.H. The voice in the night. -- James, M.R. Count Magnus. -- Lovecraft, H.P. The festival. -- Hartley, L.P. The travelling… Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories

Selected Prose and Poetry

Selected Prose and Poetry Edgar Allan Poe · 1950 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories with this book. Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1965 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories with this book. Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories

Representative Selections, With Introduction, Bibliography, And Notes Edgar Allan Poe · 1935 · 563p · ≈ 18h · Moderate 10 stories: Berenice Cask of Amontillado Eleonora Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Landor's Cottage Ligeia Ms Found in a Bottle Murders of the Rue Morgue Pit and the Pendulum 36 poems: Tamerlane Song-"I saw thee on thy bridal day" Dreams Evening star A dream within a dream The happiest day, the happiest hour The lake: to -- Sonnet- to science Al Aaraaf Romance… Shares Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories, American Horror tales

The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe · 1907 · ★ 4.0 · 33p · ≈ 1h · Moderate "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story describes his experience of being tortured. The story is especially… Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition James Edwin Miller · 1952 · ★ 4.0 · 820p · ≈ 27h · Challenging Selections include: ... - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce ... - A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin - The Cask of Amontillado - Fall of the House of Usher - The Glass Menagerie by Tennesse Williams Shares Burial Vaults, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Paranormal

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 Paranormal, Short Stories, Horror

Fear Street Super Chiller - Goodnight Kiss Robert Lawrence Stine · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Fear Street Super Chiller Matt, his girlfriend April, and his friend Todd just wanted a peaceful summer at the beach. But that all changes when April and Todd suddenly become weak and pale.....and have two puncture wounds on their necks....and they might have something to do with the two bats flying over the beach..... Shares Horror stories, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

Werewolves Martin H. Greenberg · 1988 · ★ 4.0 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A collection of fifteen stories by a variety of authors about the, sometime frightening, sometime humorous, phenomena of werewolves. Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, Horror, Children's fiction

Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut · 1950 · ★ 4.2 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories share Vonnegut’s audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. Includes the following stories: “Where I Live” “Harrison Bergeron” “Who Am I This… Shares American Short stories, American literature, Short Stories

The Sleepwalker Robert Lawrence Stine · 1990 · ★ 3.9 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate One week after she starts her summer job on Fear Street with old Mrs. Cottler, Mayra Barnes begins to sleepwalk, always waking up outdoors in the middle of the night never knowing where she is! Things take a disturbing turn when Mayra discovers Mrs. Cottler may be a witch. Is the old woman casting a spell on Mayra to make her sleepwalk? More horrifying, Mayra is being followed by a menacing… Shares Horror stories, Horror, Children's fiction

Clay David Almond · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They're full of mischief, but that all changes when Stephen Rose comes to town. Father O'Mahoney thinks it would be a good idea for Davie and Geordie to befriend him--maybe some of their good nature will rub off on this unhappy soul. But it's Stephen who sees something special in Davie.Stephen's a… Shares Horror stories, Paranormal, Horror, Children's fiction

The Haunting Hour - Chills in the Dead of Night Robert Lawrence Stine · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Ten terrifying tales that will haunt you forever..."Some stories are too terrifying to tell," says R. L. Stine. "They are the ones that live in the darkest corners of my mind. The ones that give me chills in the dead of night. The ones that I must tell you now –– or they will haunt me forever!"Read the spine–chilling story of a baby–sitter who loves evil tricks...the terrifying tale of a boy who… Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, Paranormal, Short Stories

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories Alvin Schwartz · 1984 · ★ 4.5 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries. Shares Fear, Horror stories, Short Stories, Horror

The Elements of the Short Story Edward Everett Hale, Jr. · 1915 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by W. Irving Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving Irving as a story writer The great stone face, by N. Hawthorne Ethan Brand, by N. Hawthorne Hawthorne as a story writer Fall of the House of Usher, by E. A. Poe The murders in the Rue Morgue, by E. A. Poe Poe as a story writer The diamond lens, by F.-J. O'Brien The man without a country, by E. E. Hale The outcasts… Shares Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, American Short stories, American Horror tales

Can Such Things Be? Ambrose Bierce · 1909 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Ambrose Bierce’s second major short story collection, Can Such Things Be? collected nearly all of Bierce’s supernatural horror stories. Bierce himself was a skeptic of the supernatural, having once written a satirical essay “The Clothing of Ghosts,” in which he insisted that “The materialized spook appealing to our senses for recognition of his ghostly character must authenticate himself… Shares American Short stories, American Horror tales, Paranormal, Short Stories

A Book of Short Stories Stuart Pratt Sherman · 1914 · ★ 3.5 · 353p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle. Nathaniel Hawthorne: The minister's black veil. Ethan Brand. Edgar Allan Poe: Fall of the House of Usher, the gold-bug. Charles Dickens: The signalman. Frank Stockton: The lady, or the tiger. Thomas Hardy: The three strangers. Robert Louis Stevenson: Will o' the mill, The Sire de Maletroit's door. Sir James Matthew Barrie: The courting of… Shares Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, American Short stories, American Horror tales

Poe stories and poems [17 stories, 9 poems]

Poe stories and poems [17 stories, 9 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1986 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Short Stories with this book. Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Short Stories

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