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Short Stories

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  • 1989 first published
  • 299 pages
  • 2 editions
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Short Stories is a 1989 gothic fiction and demon fiction novel by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in New England and Salem Village, in the 1600s. Characters include Hugh Morgan, William Harker and Roderick Usher. Readers will find themes of inquests, coroners, mountain lions and burial vaults.

At about 299 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Horror tales
  • Horror
  • Inquests
  • Coroners
  • Mountain lions
  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Hysteria
  • Knights
  • Maces
  • Psychogenic death

Quick answers

Who wrote Short Stories?

Short Stories was written by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1989.

What genre is Short Stories?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Demons & Devils, Horror and Dragon Fiction.

How long is Short Stories?

The median edition has 299 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Short Stories?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Evil Image, The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction -- Fourth Edition and The Penguin Book of American Short Stories.

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