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Tales of Horror and Mystery

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  • 1993 first published
  • 377 pages
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Published in 1993, Tales of Horror and Mystery is a gothic fiction and horror novel by Roald Dahl, Walter De la Mare and W. W. Jacobs. The story is set in Eton College and Cambridge. Characters include Billy Weaver, Christopher Mulholland and Gregory W. Temple. It deals with Cyanide, crime, first-person narrative and Homicide.

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It runs to roughly 377 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Short horror story
  • Cyanide
  • Horror tales
  • Mystery
  • Juvenile works
  • Mystery stories
  • Horror stories
  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Crime in fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Tales of Horror and Mystery?

Tales of Horror and Mystery was written by Roald Dahl, Walter De la Mare and W. W. Jacobs and first published in 1993.

What genre is Tales of Horror and Mystery?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is Tales of Horror and Mystery?

The median edition has 377 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Tales of Horror and Mystery?

Readers who like it often enjoy Ghost Stories, In the Shadow of the Master and Tales of Suspense.

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