Cover of The Evil Image

The Evil Image

  • 1981 first published
  • 479 pages
  • 3 editions

Published in 1981, The Evil Image is a gothic fiction and demon fiction story collection by Patricia L. Skarda, Nora Jaffe and Daniel Defoe. It takes readers to New England and Salem Village in the 1600s. Characters include Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher and Ethelred. It deals with anthologies, burial vaults, Catalepsy and dragons.

19 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

At about 479 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Horror tales
  • Anthologies
  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror
  • Hysteria
  • Knights
  • Maces
  • Psychogenic death
  • Tarns
  • Satanism

Quick answers

Who wrote The Evil Image?

The Evil Image was written by Patricia L. Skarda, Nora Jaffe and Daniel Defoe and first published in 1981.

What genre is The Evil Image?

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

How long is The Evil Image?

The median edition has 479 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Evil Image?

Readers who like it often enjoy Literature--second Edition, Short Stories and The Rinehart Book of Short Stories.

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