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The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

  • 1992 first published
  • 533 pages
  • 4 editions

Chris Baldick, Anna Laetitia Aiken and Richard Cumberland's The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992) is a gothic fiction and horror play. It takes readers to England and Calcutta in the Antebellum era. Characters include Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson and Stroke Moran. Key subjects include Tradition, Change, death and Allegory.

89 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.

At about 533 pages, most readers finish it in 9–10 hours.

About The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

Part 1 Beginnings: "Sir Bertrand - A Fragment" (1773), Anna Laetitia Aiken "The Poisoner of Montremos" (1791), Richard Cumberland "The Friar's Tale" (1792), Anonymous "Raymond - A Fragment (1799), "Juvenis" "The Parricide Punished" (1799), Anonymous "The Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin" (1801), Anonymous "The Vindictive Monk, or The Fatal Ring" (1802), Isaac Crookenden. Part 2 The 19th century: "The Astrologer's Prediction or the Maniac's Fate" (1826), Anonymous "Andreas Vesalius the Anatomist" (1833), Petrus Borel "Lady Eltringham or The Castle of Ratcliffe Cross" (1836), J. Wadham "[The Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W)" (1839), Edgar Allan Poe "A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family" (1839), Sheridan Le Fanu "[Rappacini's Daughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455378W)" (1844), Nathaniel Hawthorne "Selina Sedilia" (1865), Bret Harte "Jean-Ah Poquelin" (1875), George Washington Cable "Olalla" (1885), Robert Louis Stevenson "Barbara of the House of Grebe" (1891), Thomas Hardy "Bloody Blanche" (1892), Marcel Schwob "The Yellow Wall-Paper" (1892), Charlotte Perkins Stetson "[The Adventure of the Speckled Band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W)" (1892), Arthur Conan Doyle "Hurst of Hurstcote" (1893), E. Nesbit. Part 3 The 20th century: "A Vine on the House" (1905), Ambrose Bierce "Jordan's End" (1923), Ellen Glasgow "The Outsider" (1926), H.P.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Tradition
  • Change
  • Death
  • Allegory
  • Nonlinear narrative
  • Gentleman's agreements
  • Recluses
  • Mentally ill women
  • Amorality
  • Anglo-Saxons
  • Aristocracy
  • Detective fiction
  • Juvenile audience
  • Locked-room mysteries
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Drama

Quick answers

Who wrote The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales?

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales was written by Chris Baldick, Anna Laetitia Aiken and Richard Cumberland and first published in 1992.

What genre is The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales?

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

How long is The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales?

The median edition has 533 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales?

Readers who like it often enjoy Fictions--Second Edition, Fiction 100 and 65 Great Spine Chillers.

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