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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

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  • 1984 first published
  • 607 pages
  • 5 editions
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J. A. Cuddon, Anonymous and James Hogg's The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984) is a horror story collection. The story is set in Jamaica. Characters include Ernest Valdemar and Carlos. It deals with cadillacs, Mesmerism, hoaxes and Narration.

30 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

At about 607 pages, most readers finish it in 11–12 hours.

About The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

The Monk of horror, or The Conclave of corpses, by Anonymous The Astrologer's prediction, or The Maniac's fate, by Anonymous The expedition to Hell, by James Hogg Mateo Falcone, by Prosper Merimee [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W), by Edgar Allan Poe Le Grande Breteche, by Honore de Balzac The romance of certain old clothes, by Henry James Who knows?, by Guy de Maupassant The body snatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson The death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola The boarded window, by Ambrose Bierce Lost hearts, by M.R. James The sea-raiders, by H.G. Wells The derelict, by William Hope Hodgson Thurnley Abbey, by Perceval Landon The fourth man, by John Russell In the penal colony, by Franz Kafka The waxwork, by A.M. Burrage Mrs. Amworth, by E.F. Benson The reptile, by Augustus Muir Mr. Meldrum's Mania, by John Metcalfe The beast with five fingers, by William Fryer Harvey Dry September, by William Faulkner Couching at the door, by D.K. Broster The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany The man who liked Dickens, by Evelyn Waugh Taboo, by Geoffrey Household The thought, by L.P.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Horror tales
  • Cadillacs
  • Mesmerism
  • Suspense
  • Horror
  • Hoaxes
  • Narration
  • Pseudoscience
  • Hypnagogia
  • Animal magnetism
  • Hypnotism
  • Tuberculosis
  • Short stories, Single author

Quick answers

Who wrote The Penguin Book of Horror Stories?

The Penguin Book of Horror Stories was written by J. A. Cuddon, Anonymous and James Hogg and first published in 1984.

What genre is The Penguin Book of Horror Stories?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is The Penguin Book of Horror Stories?

The median edition has 607 pages, about 11–12 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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