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The Rinehart Book of Short Stories

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  • 1952 first published
  • 307 pages
  • 8 editions
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Published in 1952, The Rinehart Book of Short Stories is a gothic fiction and demon fiction novel by Clarence Lee Cline, C. L. Cline and Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in New England and Salem Village, in the 1600s. Characters include Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher and Ethelred. Readers will find themes of nouvelles, burial vaults, Catalepsy and dragons.

5 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

It runs to roughly 307 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

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

Quick answers

Who wrote The Rinehart Book of Short Stories?

The Rinehart Book of Short Stories was written by Clarence Lee Cline, C. L. Cline and Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1952.

What genre is The Rinehart Book of Short Stories?

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

How long is The Rinehart Book of Short Stories?

The median edition has 307 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Rinehart Book of Short Stories?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Evil Image, Literature--second Edition and Great American Short Stories.

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