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The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

  • 1952 first published
  • 820 pages
  • 12 editions

Published in 1952, The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition is a gothic fiction and demon fiction play by James Edwin Miller, Carlota Cárdenas de Dwyer and Kerry M. Wood. It takes readers to New England and Salem Village in the 1600s. It features Montresor, Fortunato and Luchresi. Key subjects include crime, revenge, burial vaults and Catalepsy.

44 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 12 editions.

It runs to roughly 820 pages — 15–16 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

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Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Horror stories
  • Revenge
  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror
  • Horror tales
  • Hysteria

Quick answers

Who wrote The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition?

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition was written by James Edwin Miller, Carlota Cárdenas de Dwyer and Kerry M. Wood and first published in 1952.

What genre is The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition?

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

How long is The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition?

The median edition has 820 pages, about 15–16 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition, Great Tales of Terror (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum) and Eight Tales of Terror (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Ligeia / Mask of the Red Death / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson).

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