Timeless Tales of Terror: Twenty-One Illustrated Horror Classics

Edgar Allan Poe · H.P. Lovecraft · Mary Shelley · Bram Stoker · Robert Louis Stevenson · H.G. Wells · Arthur Conan Doyle · Henry James

Sep 2018 · Top Five Classics Book 27 · Top Five Books LLC

About this ebook

This Top Five Classics illustrated anthology features 21 horror classics—13 short stories, two poems, and six novels—all foundational works of the horror genre, including:

• Dracula by Bram Stoker

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

• The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells

• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

• The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

• Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Saki, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, William Hope Hodgson, and Robert Louis Stevenson

• Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” and Poe’s “The Raven”

These works formed the templates for the thousands of horror stories that followed and have been frightening and thrilling readers for the past two centuries. This ebook compilation also includes more than 150 illustrations by Sidney Paget, Lynd Ward, Arthur Rackham, F.O.C. Darley, Harry Clarke, Gustave Doré, and others. So turn the lights down low, curl up in an easy chair, and enjoy these Timeless Tales of Terror. Maybe lock the doors and windows, just to be safe.

Ratings and reviews

Always been a fan of horror and you can't go wrong with Mr. Edgar Allen Poe.

About the author

Top Five Classics, an imprint of Top Five Books, is a series of illustrated great works, created and formatted specifically for ereaders and distributed at low cost. Started in 2012, there are more than 30 titles in the series, with more published each year. Visit Top Five Classics at www.topfivebooks.com/TopFiveClassics.html to learn more.