Into the Darkness: Boxed Set: 560+ Macabre & Horror Classics and Supernatural Mysteries

Wilhelm Hauff · Charles Dickens · Mark Twain · Harriet Beecher Stowe · Oscar Wilde · Robert Louis Stevenson · Edgar Allan Poe · William Hope Hodgson · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · John Buchan · Louis Tracy · Bram Stoker · Henry James · Théophile Gautier · Arthur Conan Doyle · Algernon Blackwood · Thomas De Quincey · John Meade Falkner · Guy de Maupassant · Thomas Hardy · Daniel Defoe · John Kendrick Bangs · Cleveland Moffett · Rudyard Kipling · Ambrose Bierce · Frederick Marryat · Washington Irving · Nathaniel Hawthorne · Grant Allen · Arthur Machen · Wilkie Collins · Saki · William Makepeace Thackeray · Thomas Peckett Prest · James Malcolm Rymer · Walter Hubbell · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · Richard Marsh · Catherine Crowe · H. G. Wells · Robert W. Chambers · W. W. Jacobs · E. F. Benson · Jerome K. Jerome · M. R. James · E. T. A. Hoffmann · H. P. Lovecraft · Robert E. Howard · Edith Nesbit · Sabine Baring-Gould · Francis Marion Crawford · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · Mary Louisa Molesworth · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · Nikolai Gogol · Mary Shelley · Elizabeth Gaskell · Gertrude Atherton · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · Louisa M. Alcott · Amelia B. Edwards · Fitz-James O'Brien · Émile Erckmann · Alexandre Chatrian · Pedro De Alarçon · J. K. Huysmans

Nov 2023 · DigiCat

About this ebook

DigiCat presents to you the biggest collection of supernatural, macabre, horror and gothic classics. Grab your copy and get ready for the chills to creep down your spine: H. P. Lovecraft: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward At The Mountains of Madness The Colour out of Space The Whisperer in Darkness The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House... Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal The Evil Eye... John William Polidori: The Vampyre Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Black Cat... Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental... Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars The Lair of the White Worm... Algernon Blackwood: The Willows A Haunted Island A Case of Eavesdropping Ancient Sorceries... Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie Bowen: Black Magic Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Théophile Gautier: Clarimonde The Mummy's Foot Richard Marsh: The Beetle Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles The Silver Hatchet... Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla Uncle Silas... M. R. James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary A Thin Ghost and Others Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel The Devil's Spectacles E. F. Benson: The Room in the Tower The Terror by Night... Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Birth Mark The House of the Seven Gables... Ambrose Bierce: Can Such Things Be? Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Terror... William Hope Hodgson: The House on the Borderland The Night Land M. P. Shiel: Shapes in the Fire Ralph Adams Cram: Black Spirits and White Grant Allen: The Reverend John Creedy Dr. Greatrex's Engagement... Horace Walpole: The Castle of Otranto William Thomas Beckford: Vathek Matthew Gregory Lewis: The Monk Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights Rudyard Kipling: The Phantom Rickshaw Guy de Maupassant: The Horla Jerome K. Jerome: Told After Supper...

About the author

Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827) was a German poet and novelist known for his vivid narrative style and the incorporation of the Romantic spirit into his works. Although his life was tragically short, his literary output was prolific and continues to capture the imaginations of readers. Born in Stuttgart, Hauff demonstrated an early affinity for literature, which led to his studies at the University of Tübingen. His foray into professional writing commenced quickly thereafter, imbuing traditional folktale motifs with his unique blend of the whimsical and the macabre. Hauff's 'Märchenalmanach' series, fairy-tale novellas published from 1825 to 1828, solidified his reputation as a master storyteller. During his lifetime, he achieved notable success within the realm of narrative fiction with works such as 'Lichtenstein' (1826), a historical novel which played a significant role in the Biedermeier period of German literature. Though 'Into the Darkness' is not a widely recognized title attributed to Hauff and may be a later translation or a misattributed work, his genuine contributions include 'Die Karawane' (1826), 'Das Wirtshaus im Spessart' (1828), and 'Die Betörung des Weltfahrers durch einen nächtlichen Spuk' (1827). Hauff's stories often feature elements of the fantastic, the exotic, and the supernatural, reflecting the Romantic era's preoccupation with the realms beyond immediate reality. His impact on the fantasy and adventure genres is particularly noteworthy, as is his literary style that intertwarks human emotions with the capricious forces of fate. Hauff's works continue to be read and appreciated for their imaginative power and ability to transport readers into other worlds, a testament to his enduring legacy.