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Anthology of Fear: 20 Haunting Stories for Winter Nights

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368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

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Author 79 books278 followers
June 21, 2024
Although I'd read about a third of these stories in other collections and anthologies, I was happy to revisit them. This is a wonderful selection of mainly nineteenth-century horror tales, most of them of a ghostly nature. Ending the book with Edith Wharton's atmospheric and creepy "Afterward" was a nice touch.
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August 19, 2022
I read this book when I was in my teens and remember thinking that the stories were beautifully written and sent shivers down my spine. Reread during the pandemic and it still had me glued to every page.
A must for all horror lovers.
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Author 22 books14 followers
February 9, 2013
Thoughtful selection of twenty classic horror tales. Standouts include Jacobs' brilliant The Monkey's Paw, Braddon's The Cold Embrace, and Le Fanu's Camilla. The collection wouldn't be complete without Hawthorne, Irving, James and Stoker, et al, added to the list :)
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64 reviews
May 24, 2021
A good blend of stories, both familiar and not so. Some stories are slow in pace, but worth the wait. Others not so. For the modern reader, some of the language seem a little more dense than they are use to, but worth it.
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32 reviews
January 1, 2021
I bought this book in 2015, started reading it and... I read it already in Italian about 15 years ago. It is always a nice collection of small stories.
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May 30, 2018
I really loved this collection of classic horror stories. I enjoyed most of them and some of them were even scary. Carmilla had my heart racing as the discoveries of the truth were made. I only couldn't finish one which really bored me. The rest were very good.
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10 reviews
July 25, 2018
I haven't read all of the story's but the ones i have read are brilliant. The only story I have seen in any other compilation is Dracula's guest I imagine it is one of the better known short story's of horror. But this book is worth a look.
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