The Classic Gothic Horror Collection

Crumbling castles, chilling cathedrals and haunted manors set the scene for this collection of gothic horror, where ancient artefacts and uneasy legacies disturb the inhabitants within - though it is often their own families, friends and minds that prove the most unsettling of all. Gathered here are tales by landmark writers of the gothic tradition, including Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Sheridan Le Fanu and Sir Walter Scott. Frequently controversial in their own time, these stories pushed at the boundaries of what fiction could do, built around mysterious places, buried secrets and sudden, shocking violence.