The Nightmare ReaderPeter Haining, Matthew Gregory Lewis et al.
Horror

The Nightmare Reader

298 pagesFirst published 19735 editions · 2 languages
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CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. The bold dragoon / by Washington Irving Drug addiction. Levana and our ladies of sorrow / by Thomas de Quincey Sorcery. The magician / by Lord Lytton Morphia influence. Berenice / by Edgar Allan Poe Schizophrenia. The drunkard's dream / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Claustrophobia. The man in the reservoir / by C.F. Hoffman The blood drinker. Haceldama / by Lafcadio Hearn Hallucination. The ensouled violin…

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Pace: mediumMedium length
short storieshorror storiesobsessive-compulsive disordermonomaniafixationcatalepsyFiction Horror fictionAmerican Horror tales

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionPan Books19761929780330247863
EditionPan Books1976—9780330245982
Edition · gerWilhelm Heyne Verlag19752569783453450189
HardcoverDoubleday & Company19733409780385022156
EditionGollancz19733409780575017108
short storieshorror storiesobsessive-compulsive disordermonomaniafixationcatalepsyFiction Horror fictionAmerican Horror tales
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