Classic Horror Novels--Melrose Park Public Library

1) The picture of Dorian Gray

Author

Wilde, Oscar

Series

BBC radio collection

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Book, Large Print, eBook, Pre-loaded Audio, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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A young man's quest for eternal youth and beauty ends in scandal, depravity and death. Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The picture of Dorian Gray was a...

2) Dracula

Author

Stoker, Bram

Series

Scholastic classics

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Book, Large Print, eBook, Kindle, Pre-loaded Audio, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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In a gripping and sensational work of classic Gothic fiction we discover the infamous Count Dracula. When English lawyer Jonathan Harker travels to an obscure town called Transylvania, the goal of his visit was most certainly not to do business with a vampire. As he makes his way through the village square, Harker is overcome with an eerie sensation that the Count is not who he says he is. Strewn with various charms and trinkets thrown at him from...

3) The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Author

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Series

Broadview editions

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"First published in 1886 as a 'shilling shocker, ' 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' takes the basic struggle between good and evil and adds to the mix bourgeois respectability, urban violence, and class conflict. The result is a tale that has taken on the force of myth in the popular imagination. This Broadview edition provides a selection of contextual material, including contemporary reviews of the novel, Stevenson's essay 'A Chapter on Dreams, ' and excerpts...

4) The Turn of the screw

Author

James, Henry

Series

Dover thrift editions

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"The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young governess who is sent to Bly, a large country estate, to care for two children. She has strict instructions from their guardian never to write to him, never to ask about the history of the house, and never to abandon the children. It isn't long before the Governess starts to see apparitions around the grounds. When she describes the sightings, they are identified by the housekeeper as the previous...

5) Frankenstein

Author

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Series

Clásicos de la literatura

6) Dear Santa: a novel

Author

Macomber, Debbie

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"Lindy Carmichael isn't feeling particularly joyful when she returns home to Wenatchee, Washington, for Christmas. The man she thought was the one has cheated on her with her best friend, and she feels completely devoid of creativity in her graphic-design job. Not even carolers or Christmas cookies can cheer her up but Lindy's mother, Ellen, remembers an old tradition that might lift her daughter's spirits. Reading through a box of childhood letters...