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Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume One: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain

Peter Haining

First published 1973
Publisher Penguin Books (US)
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Pages 543
Price $2.50
ISBN 0140036881

This appears to be a retitling of the US publication.

The first half of the Taplinger 1972 hardcover. Back cover lists category as "Mystery." Cover is unattributed. The introduction is dated "March 1970, January 1971" and is presumably reprinted from the Taplinger edition. The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
11 Introduction (Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume One: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain) Peter Haining Essay
21 Maddalena, or The Fate of the Florentines Horace Walpole (in error) Short Fiction
44 Sir Bertrand Mrs. Anne Letitia Barbauld Short Fiction
49 The Haunted Chamber Mrs. Ann Radcliffe Short Fiction
68 The Abbey of Clunedale Dr. Nathan Drake Short Fiction
82 The Anaconda Matthew Gregory Lewis Novella
133 The Monk of Horror, or The Conclave of Corpses Anonymous Short Story
138 The Nymph of the Fountain William Beckford (in error) Novelette
176 The Black Spider Anonymous Short Fiction
201 The Water Spectre Francis Lathom Short Story
218 Secrets of Cabalism, or Ravenstone and Alice of Huntingdon William Child Green Short Fiction
230 The Unknown!, or The Knight of the Blood-Red Plume Anne of Swansea Novelette
261 The Dance of the Dead Anonymous Short Story
271 Leixlip Castle Charles Maturin Short Story
286 The Vampyre John William Polidori Novelette
308 The Assassins Percy Bysshe Shelley Short Story
327 The Dream Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Short Story
343 The Burial Lord Byron Short Story
350 A Tale for a Chimney Corner Leigh Hunt Short Story
360 The Spectre Bride W. Harrison Ainsworth (in error) Short Story
371 The Dice Thomas De Quincey (in error) Novelette
399 The Astrologer's Prediction, or The Maniac's Fate Anonymous Short Story
399 The Astrologer's Prediction; or, The Maniac's Fate Anonymous Short Story
408 Glenallan Lord Lytton Short Story
431 The Tale of the Mysterious Mirror Sir Walter Scott Novelette
458 The Magic Watch Raphael (astrologer) Short Fiction
472 The Demon of The Hartz, or The Three Charcoal Burners Thomas Peckett Prest (in error) Short Story
485 The Devil's Wager William Makepeace Thackeray Short Story
496 The Expedition to Hell James Hogg Short Story
507 The Iron Shroud Anonymous Short Story
523 The Ghost and the Bone-Setter Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Short Story
534 The Tribunal of the Inquisition G. W. M. Reynolds (in error) Short Fiction

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume One: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain Cover 1974 Penguin Books (US) Paperback Anthology 543