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240 10 $a Short stories. $k Selections.
245 00 $a Haunted houses : $b classic stories of doors that should never be opened.
246 1  $i At the head of of title: $a John Landis Presents
250    $a First American edition.
264  1 $a New York : $b DK Publishing, $c 2020.
300    $a 408 pages ; $c 25 cm
490 0  $a The library of horror
500    $a The short stories in this collection date from the 19th century and include outdated attitudes and language of that time.--title page verso.
505 00 $g There are some doors that should never be opened / $r by Saki.   $t The open window (1914) / $r by Henry James --  $t The fall of the House of Usher (1839) / $r by Edgar Allan Poe --  $t The haunted and the haunters (1859) / $r by Edward Bulwer-Lytton --  $t The empty house (1906) / $r by Algernon Blackwood --  $t The red room / $r by H.G. Wells --  $t The shunned house (1937) / $r by H.P. Lovecraft --  $t The spook house (1889) / $r by Ambrose Bierce --  $t The Canterville ghost (1887) / $r Oscar Wilde --  $t Thurnley Abbey (1908) / $r Perceval Landon --  $t The judge's house (1891) / $r by Bram Stoker --  $t The yellow wallpaper (1892) / $r by Charlotte Gilman --  $t The haunter doll's house (1923) / $r by M.R. James --  $t Le horla (1887) / $r by Guy de Maupassant --  $t The reconciliation (1904) / $r Lafcadio Hearn --  $t The open window (1914) / $r by Saki.  
520    $a Classic haunted house ghost stories curated by world-renowned filmmaker and horror genre expert John Landis. This beautifully presented, highly collectible anthology features ghost stories that have enthralled, terrified and inspired readers decade after decade. Some are relatively well known; others are long-lost treasures, awaiting rediscovery. The selection includes tales of terror by Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, and Percival Landon; studies of creeping dread by Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James; short, sharp shockers by Ambrose Bierce, M.R. James and Lafcadio Hearn; and comedic masterpieces by Oscar Wilde and Saki.  Mr. Landis' own introduction explores each tale's fascinating impact on the contemporary horror genre. Step inside these ghost-ridden repositories of supernatural evil, if you dare...
650  0 $a Ghost stories.
655  7 $a Horror fiction. $2 lcgft
655  7 $a Ghost stories. $2 lcgft
655  7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft
700 12 $a James, Henry, $d 1843-1916 $t The turn of the screw (1898)
700 12 $a Poe, Edgar Allan, $d 1809-1849 $t The fall of the house of Usher (1839)
700 12 $a Lytton, Edward Bulwer, baron, $d 1803-1873. $t The haunted and the haunters (1859)
700 12 $a Blackwood, Algernon $t The empty house (1906)
700 12 $a Wells, H. G. $q (Herbert George), $d 1866-1946 $t The red room (1896)
700 12 $a Lovecraft, H. P. $q (Howard Phillips), $d 1890-1937 $t The shunned house (1937)
700 12 $a Bierce, Ambrose, $d 1842-1914? $t The spook house (1889)
700 12 $a Wilde, Oscar, $d 1854-1900 $t The Canterville ghost (1887)
700 12 $a Landon, Perceval. $t Thurnley abbey (1908)
700 12 $a Stoker, Bram, $d 1847-1912 $t The judge's house (1891)
700 12 $a Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, $d 1860-1935 $t The yellow wallpaper (1892)
700 12 $a James, M. R. $q (Montague Rhodes), $d 1862-1936 $t The haunted dolls' house (1923)
700 12 $a Maupassant, Guy de, $d 1850-1893 $t Le horla (1887)
700 12 $a Hearn, Lafcadio, $d 1850-1904 $t The reconciliation (1904)
700 02 $a Saki, $d 1870-1916 $t The open window (1914)
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