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02646aam a22003618i 4500 001 A708700A859D11E8923A555497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180712011024 008 150205s2015 nyu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2015004277 020 $a 1634501144 020 $a 9781634501149 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR1309.H6 $b P46 2015 082 00 $a 823/.087380808 $2 23 084 $a FIC015000 $2 bisacsh 245 04 $a The penny dreadfuls : $b tales of horror: Dracula, Frankenstein, and The picture of Dorian Gray / $c compiled by Skyhorse Publishing. 250 $a First Skyhorse Publishing edition. 263 $a 1504 264 1 $a New York : $b Skyhorse Publishing, $c 2015. 300 $a pages cm 505 0 $a Dracula's guest / by Bram Stroker -- Dracula / by Bram Stroker -- Frankenstein / by Mary Shelley -- The picture of Dorian Grey / by Oscar Wilde. 520 $a "The penny dreadfuls were cheap nineteenth-century English stories that featured gothic, lurid, disturbing, and tantalizing content. These horror serials cost a penny per issue, hence their name: penny dreadfuls. The penny dreadfuls often paid homage to--and even inspired--many of the more famous narratives of the horror genre. This book unites three of the most notorious literary giants of the nineteenth century, all born of the penny dreadful tradition: Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, all in one authentic collection of the best Victorian gothic horror ever written. Originally published at a time when dramatic scientific discoveries sparked a cultural fixation on the paranormal, these stories remain timeless in their uncanny ability to prey upon our primal fear of that which is strange, violent, and unknown. This book contains three haunting tales and a bonus story: - Dracula by Bram Stoker - Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker (Dracula's original first chapter, not published until after Stoker's death) - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Curl up with The Penny Dreadfuls on a dark, moonless night and rediscover these chilling classics"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Horror tales, English. 650 7 $a FICTION / Horror. $2 bisacsh 700 12 $a Stoker, Bram, $d 1847-1912. $t Dracula's guest. 700 12 $a Stoker, Bram, $d 1847-1912. $t Dracula. 700 12 $a Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, $d 1797-1851. $t Frankenstein. 700 12 $a Wilde, Oscar, $d 1854-1900. $t Picture of Dorian Gray. 941 $a 1 952 $l MWPB943 $d 20180712042120.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A708700A859D11E8923A555497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search