Автор: Horace Walpole Название: The Castle of Otranto ISBN: 0140437673 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140437676 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 7030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: With this title, Walpole established the Gothic as a literary form in England. It was first published as a scholarly translation from an ancient Italian text, a supernatural tale of a fatal prophecy set in the time of the crusades and one which inspired terror in its early readers.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Wintersmoon ISBN: 1719091978 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781719091978 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 83900.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Walpole Horace Название: The Castle of Otranto ISBN: 1515434621 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781515434627 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18990.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This novel is the story of Conrad, son of Manfred of the house of Otranto. This thrilling tale abounds in adventure, suspense, and supernatural occurrences. Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. This work initiated a firestorm in this literary genre and was easily one of the most popular novels published in the late 18th and early 19th century.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: All Souls` Night ISBN: 1725197707 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781725197701 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16080.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: All Souls` Night ISBN: 1798697475 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781798697474 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 37920.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Walpole's third collection of short fiction, sixteen stories, including several of his best supernatural tales. Walpole's two strongest stories in the genre are Tarnhelm; or, The Death of My Uncle Robert, a strangely moving and poignant werewolf tale told from the point of view of a sensitive little boy; and The Silver Mask, the story of a middle-aged woman's fatal obsession with a sinister and beautiful young man. The Silver Mask is in fact, a masterpiece, a classic example of how a tale can be truly terrible and ghostly with no ghost and only the wispiest hint of the supernatural. Contents: The Whistle, The Silver Mask, The Staircase, A Carnation for an Old Man, Tarnhelm; or, The Death of my Uncle Robert, Mr. Oddy, Seashore Macabre. A Moment's Experience, Lilac, The Oldest Talland, The Little Ghost, Mrs. Lunt, Sentimental but True, Portrait in Shadow, The Snow, The Ruby Glass, Spanish Dusk
The first volume of the works of a literary master of strange fiction
Sir Hugh Walpole was one of the most popular and prolific British authors of the first half of the 20th century. After the publication of his first novel, 'The Wooden Horse', in 1909 he produced one significant work each year including the acclaimed 'Herries' series. Born in New Zealand in 1884, the son of an Anglican clergyman, Walpole was committed to becoming a writer and encouraged in his ambition by Henry James and Arnold Bennett. A. C. Benson was also a mentor and early influence upon his writing. Despite his acknowledged talent as a storyteller, Walpole's work has been largely ignored since his death in 1941, in part because he was savagely lampooned by Somerset Maugham's fictional characterisation of him in 'Cakes & Ale'. Walpole, in keeping with many of his contemporaries, wrote in several genres of fiction and among his thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories and two plays are historical, juvenile and even detective stories. His associations with A. C. Benson, Henry James, H. G. Wells and the fact that Horace Walpole (author of the first gothic novel, 'The Castle of Otranto') and Richard Harris Barham (author of the 'Ingoldsby Legends') were both among his ancestors surely stimulated his taste for gothic and macabre fiction. In fact, during the 1930s Walpole edited two well received anthologies of 'creepy stories' in which some of his own material appeared. His own literary excursions into the world of the ghostly and bizarre, which remain highly regarded by aficionados of supernatural fiction, include several novels and a substantial number of short stories all of which are included in this three volume Leonaur collected edition.
Included in this first volume are the novel 'The Old Ladies' and fifteen short stories of the strange and unusual including 'The White Cat', 'Lizzie Rand', 'Mrs. Porter and Miss Allen', 'The Tiger' and 'The Twisted Inn'.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.
Автор: Walpole Sir Hugh Название: The Secret City: Special Edition ISBN: 1718680953 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781718680951 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 28730.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: A Prayer for My Son ISBN: 109385801X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781093858013 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 44820.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: My homeward course led up a long ascent, Where the road's watery surface, to the top Of that sharp rising, glittered to the moon And bore the semblance of another stream Stealing with silent lapse to join the brook That murmured in the vale. All else was still: No living thing appeared in earth or air, And, save the flowing water's peaceful voice, Sound there was none-but lo an uncouth shape...
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Portrait of a Man with Red Hair: Large Print ISBN: 1798805022 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781798805022 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17230.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This is Hugh Walpole's most venturesome, most exciting romance. Down to the town of Treliss on the Cornish coast came Harkness, a your American of Puritan cutlture and ideal, there to find the adventure and the love of his life, and pain the like of which he had never dreamed. Here the skill of Walpole turns to a tale of daring, a new expansion of his genius. The power of Fortitude, the bold characterizations of The Cathedral, the wistful quality of The Old Ladies, are combined here with an episode entirely astonishing, and worked out in an atmosphere of sharp suspense.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: The Killer and the Slain: Large Print ISBN: 1097441512 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781097441518 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16080.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: As boys, Jimmie Tunstall was John Talbot's implacable foe, never ceasing to taunt, torment, and bully him. Years later, John is married and living in a small coastal town when he learns, much to his chagrin, that his old adversary has just moved to the same town. Before long the harassment begins anew until finally, driven to desperation, John murders his tormentor. Soon he starts to suffer from frightening hallucinations and his personality and physical appearance begin to alter, causing him increasingly to resemble the man he killed. Is it merely the psychological effect of his guilt, or is it the manifestation of something supernatural - and evil? The tension builds until the chilling final scene, when the horrifying truth will be revealed about the killer - and the slain.
Автор: Walpole Sir Hugh Название: The Secret City: Large Print ISBN: 1093698284 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781093698282 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 20680.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 - 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting and vivid plots, as well as his high profile as a lecturer, brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s but has been largely neglected since his death.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Jeremy and Hamlet ISBN: 1096029383 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781096029380 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 31030.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Jeremy and Hamlet is the second book in the Jeremy Trilogy published by Sir Hugh Walpole. Published to critical acclaim across the world, it quickly became a bestseller. Hamlet in the second novel is Jeremy's trusty best friend and sidekick, his dog. The portrayal of young Jeremy is authentic, engaging, and incredibly realistic glimpse of an English boyhood.
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