Contains various narratives from Rudyard Kipling, Wilkie Collins and many others. Originally published in 1909.

Includes various narratives from Charles Dickens, Laurence Sterne, William Makepeace Thackeray and others.

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The World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories is a collection of nine-teen stories by ten world renown authors. Included are: HENRI RENE ALBERT GUY DE MAUPASSANT - The Necklace, The Man with the Pale Eyes, An Uncomfortable Bed, Ghosts, Fear, The Confession, The Horla, or Modern Ghosts, PIERRE MILLE - The Miracle of Zobeide, VILLIERS DE L'ISLE ADAM - The Torture by Hope, ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN - The Owl's Ear, The Invisible Eye, The Waters of Death, HONORE DE BALZAC - Melmoth Reconciled, The Conscript, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE - Zadig the Babylonian, PEDRO DE ALARCON - The Nail, LUIGI...

A must-read for fans of strange or gothic literature Every seven years, Archibald Malmaison falls into a trance-like state to emerge with one of two alternate personalities. Within these pages you will find insanity, death, ghosts, revenge, duels, star-crossed lovers-everything fans of the gothic will love, written by Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846 - July 21, 1934), son of the great novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne. Originally published in 1899.

Julian Hawthorne was the son of famous American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and while he wasn't as critically acclaimed as his father, Julian also wrote several novels. One of them is Idolatry, a historical romance.

Julian Hawthorne was the son of famous American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and while he wasn't as critically acclaimed as his father, Julian also wrote several works of fiction and histories. One of them is Archibald Malmaison. From the intro: "As regards the matter of names, dates, and localities, Dr. Rollinson holds that they had better be given at full length; and here I am not disposed to differ from him. The system of blanks and initial letters was always distasteful to me; and to use fictitious names in a true story seems like taking away with one hand what you give with another....