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The Light Has Been Broken: 560+ Macabre Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Dark Tales

By Wilhelm Hauff, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Adelbert von Chamisso, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, John Buchan, Louis Tracy, Bram Stoker, Anatole France, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Jack London, Henry James, Théophile Gautier, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Le Gallienne, Jane Austen, Ralph Adams Cram, Thomas De Quincey, John Meade Falkner, Guy de Maupassant, Thomas Hardy, William Archer, Daniel Defoe, John Kendrick Bangs, Cleveland Moffett, Brander Matthews, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Horace Walpole, Rudyard Kipling, Lafcadio Hearn, Hugh Walpole, Ambrose Bierce, Frederick Marryat, Ellis Parker Butler, Washington Irving, Leonid Andreyev, David Lindsay, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grant Allen, Arthur Machen, Wilkie Collins, William Makepeace Thackeray, Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer, Fergus Hume, Edward Bellamy, Walter Hubbell, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Leopold Kompert, Richard Marsh, Florence Marryat, Catherine Crowe, John William Polidori, Vincent O'Sullivan, H. G. Wells, Robert W. Chambers, W. W. Jacobs, M. P. Shiel, E. F. Benson, Jerome K. Jerome, M. R. James, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Stanley G. Weinbaum, George W. M. Reynolds, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Edith Nesbit, Sabine Baring-Gould, William Thomas Beckford, Francis Marion Crawford, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Nikolai Gogol, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Frank R. Stockton, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Ann Radcliffe, Louisa M. Alcott, Amelia B. Edwards, Leonard Kip, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Fitz-James O'Brien, Katherine Rickford, Bithia Mary Croker, Catherine L. Pirkis, Émile Erckmann, Alexandre Chatrian, Pedro De Alarçon, H. H. Munro (Saki), Pliny the Younger, Helena Blavatsky, Villiers de l'Isle Adam, William F. Harvey, Fiona Macleod, William T. Stead, Gambier Bolton, Andrew Jackson Davis, Nizida, Walter F. Prince, Chester Bailey Fernando

The Light Has Been Broken: 560+ Macabre Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Dark Tales
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The Light Has Been Broken: 560+ Macabre Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Dark Tales presents a vast and thrilling array of gothic and supernatural fiction that navigates the intricacies of human emotion and the eerie unknown. This anthology captures a fantastic range of literary styles from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, embodying the era's fascination with the uncanny, the mysterious, and the macabre. The collection includes captivating stories that traverse themes of spectral encounters, bewildering mysteries, and the exploration of the human psyche's darker recesses. Notable pieces within this compilation weave suspense with philosophical musings, luring readers into a dimly lit world where reality and imagination converge. The anthology assembles works by some of the greatest literary minds across various epochs and cultural backgrounds. With contributions from American, British, French, and Russian authors, among others, The Light Has Been Broken showcases the breadth of gothic and supernatural traditions. Esteemed authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, and Edgar Allan Poe share their visions alongside European counterparts like Guy de Maupassant and Theophile Gautier. This eclectic gathering of storytellers reflects significant literary movements, notably Romanticism and Victorian Gothic, and enriches the overall tapestry of the anthology with their distinctive perspectives. Readers are invited to explore The Light Has Been Broken for its encyclopedic range of gothic and supernatural narratives. Each story provides a unique lens through which to examine the collective and personal fears that have captivated readers for centuries. This anthology offers an educational mosaic of gothic literature's evolution, encouraging a dialogue between past and present imaginations. Whether one delves into these tales for academic inquiry or personal enjoyment, the collection promises a compelling journey through the shadowy corridors of the human experience, awakening a deep appreciation for the supernatural narrative tradition.

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