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  The Castle of Otranto (Legend...

  Horace Walpole

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  “He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.” 
  The Castle of Otranto is a macabre tale that revolves around a haunted castle. Manfred, the lord of Otranto, finds his son, Conrad, smashed by an enormous helmet on his wedding day. It is soon revealed that according to an ancient ambiguous prophecy Conrad's death might have been an ominous event that signifies the end of his lordship. To rectify the situation Manfred decides to marry his son's bride despite having a wife. Will Manfred plot succeed? Is he indeed a true prince of the castle? 
  Walpole got the inspiration for this bizarre story from a dream. He gave his novel a very authentic embellishment using the plan of Strawberry Hill castle for the set in the novel. He also went as far as to make a believable spoof in the Preface to the first edition that the novel was recovered and translated from an old Italian manuscript. Not as culturally present and talked about a title as other Gothic classics like Frankenstein or Dracula, Otranto became the cornerstone text of the genre. The echoings of Otranto are even noticeable in more contemporary gothic tales such as Toni Morrison's Beloved where a building is more than a location but an entire mysterious entity in itself. 
  The Legend Classics series:Around the World in Eighty DaysThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Importance of Being EarnestAlice's Adventures in WonderlandThe MetamorphosisThe Railway ChildrenThe Hound of the BaskervillesFrankensteinWuthering HeightsThree Men in a BoatThe Time MachineLittle WomenAnne of Green GablesThe Jungle BookThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other StoriesDraculaA Study in ScarletLeaves of GrassThe Secret GardenThe War of the WorldsA Christmas CarolStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeHeart of DarknessThe Scarlet LetterThis Side of ParadiseOliver TwistThe Picture of Dorian GrayTreasure IslandThe Turn of the ScrewThe Adventures of Tom SawyerEmmaThe TrialA Selection of Short Stories by Edgar Allan PoeGrimm Fairy TalesThe AwakeningMrs DallowayGulliver’s TravelsThe Castle of OtrantoSilas MarnerHard Times

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  Our First Whale (Unabridged)

  Frank Thomas Bullen

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  Frank Thomas Bullen (April 5 1857 - March 1 1915), British author and novelist, was born of poor parents in Paddington, London, on 5 April 1857, and was educated for a few years at a dame school and Westbourne school, Paddington. At the age of 9, his aunt, who was his guardian, died. He then left school and took up work as an errand boy. In 1869 he went to sea and travelled to all parts of the world in various capacities including that of second mate of the Harbinger and chief mate of the Day Dawn, under Capt. John R. H. Ward jun in 1879 when she was dismasted and disabled.
  OUR FIRST WHALE: Simultaneous ideas occurring to several people, or thought transference, whatever one likes to call the phenomenon, is too frequent an occurrence in most of our experience to occasion much surprise.

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  The collected works of Ambrose...

  Ambrose Bierce

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  Step into the Macabre and Brilliant Mind of "Bitter Bierce."
  
  Ambrose Bierce was a master of the unexpected, a veteran of the Civil War whose scars fueled some of the most cynical, sharp-witted, and terrifying prose in American history. This comprehensive collection brings together his vast body of work, showcasing a writer who refused to look away from the darkness of the human heart.
  
  This collection captures the diverse brilliance of his career:
  
  Unflinching War Stories: Experience the psychological tension of his Civil War fiction, known for its grim realism and shocking, non-linear twists that influenced modern filmmaking.
  
  The Master of Satire: Explore his legendary, caustic wit—where he redefines the English language through a lens of profound cynicism and dark humor.
  
  Supernatural and "Weird" Tales: Chilling stories of the occult and the unexplained that paved the way for Lovecraft and modern psychological horror.
  
  The Master of the Twist: Bierce's signature style of blending high-stakes irony with a sudden, devastating finale.
  
  Whether he is mocking the hypocrisies of society or describing the eerie silence of a haunted forest, Bierce's prose is lean, mean, and utterly unforgettable. This volume is an essential addition for fans of Gothic literature, military history, and classic satire.
  
  Face the "Bitter" truth. Buy "The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce" today and discover a true original of American letters.

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  Frederick Cowles - Six of the...

  Frederick Cowles

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  Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. 
   
  Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. 
   
  In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. 
   
  These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master.

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  Snowdrop - Story Time Episode 23...

  Brothers Grimm

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  At the beginning of the story, a queen sits sewing at an open window during a winter snowfall when she pricks her finger with her needle, causing three drops of red blood to drip onto the freshly fallen white snow on the black windowsill. Then, she says to herself, "How I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony." Sometime later, the queen gives birth to a baby daughter whom she names Snow White, but the queen dies in childbirth.

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  To Zante

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  To Zante: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories.
  
  Fair isle, that from the fairest of all flowers,
  Thy gentlest of all gentle names dost take
  How many memories of what radiant hours
  At sight of thee and thine at once awake!

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