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Victorian tales of terror

by Hugh Lamb

From the gaslit nights of the age of Jack the Ripper comes this volume of long-buried horror, a selection of terrifying tales from the pens of Charles Dickens, J Sheridan le Fanu, Guy de Maupassant, Mrs Molesworth and others. XÉLUCHA - M P Shiel THE BLACK VEIL - Charles Dickens THE MYSTERY AT FERNWOOD - Elizabeth Braddon THE BLACK LADY OF BRIN TOR - Guy Boothby THE MOTHER OF MONSTERS - Guy de Maupassant THE MURDERER'S VIOLIN - Erckmann-Chatrian THE MASK - Richard Marsh THE DEAD MAN OF VARLEY GRANGE - Anon MY FAVOURITE MURDER - Ambrose Bierce THE SHADOW IN THE MOONLIGHT - Mrs Molesworth THE LAST OF SQUIRE ENNISMORE - Mrs J H Riddell THE RED WARDER OF THE REEF - J A Barry WOLVERDEN TOWER - Grant Allen MADAM CROWL'S GHOST - J Sheridan le Fanu THE CAVE OF BLOOD - Dick Donovan

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?