Phantom of the Opera and Other Gothic Tales (.. Various Authors)(Pevná vazba)

Phantom of the Opera and Other Gothic Tales (.. Various Authors)(Pevná vazba)

This classic collection features 25 tales shaped by gothic's mood of menace and the macabre.In addition to the world-famous title novel, the anthology includes Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, which launched the gothic novel craze, as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary

Phantom of the Opera (Leroux Gaston)(Paperback / softback)

Discover the classic Gothic horror novel of haunted cellars, opera, murder and unrequited love that inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running west end hit. Christine is a beautiful young singer at the Paris

The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Tales (Poe Edgar Allan)(Pevná vazba)

Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. As well as being highly enjoyable, Poe's

Terence Fisher: Master of Gothic Cinema (Dalton Tony)(Paperback)

From The Curse of Frankenstein to The Horror of Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera to The Mummy, and The Curse of the Werewolf to The Devil Rides Out, Terence Fisher was Hammer's acclaimed Gothic specialist, and is celebrated across the globe for directing many of the greatest horror movies of all

Illustrated Fairy Tales (Various)(Pevná vazba)

A fantastic treasury of stories guaranteed to delight and entertain young children. Includes ten classic fairytales by authors such as the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, including The Frog Prince, Little Red Riding Hood and The Swan Princess. All stories feature charming and vivid

Happy Prince And Other Tales (Wilde Oscar)(Pevná vazba)

Since then the stories have been constantly reprinted and, despite the author's disclaimer, children have made the tales their own, a particular favourite being 'The Selfish Giant' - the highly moral story of the giant who banished children from his garden, so that spring never

Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters (Ahlberg Allan)(Pevná vazba)

The Jolly Postman delivers cards and letters to various fairy-tale characters. He has a letter of apology for the three bears from Goldilocks, a postcard from Jack for the giant, a solicitor's letter on behalf of Little Red Riding-Hood for the wolf who ate grandma, and so

Quaint and Curious Volume - Tales and Poems of the Gothic(Pevná vazba)

Introduced by Sarah Perry, the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent. Uncanny. Mysterious. Eerie. Gothic. It draws us in with its air of mystery and repels us with its violence and darkness. But who were the first practitioners of the now-prevalent

The Phantom of the Opera (LeRoux Gaston)(Pevná vazba)

Strange things are going on at the Paris Opera House; a mysterious phantom - a skeleton in dinner dress - is wreaking havoc amongst the singers and backstage staff. But when new managers take over and dismiss the rumours of the Opera Ghost, the terror really begins. Who is the curious figure

Treasury of Best-loved Fairy Tales, A (Authors Various)(Pevná vazba)

Worlds of enchantment await in this beautiful treasury, which contains the most popular fairy and folk tales from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, and other classic sources. In addition to such well-known stories as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Little Red

An Introduction to Metaheuristics for Optimization (Chopard Bastien)(Pevná vazba)

The authors stress the relative simplicity, efficiency, flexibility of use, and suitability of various approaches used to solve difficult optimization problems. The authors are experienced, interdisciplinary lecturers and researchers and in their explanations they demonstrate many shared

Revelation and Other Tales of Fantascience (Cowdrey Albert E.)(Pevná vazba)

Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers (Stabler David)(Pevná vazba)

Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell the tales from the growing-up years of Beverly Cleary, J. R. R. Tolkien, and 13 other great writers. Every great author started out as a kid. Before the best sellers, fan clubs, and beloved stories we know today, the

Through the Water Curtain and Other Tales from Around the World (Various)(Paperback)

A delightful, diverse selection of fairy tales from around the world by one of our most beloved children's writers International bestselling children's author Cornelia Funke has long been inspired and fascinated by fairy tales. This wonderful anthology is Funke's personal selection of fairy tales

Snow White and Other Tales (Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm)(Pevná vazba)

The tales gathered by the Grimm brothers are at once familiar, fantastic, homely, and frightening. They seem to belong to no time, or to some distant feudal age of fairytale imagining. Grand palaces, humble cottages, and the forest full of menace are their settings; and they are peopled by kings

The Gothic Novel in Ireland, C. 1760-1829 (Morin Christina)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century

Tell-Tale Heart and Other Tales (Poe Edgar Allan)(Pevná vazba)

A masquerade ball in a secluded abbey; a vendetta settled in the wine cellars of an Italian palazzo; a gloomy castle in a desolated landscape; the beating of a heart beneath the floorboards: the plots and settings of Poe's dark, mysterious tales continue to haunt the popular imagination. This new

Level 5: The Phantom of the Opera (Leroux Gaston)(Paperback / softback)

There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost? Is the ghost a man or a monster? And what else will he do to get what he

The Phantom of the Opera (LeRoux Gaston)(Paperback)

A mysterious Phantom haunts the depths of the Paris Opera House where he has fallen passionately in love with the beautiful singer Christine Daa�. When the Phantom is finally unmasked, will Christine see beyond his hideous disfigurement? Christine's plight, the fate of Erik, and the redemptive

We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Jackson Shirley)(Pevná vazba)

Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret, with an afterword by Jonathan Lethem. A Penguin Vitae Edition Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven

The Gothic Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (Lovecraft H. P.)(Pevná vazba)

This new collection of Lovecraft's stories is the first to concentrate on his Gothic writing and includes tales from the beginning to the very end of the author's

Definitive Opera Encyclopedia: New & Expanded Edition (Sadie Stanley)(Pevná vazba)

Updated and expanded version of the classic reference work, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera, this new text edition examines the history and development of opera, from its roots in the theatrical choral dances of Ancient Greece, through the sublime compositions of Handel and Mozart and on to

Gothic Imagination in Latin American Fiction and Film (Serrano Carmen A.)(Pevná vazba)

Traces how Gothic imagination from the literature and culture of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe and twentieth-century US and European film has impacted Latin American literature and film culture. Serrano argues that the Gothic has provided a way to critique issues including colonization,

William Blake's Gothic Imagination: Bodies of Horror (Bundock Chris)(Pevná vazba)

While overlooked by extant studies of the Gothic, William Blake's literary and visual oeuvre embodies the same obsessions and fears that inform the Gothic revival with which he was