horror tales, english

Presents sixteen stories by such authors as H. G. Wells, Paul Bowles, and David B. Silva featuring ghosts and other scary creatures.

Presents a critical analysis of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula," the story of an evil, but compelling vampire; and discusses how the work reflected turn-of-the-century tensions about race, class, gender, and the place of science and technology in the modern world.