The Last Bouquet Some Twilight Tales

The Last Bouquet is a collection of dramatic Victorian tales about young socialites in France. Excerpt: "The interview had begun with embarrassment, but decorously, and had proceeded through stages of mutual exasperation to final outbursts of recrimination that were without restraint. The disgust, contempt, and fury which each had cherished in their hearts for years rose to their lips, and rage at being involved in such a humiliating quarrel added force to the energy with which they abused each other."

Enjoy this carefully crafted horror boxed set, jam-packed with dark mysteries and twilight tales. The book is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: Black Magic Julia Roseingrave The Crime of Laura Sarelle The Spectral Bride The Man with the Scales Moss Rose So Evil My Love Short Stories: The Last Bouquet—Some Twilight Tales: The Last Bouquet Madam Spitfire The Fair Hair of Ambrosine The Hidden Ape Elsie's Lonely Afternoon The Lady Clodagh The Sign-Painter and the Crystal Fishes Raw Material The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories: Florence Flannery Kecksies The Avenging of Ann Leete The Bishop of Hell The Crown Derby Plate The Grey Chamber The Housekeeper The Extraordinary Adventure of Mr. John Proudie Other Twilight Tales: The Breakdown Scoured Silk One Remained Behind Half-Past Two The House by the Poppy Field Ann Mellor's Lover The Folding Doors Dark Ann A Stranger Knocked Decay Brent's Folly They Found My Grave A Poor Spanish Lodging Twilight The Extraordinary Adventure of Grace Endicott The Burning of the Vanities Giuditta's Wedding Night Petronilla of the Laurel Trees

Collected Twilight Stories by Marjorie Bowen is a collection of romance and drama stories about Humphrey Orford's despicable late wife Flora Orford and much, much more. Excerpt: "THIS is a tale that might be told in many ways and from various points of view; it has to be gathered from here and there—a letter, a report, a diary, a casual reference; in its day the thing was more than a passing wonder, and it left a mark of abiding horror on the neighborhood."

This first book-length critical examination of the life and work of Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) reveals a major English writer whose prodigious output included stories of history, romance, and the supernatural. As Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda writes in his Foreword, Bowen may be "the finest British woman writer of the uncanny of the last century," a view that echoes the high regard of cultural historian Edward Wagenknecht, who called her "a literary phenomenon," one whose best work places her alongside such contemporaries as Edith Wharton and Daphne du Maurier. Publicly acclaimed--known only by a series of pseudonyms (including "Marjorie Bowen")--but privately inscrutable, she was and is a mysterious and complex character. Drawing for the first time upon archival resources and the cooperation of the Bowen Estate, this book reveals a woman who saw herself as a rationalist and serious historian, but also as a mystic and "dark enchantress of dread." Above all, through a lifetime of domestic storms and creative ecstasy, Bowen worked tirelessly as both a professional writer and a consummate artist, always seeking, as she once confessed, "to find beauty in dark places."

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices:Novels:Black MagicJulia RoseingraveThe Crime of Laura SarelleThe Spectral BrideThe Man with the ScalesMoss RoseSo Evil My LoveShort Stories:The Last Bouquet—Some Twilight Tales:The Last BouquetMadam SpitfireThe Fair Hair of AmbrosineThe Hidden ApeElsie's Lonely AfternoonThe Lady ClodaghThe Sign-Painter and the Crystal FishesRaw MaterialThe Bishop of Hell and Other Stories:Florence FlanneryKecksiesThe Avenging of Ann LeeteThe Bishop of HellThe Crown Derby PlateThe Grey ChamberThe HousekeeperThe Extraordinary Adventure of Mr. John ProudieOther Twilight Tales:The BreakdownScoured SilkOne Remained BehindHalf-Past TwoThe House by the Poppy FieldAnn Mellor's LoverThe Folding DoorsDark AnnA Stranger KnockedDecayBrent's FollyThey Found My GraveA Poor Spanish LodgingTwilightThe Extraordinary Adventure of Grace EndicottThe Burning of the VanitiesGiuditta's Wedding NightPetronilla of the Laurel Trees

Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn’t exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative literature of all sorts. And their own life stories are as intriguing as their fiction. Everyone knows about Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein, who was rumored to keep her late husband’s heart in her desk drawer. But have you heard of Margaret “Mad Madge” Cavendish, who wrote a science-fiction epic 150 years earlier (and liked to wear topless gowns to the theater)? If you know the astounding work of Shirley Jackson, whose novel The Haunting of Hill House was reinvented as a Netflix series, then try the psychological hauntings of Violet Paget, who was openly involved in long-term romantic relationships with women in the Victorian era. You’ll meet celebrated icons (Ann Radcliffe, V. C. Andrews), forgotten wordsmiths (Eli Colter, Ruby Jean Jensen), and today’s vanguard (Helen Oyeyemi). Curated reading lists point you to their most spine-chilling tales. Part biography, part reader’s guide, the engaging write-ups and detailed reading lists will introduce you to more than a hundred authors and over two hundred of their mysterious and spooky novels, novellas, and stories.

Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 400 cross-referenced entries covering authors, subgenres, tropes, awards, organizations, and important terms related to horror.,

1. This is an exhibition guide published in partnership with the Lilly Library. Although an exhibit guide, it is well-written and entertaining, and will hold appeal to those interested in Frankenstein even if they don't attend the exhibit 2. At past openings to exhibits, attendance has been between 750-1000 people. 3. 2018 is the 200th Anniversary of the publication of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein, the first edition of the book.