Charles Dickens, né en 1812, était un auteur anglais considéré comme le plus grand romancier de l'ère victorienne. Il est né près de Portsmouth, où son père occupait un poste de clerc dans le bureau de la solde de la marine. Plus tard, la famille déménage à Londres, mais ils ont fait face à des difficultés financières, ce qui a conduit Dickens à travailler dans un entrepôt de cirage noir lorsque son père a été emprisonné pour dettes. Ces expériences ont eu un impact profond sur le jeune Dickens et ont été reflétées dans ses œuvres ultérieures.
Dickens a commencé sa carrière d'écrivain en contribuant des histoires à des journaux et des magazines en 1833. Son premier grand succès est venu avec la publication en série des Papiers Pickwick en 1836. Au cours des deux décennies suivantes, il a publié certains de ses romans les plus renommés, notamment Oliver Twist, Un chant de Noël, David Copperfield, Un conte de deux villes et Grande Expectations. En plus de ses romans, Dickens a également édité deux revues, Household Words et Tout au long de l'année.
Les œuvres de Dickens ont été louées pour leur humour, leur satire et leurs observations perspicaces de la société. Ses personnages étaient riches et bien développés, et ses histoires regorgeaient de commentaires sociaux, reflétant sa préoccupation pour les pauvres et les opprimés. Les romans de Dickens, tels qu'Oliver Twist et Grande Expectations, restent populaires et ont été adaptés en de nombreux films, pièces de théâtre et productions télévisuelles. Son conte de Noël de 1843, Un chant de Noël, est un classique des fêtes qui a inspiré d'innombrables adaptations et reste une histoire aimée à ce jour.
Charles Dickens est décédé en juin 1870, laissant derrière lui un héritage en tant qu'un des plus grands romanciers de la langue anglaise. Ses œuvres continuent d'être lues et appréciées par des millions de personnes dans le monde, et son influence sur la littérature se fait encore sentir aujourd'hui. Le terme "dickensien" est utilisé pour décrire quelque chose qui est évocateur de Dickens et de ses écrits, comme des conditions sociales défavorables ou des personnages comiquement répugnants. Le génie créatif de Dickens, son réalisme, son humour, son style de prose, ses caractérisations uniques et sa critique sociale ont été salués par ses pairs et les critiques.
Romans indépendants
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The Pickwick Papers
1837
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The Adventures of Oliver Twist
1838
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby
1839
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Barnaby Rudge
1841
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Master Humphrey's Clock
1841
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Old Curiosity Shop
1841
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A Christmas Carol
1843
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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
1844
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The Chimes
1844
10
The Cricket on the Hearth
1845
11
The Battle of Life
1846
12
Dombey and Son
1848
13
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
1848
14
David Copperfield
1850
15
Bleak House
1853
16
Hard Times
1854
17
Little Dorrit
1855
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A Child's History of England
1854
19
The Hanged Man's Bride
1857
20
A Tale of Two Cities
1859
21
Great Expectations
1861
22
Mrs Lirriper
1863
23
Our Mutual Friend
1865
24
No Thoroughfare
1867
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No Thoroughfare (With: Wilkie Collins)
1867
26
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1870
Short Stories/Novellas (with Wilkie Collins, with Elizabeth Gaskell, with Adelaide Anne Procter)
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Sunday under Three Heads
1836
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The Black Veil
1836
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The Lamplighter
1838
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A House to Let
1858
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A Child's Dream of a Star
1850
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The Holly Tree Inn
1850
7
The Seven Poor Travellers
1854
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A House to Let (With: Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter)
1858
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The Haunted House
1859
10
A Message from the Sea
1860
11
Somebody's Luggage
1862
12
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
1864
13
Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy
1864
14
Doctor Marigold
1866
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Mugby Junction
1866
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The Magic Fishbone
1867
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Holiday Romance
1868
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George Silverman's Explanation
1868
Recueils de nouvelles
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Sketches by Boz
1836
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The Mudfog Papers
1837
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Sketches of Young Gentlemen
1838
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Master Humphrey's Clock, Volume 2
1841
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Sketches of Young Couples
1843
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To Be Read at Dusk
1852
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The Poor Traveller / Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn
1858
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Reprinted Pieces
1861
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The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens
1866
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Holiday Romance and Other Writings for Children
1868
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Mudfog and Other Papers Contributed to Bentley's Miscellany
1880
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Select Short Fiction
1976
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The Signalman & Other Ghost Stories
1984
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Three Ghost Stories
1998
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Wicked Wit of Charles Dickens (With: Shelley Klein)
2002
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Hunted Down
2016
17
Christmas Stories / Christmas Books
2018
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Night Walks and Other Essays
2020
Collections
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Christmas Stories
2018
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Three Ghost Stories
1998
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Wicked Wit of Charles Dickens
2002
Nick Hern Books
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Great Expectations
1861
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Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off (By: Liz Lochhead)
1987
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Honour (By: Joanna Murray-Smith)
1995
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Hotel (By: Caryl Churchill)
1997
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Scotland Plays (By: Liz Lochhead, Iain Crichton Smith, Catherine Czerkawska, Philip Howard, Ann Marie Di Mambro, Stephen Greenhorn, David Greig, Linda McLean)
1998
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Anna Weiss (By: Mike Cullen)
1998
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My Boy Jack ( By: David Haig)
1998
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Howie the Rookie (By: Mark O'Rowe)
1999
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Passing Places (By: Stephen Greenhorn)
1999
10
Be My Baby (By: Amanda Whittington)
2000
11
Love Upon the Throne (By: Patrick Barlow)
2000
12
Push Up (By: Roland Schimmelpfennig, Maja Zade)
2002
13
His Dark Materials (By: Philip Pullman, Nicholas Wright)
2005
14
When You Cure Me (By: Jack Thorne)
2005
15
The Winterling (By: Jez Butterworth)
2006
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5/11 (By: Edward Kemp)
2006
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Cruising (By: Alecky Blythe)
2007
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How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (By: Fin Kennedy)
2007
19
Iron (By: Rona Munro)
2008
20
Never So Good (By: Howard Brenton)
2008
21
Happy Now? (By: Lucinda Coxon)
2008
22
Cherry Blossom (By: Catherine Grosvenor)
2009
23
Tuesdays at Tesco's (By: Emmanuel Darley, Matthew Hurt, Sarah Vermande)
2009
24
When the Rain Stops Falling (By: Andrew Bovell)
2009
25
So You Want To Go To Drama School? (By: Helen Freeman)
2011
26
The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays (By: Fin Kennedy)
2011
27
Sex with a Stranger (By: Stefan Golaszewski)
2012
28
The Haunting
2012
29
The Acting Book (By: John Abbott)
2012
30
Goodbye to All That (By: Luke Norris)
2012
31
Herding Cats (By: Lucinda Coxon)
2012
32
Chimerica (By: Lucy Kirkwood)
2013
33
Godchild (By: Deborah Bruce)
2013
34
Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin (By: Enda Walsh)
2014
35
Cressida (By: Nicholas Wright)
2014
36
Blood and Ice (By: Liz Lochhead)
2014
37
Coram Boy ( By: Jamila Gavin)
2014
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Elephants (By: Rose Heiney)
2016
39
Kiss Me Quickstep (By: Amanda Whittington)
2016
40
Russian Dolls (By: Kate Lock)
2016
41
This is Living (By: Liam Borrett)
2016
42
Mr Incredible (By: Camilla Whitehill)
2016
43
Us/Them (By: Carly Wijs)
2017
44
Run (By: Stephen Laughton)
2017
45
Consent (By: Nina Raine)
2017
46
Again (By: Stephanie Jacob)
2018
47
The Clink (By: Stephen Jeffreys)
2018
48
Night Time (By: Selma Dimitrijevic)
2019
49
Family: Three Plays (By: Iain Crichton Smith, Linda McLean, Riccardo Galgani)
2020
Livres de non-fiction
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American Notes For General Circulation
1842
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Pictures from Italy
1846
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A Child's History of England
1854
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The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices (With: Wilkie Collins)
1857
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The Uncommercial Traveller
1869
NHB Modern Plays
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Great Expectations
1861
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Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off (By: Liz Lochhead)
1987
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Mrs Klein (By: Nicholas Wright)
1988
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Honour (By: Joanna Murray-Smith)
1995
5
Hotel (By: Caryl Churchill)
1997
6
Scotland Plays (By: Philip Howard)
1998
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Anna Weiss (By: Mike Cullen)
1998
8
Blue Heart (By: Caryl Churchill)
1998
9
My Boy Jack ( By: David Haig)
1998
10
Jane Eyre (By: Charlotte Brontë, Polly Teale)
1999
11
Howie the Rookie (By: Mark O'Rowe)
1999
12
Passing Places (By: Stephen Greenhorn)
1999
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Be My Baby (By: Amanda Whittington)
2000
14
Kes (By: Barry Hines, Lawrence Till)
2000
15
Love Upon the Throne (By: Patrick Barlow)
2000
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Far Away (By: Caryl Churchill)
2000
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Push Up (By: Roland Schimmelpfennig, Maja Zade)
2002
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His Dark Materials (By: Philip Pullman, Nicholas Wright)
2005
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When You Cure Me (By: Jack Thorne)
2005
20
The Winterling (By: Jez Butterworth)
2006
21
5/11 (By: Edward Kemp)
2006
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Cruising (By: Alecky Blythe)
2007
23
How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (By: Fin Kennedy)
2007
24
Iron (By: Rona Munro)
2008
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Never So Good (By: Howard Brenton)
2008
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Happy Now? (By: Lucinda Coxon)
2008
27
Cherry Blossom (By: Catherine Grosvenor)
2009
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Tuesdays at Tesco's (By: Emmanuel Darley, Matthew Hurt, Sarah Vermande)
2009
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When the Rain Stops Falling (By: Andrew Bovell)
2009
30
BUNNY (By: Jack Thorne)
2010
31
So You Want To Go To Drama School? (By: Helen Freeman)
2011
32
The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays (By: Fin Kennedy)
2011
33
Sex with a Stranger (By: Stefan Golaszewski)
2012
34
Love & Information (By: Caryl Churchill)
2012
35
The Haunting
2012
36
The Acting Book (By: John Abbott)
2012
37
Goodbye to All That (By: Luke Norris)
2012
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Herding Cats (By: Lucinda Coxon)
2012
39
The River (By: Jez Butterworth)
2012
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The Last of the Haussmans (By: Stephen Beresford)
2012
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NSFW (By: Lucy Kirkwood)
2012
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East is East (By: Ayub Khan Din)
2012
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Mary Shelley (By: Helen Edmundson)
2012
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Once: The Musical (By: Enda Walsh)
2013
45
The Browning Version (By: Terence Rattigan)
2013
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random (By: debbie tucker green)
2013
47
Jez Butterworth Plays: One (By: Jez Butterworth)
2013
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Mogadishu (By: Vivienne Franzmann)
2013
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The Weir (By: Conor McPherson)
2013
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#Aiww: The Arrest of AI Weiwei (By: Weiwei Ai)
2013
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Chimerica (By: Lucy Kirkwood)
2013
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Ciphers (By: Dawn King)
2013
53
Godchild (By: Deborah Bruce)
2013
54
Let the Right One In (By: John Ajvide Lindqvist, Jack Thorne)
2013
55
The Deep Blue Sea (By: Dan Rebellato, Terence Rattigan)
2014
56
Parlour Song (By: Jez Butterworth)
2014
57
The Night Heron (By: Jez Butterworth)
2014
58
Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin (By: Enda Walsh)
2014
59
The Improvisation Book: How to Conduct Successful Improvisation Sessions (By: John S.C. Abbott)
2014
60
A Hard Rain (By: Jon Bradfield)
2014
61
Love in Idleness / Less Than Kind (By: Terence Rattigan)
2014
62
Cressida (By: Nicholas Wright)
2014
63
Blood and Ice (By: Liz Lochhead)
2014
64
All the Way Home Book 0) (By: Ayub Khan Din)
2014
65
Notes on Falling Leaves Book 0) (By: Ayub Khan-Din)
2014
66
Coram Boy ( By: Jamila Gavin)
2014
67
The Clearing (By: Helen Edmundson)
2015
68
The Lioness (By: Rebecca Lenkiewicz)
2015
69
Clybourne Park (By: Bruce Norris)
2015
70
Joanne (By: Deborah Bruce)
2015
71
Elephants (By: Rose Heiney)
2016
72
Kiss Me Quickstep (By: Amanda Whittington)
2016
73
Russian Dolls (By: Kate Lock)
2016
74
This is Living (By: Liam Borrett)
2016
75
F*ck the Polar Bears (By: Tanya Ronder)
2016
76
Mr Incredible (By: Camilla Whitehill)
2016
77
Plasticine (By: Sasha Dugdale, Vassily Sigarev)
2016
78
What Shadows (By: Chris Hannan)
2016
79
Nice Fish (By: Louis Jenkins, Mark Rylance)
2016
80
Us/Them (By: Carly Wijs)
2017
81
Run (By: Stephen Laughton)
2017
82
Consent (By: Nina Raine)
2017
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Mighty Atoms (By: Amanda Whittington)
2017
84
Sugar Baby (By: Alan Harris)
2017
85
Saying Yes (By: Griselda Gambaro, Sebastian Doggart)
2017
86
Comment is Free (By: James Fritz)
2017
87
Goats (By: Liwaa Yazji, Katharine Halls)
2017
88
Jekyll & Hyde (By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Evan Placey)
2017
89
Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer (By: Michel Tremblay, Martin Bowman, Bill Findlay)
2017
90
The Strongbox (By: Stephanie Jacob)
2018
91
Woman Caught Unaware (By: Annie Fox)
2018
92
Glitter Punch (By: Lucy Burke)
2018
93
Again (By: Stephanie Jacob)
2018
94
Battlefield (By: Peter Brook)
2018
95
Nine Night (By: Natasha Gordon)
2018
96
The Road to Huntsville (By: Stephanie Ridings)
2018
97
Blackthorn (By: Charley Miles)
2018
98
The Prisoner (By: Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne)
2018
99
The Clink (By: Stephen Jeffreys)
2018
100
Fast Labour (By: Steve Waters)
2019
101
Downstate (By: Bruce Norris)
2019
102
Beached (By: Melissa Bubnic)
2019
103
Night Time (By: Selma Dimitrijevic)
2019
104
Jez Butterworth Plays: Two (By: Jez Butterworth)
2020
105
Family: Three Plays (By: Iain Crichton Smith, Linda McLean, Riccardo Galgani)
2020
106
James V: Katherine (By: Rona Munro)
2025
Charles Dickens Anthologies
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The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories
1909
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror
1931
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World's Great Mystery Stories
1943
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Echoes Of Terror
1980
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Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions
1983
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Ghost Stories
1986
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Christmas Ghosts
1988
8
Great Law and Order Stories
1990
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The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror
1992
10
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror
1993
11
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories
1993
12
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
1993
13
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
1993
14
Thrillers
1994
15
Spirits Of Christmas: Twenty Other-Worldly Tales
1995
16
Children's Christmas Stories and Poems
1995
17
Classic Sea Stories
1996
18
Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories
1996
19
Writing New York
1998
20
Tales of Terror: Between Heaven and the Earth
2002
21
The World's Greatest Horror Stories
2004
22
The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849
2010
23
50 Classic Novellas
2011
24
London Stories
2013
25
Round the Christmas Fire
2013
26
The Phantom Coach
2014
27
That Glimpse of Truth
2014
28
Chilling Ghost Stories
2015
29
Fireside Ghost Stories for Christmas Eve
2015
30
Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899
2016
31
The Occult Fiction Collection
2019
32
The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 2
2016
33
The Greatest Books of All Time #4
2017
34
50 Halloween Stories You Have to Read Before You Die
2017
35
50 Eternal Masterpieces of Horror Stories
2017
36
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
37
The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 3
2019
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Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection
2023
39
30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories
2019
40
30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die
2019
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Victorian Anthologies of Classic Spectral Stories to Chill and Thrill the Senses