Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
John Jasper's Secret John Jasper's Secret Charles Dickens,Wilkie Collins,Henry Morford An early attempt to elucidate the mystery left unfinished at Dickens's death. OL14869144W
Perils of Certain English Prisoners Perils of Certain English Prisoners Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens A monologue about English soldiers protecting a village against pirates. OL14869468W
The Raven and the Monkey's Paw The Raven and the Monkey's Paw W. W. Jacobs,Edith Wharton,O. Henry,Ambrose Bierce,Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens,Edgar Allan Poe,Saki Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibr… OL15646130W
Curses Curses Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell,H. L. Gold,Robert W. Chambers,Robert Bloch,Martin H. Greenberg,Wilkie Collins,Avram Davidson,George Moore,Arthur C. Clarke,Charles G. Waugh,Theodore Cogswell,Sarah Orne Jewett,Robertson, Morgan,Isaac Asimov,Christopher Fahy,Seumas MacManus,Manly Wade Wellman,Talmage Powell,F. Antsy,Mario Martin Jr. Contents: Introduction: Malevolence - essay by Isaac Asimov The Curse - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke Julia Cahill's Curse - shortstory by George Moore The Red Swimmer - novelette by Robert Bl… OL16420811W
Classic Ghost Stories Classic Ghost Stories Marion Crawford,W. W. Jacobs,Daniel Defoe,Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton,Frederick Marryat,Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Amelia B. Edwards,Guy de Maupassant,Bram Stoker,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,Sir Walter Scott,Margaret Oliphant LeFanu, J. S. Sir Dominick Sarsfield. Dickens, C. The story of the bagman's uncle. Jacobs, W. W. The monkey's paw. Scott, W., Sir. Wandering Willie's tale. Stoker, B. Dracula's guest. Oliph… OL16480333W
The craft of detection The craft of detection Arthur Conan Doyle,Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens Presents three annotated mystery and detective stories--"The Biter Bit," "Hunted Down," and "The Hound of the Baskervilles"--along with a section of related articles with discussion questions. OL19595707W
The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell,H. G. Wells,Arthur Conan Doyle,Thomas Hardy,Ambrose Bierce,Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Edgar Allan Poe,Amelia B. Edwards,Guy de Maupassant,Bram Stoker,Robert Etty,Montague Rhodes James The Ostler / Wilkie Collins -- The old nurse's stories / Elizabeth Gaskell -- [Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518318W) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- [Pit and the… OL3085486W