From fabulous enchantments and supernatural horrors to subtler, more psychologic
al terrors, the best of nineteenth-century fantastic literature is collected her
e by Italo Calvino. These mysterious and macabre tales include Hoffmann's nightm
arish "The Sandman", Poe's terrifying "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Dickens' chillin
g ghost story "The Signal-Man", and relatively unknown works from celebrated wri
ters including Honore de Balzac, Henry James, Sir Walter Scott, Guy de Maupassan
t and Robert Louis Stevenson, alongside lesser-known contributors. Each story co
mes with a fascinating introduction by Calvino.
