{"product_id":"9781634501156","title":"The Penny Dreadfuls: Tales of Horror: Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Picture of Dorian Gray","description":"\u003cb\u003eBlood, gore, murder, and sin—Victorian literature’s darkest horrors await you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe penny dreadfuls were cheap nineteenth-century English stories that featured gothic, lurid, disturbing, and tantalizing content. These horror serials cost a penny per issue, hence their name: penny dreadfuls. The penny dreadfuls often paid homage to—and even inspired—many of the more famous narratives of the horror genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book pairs three obscure yet influential penny dreadfuls with three of the most notorious literary giants of the nineteenth century: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dorian Gray, all in one authentic collection of the best Victorian gothic horror ever written. Originally published at a time when dramatic scientific discoveries sparked a cultural fixation on the paranormal, these stories remain timeless in their uncanny ability to prey upon our primal fear of that which is strange, violent, and unknown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book contains a total of six haunting tales:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•  \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e by Bram Stoker\u003cbr\u003e•  \u003ci\u003eDracula’s Guest\u003c\/i\u003e by Bram Stoker (\u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e’s original first chapter, not published until after Stoker’s death)\u003cbr\u003e•  \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e by Mary Shelley\u003cbr\u003e•  \u003ci\u003eWagner the Wehr-Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e by George W. M. Reynolds\u003cbr\u003e•  \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e by Oscar Wilde\u003cbr\u003e•  \u003ci\u003eVarney the Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e by Thomas Preskett Prest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurl up with \u003ci\u003eThe Penny Dreadfuls\u003c\/i\u003e on a dark, moonless night and rediscover these chilling classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136558416112,"sku":"9781634501156","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781634501156_p0.jpg?v=1763681196","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781634501156","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}