The Library: Author Information
Brothers Grimm
* Gesta Romanorum
* Grierson, Elizabeth W.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel
* Irving, Washington
* Jacobs, Joseph
* Nixon-Roulet, Mary F.
* Poe, Edgar Allan
* Rhys, Ernest
* Shelley, Mary
* Stevenson, Robert Louis
* Stoker, Bram
Note: means new to the site for Halloween 2002.
Brothers Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (1785-1863)
Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-1859)
Gesta Romanorum (c. 14th century)
- "Deeds Of The Romans" is a Latin collection of anecdotes and tales, probably compiled early in the 14th century. It was one of the most popular books of the time and was the source, directly or indirectly, of much later literature including that of Chaucer, John Gower, Thomas Hoccleve, Shakespeare, and many others. Of its authorship nothing certain is known, but its didactic nature and the allegorical explanations attached to the stories in the early versions suggest that it was intended as a manual for preachers. It is likely that it was compiled in England.
- The Benevolent Goblin
- The Phantom Knight of the Vandal Camp
Good Stories for Great Holidays (1914)
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Edited by Frances Jenkins Olcott, and including the following Halloween stories:
- The Benevolent Goblin from Gesta Romanorum.
- Burg Hill's on Fire: A Celtic Fairy Tale by Elizabeth W. Grierson.
- Hansel and Grethel by the Brothers Grimm.
- The King of the Cats: An English Folk-Tale by Ernest Rhys.
- The Old Witch by the Brothers Grimm.
- The Phantom Knight of the Vandal Camp from Gesta Romanorum.
- Shippeitaro: A Japanese Folk-Tale by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet.
- The Strange Visitor: An English Folk-Tale by Joseph Jacobs.
- Burg Hill's on Fire: A Celtic Fairy Tale by Elizabeth W. Grierson.
Elizabeth W. Grierson (?-?)
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Author of The Scottish Fairy Book, pre-1918.
- Burg Hill's on Fire: A Celtic Fairy Tale
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64)-
American novelist and short-story writer, b. Salem, Mass., one of the great masters of American fiction. His novels and tales are penetrating explorations of moral and spiritual conflicts.
- The Birthmark
Feathertop: A Moralized Legend
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, published in 1819
Joseph Jacobs (?-?)
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Author of Celtic Fairy Tales (1892) and More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894).
- The Strange Visitor: An English Folk-Tale
Mary F. Nixon-Roulet (?-?)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- Assignation, The, 1834
- The Cask of Amontillado, 1846
- The Fall of the House of Usher, 1839
- Ligeia, 1838
- The Masque of the Red Death, 1842
- The Oblong Box, 1850
Pit and the Pendulum, The, 1842
- The Raven, 1845
Tale of the Ragged Mountains, A, 1844
Tell-Tale Heart, The, 1843
- The Cask of Amontillado, 1846
Ernest Rhys (?-?)
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A writer of ghost-stories and folktales.
- The King of the Cats: An English Folk-Tale
Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
- Frankenstein, 1818
The Mortal Immortal, 1833
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
- Dracula, 1897 text or html (chapter by chapter)
- Dracula's Guest, 1914
The Jewel of the Seven Stars, 1903 text or html (chapter by chapter)
The Judge's House
- Dracula's Guest, 1914
- First published in the 5 Dec. 1914 issue of Holly Leaves.
- The Lady of the Shroud, 1909
- The Lair of the White Worm, 1911
The Man (AKA: The Gates of Life), 1905
The Watter's Mou', 1895
- The Lair of the White Worm, 1911
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