Greatest Horror Fiction Ever Written

Dracula Metamorphosis The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The King in Yellow and The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 are among the greatest Horror Fiction included in this compilation.</br> Dracula - Bram Stoker an Irish author wrote the Gothic horror novel Dracula in 1897. The novel which is known for introducing the vampire Count Dracula describes Draculas attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England in order to acquire new blood and spread the undead curse as well as his conflict with a small band of men and women commanded by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Many literary subgenres have been assigned to Dracula including invasion literature horror fiction vampire literature and horror. Many topics including the place of women in Victorian culture sexual taboos immigration colonialism and post-colonialism are discussed in the book.</br></br> Franz Kafkas 1915 novella The Metamorphosis also known as Die Verwandlung was first released in German. A traveling salesman named Gregor Samsa wakes up one day to discover that he has turned into a huge insect (the most common translation of the German description ungeheuer Ungeziefer literally monstrous vermin). He considers how dull life is for a traveling salesman.</br></br> The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - The tale of the honorable Dr. Jekylls odd friendship with the damnable young man Edward Hyde the manhunt for a murderer across fog-shrouded London and the shocking identification of Hydes true nature is a disturbing examination of humanitys most fundamental capacity for evil. The other stories in this collection such as Olalla a tale of vampires and tainted family blood and The Body Snatcher a grisly fictionalization of the renowned Burke and Hares escapades attest to Stevensons ingenuity within the Gothic genre. Robert Mighalls scholarly introduction to this edition covers class crime and the significance of the storys London location.