THE SHILLING SHOCKERS: STORIES OF TERROR FROM THE GOTHIC BLUEBOOKS

by Peter Haining

$75 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978 . Octavo, boards. First edition, U.S. issue. Collects ten representative examples of these pamphlets featuring sensational short fiction, a publishing phenomenon that flourished in England between 1800 and 1820, with notes and introduction by Haining that discusses the influence of these booklets on the development of the short story form providing a bridge between the lengthy

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