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The ghost of Ravia, dressed in white with blood on her dress, appears to her husband Cazem during a storm at night, in front of Gothic ruins, and asks him to avenge her murder. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1810.

A man reading a novel with an affecting plot to his wife and daughters. Drawing, ca. 1810 (?).

A lady telling a gripping story to young women and children. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1785, after J. Opie.

Poor Polidori : a critical biography of the author of The vampire / D.L. Macdonald.

El fabrcante de honradez / Santiago Ramon Y Cajal.

Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert ; managing editors, Joey Eschrich and Mary Drago.

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Horror tales

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Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds / Mary Shelley ; edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert ; managing editors, Joey Eschrich and Mary Drago.