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Five Classics of Terror
Frankenstein, Dracula, Poe, Sleepy Hollow and Jekyll and Hyde
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Eleven Classics of Terror: The Whole Shelf
All eleven of our classics of terror, in one order
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The Classic Monsters
Frankenstein, Dracula, and Jekyll and Hyde
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The Vampire Classics
Dracula, Carmilla and The Vampyre
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Cosmic Horror Classics
The Call of Cthulhu and The King in Yellow
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Pride and Prejudice
A Novel
Austen’s complete 1813 text, a note before every chapter, a who’s who, and the money explained. Get every joke the first time.
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Dangerous Liaisons
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Easy to follow: a short note before every letter tells you who is writing, to whom, and what they’re really after.
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Tao Te Ching
The Tâo and Its Characteristics
Legge’s full text, every chapter followed by plain words and its Chinese terms made sayable. The Tao Te Ching you’ll actually understand.
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The Diamond Sutra
Chin-Kang-Ching, or Prajna-Paramita
Plain words and context after every chapter.
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
The Book of the Spiritual Man
All 195 sutras, opened up in plain words.
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Bushido
The Soul of Japan
All 17 chapters as first published in 1900, each with a plain-words paraphrase, key terms you can pronounce, and where historians differ.
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The Kybalion
With a Companion to Every Chapter
Plain words for every few paragraphs, its 1908 jargon decoded and its claims set apart from history, around the complete 1908 text.
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The Dhammapada
A Collection of Verses
Müller’s 1881 verses, word for word, with context and plain words after them and the Pāli behind his English made sayable.
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The Art of War
The Oldest Military Treatise in the World
Sun Tzu in Giles’s 1910 translation, word for word, with a companion after every few paragraphs and the key terms made sayable.
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The Prophet
With a Companion to Every Sermon
Readings for life’s occasions, with read-aloud times, and a plain-words companion after every part, around the complete 1923 text.
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The Turn of the Screw
A Ghost Story
James’s complete 1898 text, an introduction and a note before every chapter. You’ll be arguing about it by the last page.
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The Raven and Tales of Terror
Selected Tales and Poems
16 tales in full, The Raven and Poe’s own account of writing it, a note before every piece and a glossary of his rarer words. Lights low.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Haunted Tales
Rip Van Winkle, The Devil and Tom Walker, and Ten More Stories
Every story complete, in Irving’s own words, with a note before each one, a who’s who and a glossary. Fireside mischief at its best.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Novel
Wilde’s complete 1891 text, a note before every chapter, a glossary of his London and the story behind it. Wicked fun, finally clear.
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The Phantom of the Opera
Le Fantôme de l’Opéra
Leroux’s novel in the classic 1911 translation, with the real Opera revealed, a reader’s note before every chapter and a glossary at hand.
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Dark Tales
The Body Snatcher, Markheim, Thrawn Janet and Olalla
Every piece complete, a note before every chapter and story, a glossary and a who’s who. Read Jekyll as the mystery Stevenson wrote.
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The King in Yellow
Stories
The complete 1895 text, with a guide to the play, a note before each story and a glossary. Read it slowly, with the lights on.
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Dracula
A Novel
The complete 1897 text, a note before every chapter, and a glossary for the dishes and the dialect. The easiest way into the real Dracula.
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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Tales
Twelve Stories of Cosmic Horror
Twelve stories in their 1920s magazine texts, a glossary of his strange words, a note before every story. Read it with the lights low.
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Carmilla and The Vampyre
Two Classic Vampire Tales
Both tales complete, plus Byron’s own abandoned Fragment, a note before every chapter and a glossary. Your new favorite stormy-night read.
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Frankenstein
or, The Modern Prometheus
The complete 1818 text, a note before every letter and chapter, a glossary, a who’s who. You’ll never lose track of whose voice you’re in.
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