The treasury of the fantastic : Romanticism to early twentieth century literature

The fantastic, the supernatural, the poetic, and the macabre entwine in this incomparable culmination of storytelling. Imaginative stories of wit and intelligence weave through vivid landscapes that are alternately wondrous and terrifying. As major literary figures from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—from Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Edith Wharton to Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde—these masters of English and American literature created unforgettable tales where goblins and imps comingle with humans from all walks of life. This deftly curated assemblage of notable classics and unexpected gems from the pre-Tolkien era will captivate and enchant readers. Forerunners of today's speculative fiction, these are the authors that changed the fantasy genre forever. The fantastic, the supernatural, the poetic, and the macabre entwine in this incomparable culmination of storytelling. Imaginative stories of wit and intelligence weave through vivid landscapes that are alternately wondrous and terrifying. Bringing together major literary figures from the 19th and 20th centuriesfrom Alfred Lord Tennyson and Edith Wharton to Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wildethese masters of English and American literature created unforgettable tales where goblins and imps comingle with humans from all walks of life. This deftly curated assemblage of notable classics and unexpected gems from the pre-Tolkien era will captivate and enchant readers. Forerunners of today's speculative fiction, these are the authors that changed the fantasy genre, forever. Contents Introduction by Peter S. Beagle Foreword by David Sandner Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Darkness by Lord Byron La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Peter Rugg, the Missing Man by William Austin The Mysterious Bride by James Hogg The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe Morte dArthur by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson The Golden Key by George MacDonald Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll The Ogre Courting by Juliana Horatia Ewing The Ghostly Rental by Henry James The Dong With the Luminous Nose by Edward Lear The New Mother by Lucy Lane Clifford The Griffin and the Minor Canon by Frank Stockton The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde The Stolen Child by W. B. Yeats An Occurrence at Owl Creek by Ambrose Bierce The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson A Moth: Genus Unknown by H. G. Wells Cassildas Song by Robert W. Chambers The Library Window by Margaret Oliphant The True Lover by A. E. Houseman The Blind God Laurence Houseman The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame The Book of Beasts by Edith Nesbit The Monkeys Paw by W. W. Jacobs Casting the Runes by M. R. James They by Rudyard Kipling The Sword of Welleran by Lord Dunsany The Celestial Omnibus by E. M. Forster The Eyes by Edith Wharton The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton The Listeners by Walter de la Mare Red-Peach-Blossom Inlet by Kenneth Morris The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain Enoch Soames by Max Beerbohm Climax for a Ghost Story by I. A. Ireland A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf Kubla Khan -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge Darkness -- Lord Byron La Belle Dame sans Merci -- John Keats The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- Washington Irving Peter Rugg, the missing man -- William Austin The mortal immortal -- Mary Shelley Young Goodman Brown -- Nathaniel Hawthorne The fall of the House of Usher -- Edgar Allan Poe Morte d'Arthur -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson Goblin market -- Christina Rossetti The golden key -- George MacDonald Jabberwocky -- Lewis Carroll The ogre courting -- Juliana Horatia Ewing Carmilla -- J. Sheridan Le Fanu The ghostly rental -- Henry James The dong with a luminous nose -- Edward Lear The new mother -- Lucy Clifford The stolen child -- W.B. Yeats The Griffin and the Minor Canon -- Frank R. Stockton The Happy Prince -- Oscar Wilde Because I could not stop for death -- Emily Dickinson An occurrence at Owl Creek bridge -- Ambrose Bierce The bottle imp -- Robert Louis Stevenson The yellow wall-paper -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman A moth : genus unknown -- H.G. Wells Cassilda's song -- Robert W. Chambers The library window -- Margaret Oliphant The true lover -- A.E. Housman The reluctant dragon -- Kenneth Grahame The Book of Beasts -- Edith Nesbit The monkey's paw -- W.W. Jacobs They -- Rudyard Kipling The sword of Welleran -- Lord Dunsany The celestial omnibus -- E.M. Forster The eyes -- Edith Wharton Casting the runes -- M.R. James The ghost ship -- Richard Middleton The listeners -- Walter De La Mare Red-Peach-Blossom Inlet -- Kenneth Morris The mysterious stranger -- Mark Twain Enoch Soames -- Max Beerbohm Climax for a ghost story -- I.A. Ireland The Blind God -- Laurence Housman A haunted house -- Virginia Woolf.