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Not least the successful Netflix series Wednesday has increased interest in classic scary and horror stories. References to Edgar Allan Poe are everywhere, the library plays an important role.
The stories by Poe, Gogol, Tieck or Hauff and numerous other writers are still among the classics of world literature. Many contemporary authors refer to the works of Rudyard Kipling, Frédérc Boutet or Gustav Meyrink. Some short stories have been integrated into new stories, others have become films (Sleepy Hollow). This unique compilation of classic scary short stories offers interested readers an insight into the exciting literary world that founded an entire genre and thus provided numerous models for films and series.