The Monstrous Classics Collection (Boxed Set)
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The Monstrous Classics Collection (Boxed Set)
In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories, the relationship between a well-respected doctor and a violent criminal is more shocking than anyone could guess in this unholy tale of a repressed man giving himself over wholly to the worst of his vices and shame. Also, two medical students turn to grave robbing in βThe Body Snatcherβ and a man wishes on a cursed bottle in βThe Bottle Imp.β
In Dracula, young English lawyer Jonathan Harkerβs trip to Romania to meet with Count Dracula sets off a chain of events that threaten the lives of his friends, including his fiancΓ©e, Mina. With the help of vampire expert Professor Van Helsing, can Jonathan, Mina, and their friends defeat their sinister foe?
In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is an aspiring scientist whose obsession with the idea of creating life leads him to animate a humanoid figure he crafted from corpses. Confronted with the horror of what heβs created, Frankenstein abandons his monsterβwho in turn vows revenge.
In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane flees from the Headless Horseman. Ichabod Crane sleeps for twenty years only to wake to a changed world, and more.
The titular Phantom of the Opera hides from the world while terrorizing the Paris Opera House and its star, the beautiful soprano Christine DaaΓ©, in The Phantom of the Opera.
In The Raven & Other Writings, murder and grief dominate the eerie stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
This deliciously eerie paperback boxed set includes:
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories
- Dracula
- Frankenstein
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Raven & Other Writings
Series: Monstrous Classics Collection
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781665963091
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 October 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Aladdin
Edition: Boxed Set
Illustration: box: f-c matte aqueous w- no sfx; books: f-c soft-touch matte lam cover w- foil stamping and emboss
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 132.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 194.0mm
Weight: 1452g
Pages: 2112
About the Author
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850β1894) spent his childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland, but traveled widely in the United States and throughout the South Seas. He was author of many novels, includingΒ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,Β Kidnapped,Β The Black Arrow,Β andΒ Treasure Island.
Bram Stoker (1847β1912) was an Irish author best known for his Gothic horror novelΒ Dracula. He also worked as a theater critic and business manager of Lyceum Theatre in the West End.
Mary Shelley (1797β1851) was born to well-known parents: author and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and philosopher William Godwin. When Mary was sixteen, she met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, a devotee of her fatherβs teachings. In 1816, the two of them travelled to Geneva to stay with Lord Byron. One evening, while they shared ghost stories, Lord Byron proposed that they each write a ghost story of their own.Β FrankensteinΒ was Maryβs contribution. Other works of hers includeΒ Mathilda,Β The Last Man,Β andΒ The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck.Β
Washington Irving (1783β1859) was an author best known for his short stories βThe Legend of Sleepy Hollowβ and βRip Van Winkleβ and traveled widely before settling down in the Hudson Valley in New York.
Gaston Leroux (1868β1927) was a French novelist whose best-known work, Le FantΓ΄me de lβopΓ©ra or The Phantom of the Opera, has inspired many film and stage adaptations.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809β1849) was an American writer, poet, and critic.Β Best known for his macabre prose work, including the short story βThe Tell-Tale Heart,β his writing has influenced literature in the United States and around the world.
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