Classic Horror

PENGUIN HORROR is a celebration of the very best in literary horror, featuring a series of terrifying novels and tales that have thrilled, captivated, and kept readers awake for generations. Step into a world of ghostly apparitions, grotesque monsters, and creeping dread—but beware, you may not make it out unscathed. This collection brings together ten of the greatest literary horror stories ever written, from Mary Shelley’s iconic tale of a ‘body swap’ gone wrong, to Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling account of a family’s tragic downfall, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s haunting depiction of female subjugation. A treasure trove of scares and spooks, Classic Horror: An Anthology is a timeless celebration of all that curdles the blood and goes bump in the night.