Resultados para "Terror" en Clásicos

Sherlock Holmes viaja al valle de Sussex, donde John Douglas, un caballero americano que reside en Inglaterra, ha sido violentamente asesinado en su mansión, una antigua fortaleza aparentemente inexpugnable. En esta obra de Arthur Conan Doyle, encontramos todas las características del género detectivesco: un muerto que plantea infinidad de interrogantes, un despacho repleto de sangre y de pistas desconcertantes, una servidumbre aterrada, una viuda y un amigo de confianza sobre los que recaen sospechas de infidelidad.

 El castillo de Eppstein, una novela escrita en el más puro estilo gótico que hacía furor en el siglo xix con sus imprescindibles dosis de secretos familiares, maquiavélicos villanos, doncellas en peligro, amores apasionados y espectros vengadores. Una macabra leyenda pesa sobre la familia Eppstein desde tiempos inmemoriales: todas las mujeres que mueren en el castillo la noche del 24 de diciembre no encuentran el reposo eterno y regresan del más allá para atormentar a sus moradores. Y Albina, la bella esposa del malvado conde Maximiliano, no será una excepción. 

Edgar Allan Poe (1809- 1849) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Er prägte entscheidend die Gattung der Kurzgeschichte sowie die Genres der Kriminal-, Horror- und Schauerliteratur. Einzelne Erzählungen haben spätere Autoren der Science-Fiction wie Jules Verne beeinflusst. Seine Lyrik, in Europa u. a. von Charles Baudelaire rezipiert, wurde zum Fundament des Symbolismus und damit der modernen Dichtung.

Prepare to journey into the unknown with Terror Out of Space by Leigh Brackett, narrated by Estelle Belong-Smrtnikova. In this gripping science fiction classic, a space exploration mission takes a terrifying turn as the crew encounters an alien world fraught with unimaginable dangers. As fearsome creatures emerge from the shadows and the secrets of the planet unravel, the battle for survival becomes a test of courage, ingenuity, and the limits of human endurance.

Cumbres borrascosas, la épica historia de Catherine y Heathcliff, situada en los sombríos y desolados páramos de Yorkshire, constituye una asombrosa visión metafísica del destino, la obsesión, la pasión y la venganza.

Questo libro, di Edward Bulwer-Lytton, scritto nel 1842 tratta di esoterismo, ma è, al tempo stesso, un libro di avventura, e anche un romanzo storico, visto che si svolge nel 1791, tra l'Italia e la Francia, e che uno dei personaggi ritratti è Robespierre.Zanoni, il protagonista, è uno degli ultimi Rosa-Croce che si trova a fronteggiare il dilemma tra amore terreno e conoscenza dell’occulto.Ed è questo , un dilemma non da poco, che neanche l’amico Mejnour, altro Rosacroce, non riesce a sciogliere.

When young Harry Sandwith, a Westminster boy, becomes a resident at the chateau of a French marquis, he begins a series of adventures with the family. One day, an ill-advised trip takes them to Paris at the height of the French Revolution. Suddenly Harry and his party are beset with perils at...

Der namenlose Ich-Erzähler hebt mit einer der für Poe typischen umfangreichen Vorreden an: „Von meiner Heimat und meiner Familie weiß ich wenig zu sagen. Schlimme Erfahrungen und die Länge der Jahre haben mich aus der einen vertrieben, der anderen entfremdet. Ererbter Reichtum verschaffte mir eine ungewöhnliche Bildung, und meine nachdenkliche Sinnesart setzte mich in den Stand, die Schätze des Wissens, die mir durch mein Studium von Jugend auf erworben hatte, in methodische Ordnung zu bringen.“

Der Handlung gehen essayistische Bemerkungen voran, mit denen der Erzähler seine eigene Geschichte einleitet und bekräftigt. Grauenvolle Themen ließen sich nur da literarisch darstellen, „wo Ernst und Majestät der Wahrheit sie heiligen“. Er zählt eine Reihe von Katastrophen wie das Erdbeben zu Lissabon und die Große Pest von London auf, um schließlich zu konstatieren, dass das „furchtbarste Unheil […] den Einzelnen, nicht die Gemeinschaft“ treffe.

When the American Otis family buys the English mansion Canterville Chase, they ignore warnings that it is haunted. Far from being frightened by the ghost of Sir Simon, a centuries-old spirit, the Otises baffle him by offering stain remover for his bloodstains and lubricant for his noisy chains. While the family's mischievous twins terrorize the specter, he falls into despair. Only the compassion of young Virginia can help the tormented ghost find redemption and eternal rest in this clever satire about cultural clashes.

"Facts concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family" is a horror short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. As Lovecraft's both parents died in a mental hospital, it is believed that Lovecraft handled some of his own family issues in this very story.

The Whisperer in Darkness is a 26,000-word novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written February-September 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931.[1] Similar to The Colour Out of Space (1927), it is a blend of horror and science fiction. Although it makes numerous references to the Cthulhu Mythos, the story is not a central part of the mythos, but reflects a shift in Lovecraft's writing at this time towards science fiction. The story also introduces the Mi-Go, an extraterrestrial race of fungoid creatures.

The "Call of Cthulhu" is one of H.P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in "Weird Tales", February 1928. It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance. It is written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative

The Beast in the Jungle is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published in the collection titled The Better Sort. The story addresses themes like fate, loneliness, love and death. The protagonist, John Marcher, anticipates an event that he believes will set him apart from other people. Marcher is frozen by his fears and a sense of impending doom. A haunting tale of egotism, fear of the unknown and unrequited love, the story warns that the only thing one has to fear is fear itself. John’s failure to reciprocate May Bartram’s love condemns him.

Deep in the remote Canadian wilderness, a group of moose hunters make their way further into the woods. Rumors of a terrifying human-like monster that lurks in the forest are dismissed as mere “superstitions.” But, as their isolation becomes more apparent, they begin to smell something foul and feel shadows creeping in on them like slow death. After having “seen the Wendigo”, how long will they be able to survive?

The story begins with the narrator describing the night sky as observed over long sleepless nights from his window, in particular that of the Pole Star, Polaris, which he describes as "winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey". He then describes the night of the aurora over his house in the swamp, and how on this night he first dreamed of a city of marble lying on a plateau between two peaks, with Polaris above in the night sky.

Dr. Henry Jekyll, convinced of the duality of human nature, attempts an experiment to separate the good and evil aspects of his own character. The shocking results lead to calamity and horror.

I wasn’t supposed to be at Olympus that night. And I definitely wasn’t supposed to witness a murder - or be caught by the killers. Hades, Apollo, and Ares run the mysterious masked fight club, and they wield more power in this town than I could dream of holding. They destroy my life with one decree: Kora Sinclair doesn’t exist. Sterling Falls was my chance to start over, but one night derails everything. My scholarship, my job - gone. I could run home, but giving up my dreams isn’t an option. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

During the Outbreak, like billions of others, a man finds himself infected with the Phage. Desperate to spare his family from watching him become a walking nightmare, he flees. Soon after, he is dead. Two years later, he wakes up. Not in the afterlife, but in his own body. Trapped, unable to control the monster that carries him, and forced to witness the horror of its existence.

During a canoe trip on the Danube, two men are forced to stop on an island due to the current. What was supposed to be a peaceful temporary camping experience turns into a disturbing and supernatural ordeal: the willows covering the island seem to move and whisper in the wind, giving the impression of being alive; the presence of hostile and terrifying invisible entities is perceived, casting doubt on every capacity for rational thought.