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A review by msgtdameron
The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Charles Dickens, Honoré de Balzac, Andrew Barger, Wilhelm Hauff, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Warren
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
I really like Barger's selections, but some of these, The Thunder Struck and the Boxer in particular, are more humorous than horrifying. But my degree is in Life Science ED, so I will bow to Bargers picks. Multiple people falling over each other to keep the victim of the Thunder from falling into the organ was more Marx Brothers than horror.