A review by caidyn
Gothic Short Stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, E.F. Benson, David Stuart Davies, Ralph Adams Cram, M.R. James, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charles Dickens, S. Carleton, Charles Robert Maturin, Walter Scott, David Blair, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nathan Drake, Richard Barham Middleton, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, J. Sheridan Le Fanu

3.0

The selection of stories in this book were decent. Luckily, I had never read any of them, so that was a treat for me. Some stories I didn't understand why they were considered gothic; they usually fell flat at the end or came to a resolution that made no sense with the story. The authors included I did know -- [a:Charles Dickens|239579|Charles Dickens|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1357465042p2/239579.jpg]and [a:Edgar Allan Poe|4624490|Edgar Allan Poe|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1315307900p2/4624490.jpg]for example -- fell flat. I have one large praise and it is composed of one story: [b:The Yellow Wallpaper|286957|The Yellow Wallpaper|Charlotte Perkins Gilman|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1351778524s/286957.jpg|17352354]. It was fantastic. The author had an air to the slow decent to madness that rivaled Poe. That story was a very good choice indeed.