This amazing anthology contains plenty of stories to keep you on your toes. It includes famous favourites penned by writers such as Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe. The atmospheric cover and rich colour illustrations inside make this a must-have for your child's bookshelf and a wonderful literary gift.

This stunning hardback is filled with extracts by famous writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens and Mary Shelley, making it a great introduction to gothic stories. Children will love meeting some of the most fiendish characters in literature! The 12 dark tales include:

• Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

• The Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa by Washington Irving

• The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards

• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

• A Bottomless Grave by Ambrose Bierce

• The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

• The Haunted Dolls’ House by M. R. James

• The Adventure of the German Student by Washington Irving

• There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard by M. R. James

• Man-Size in Marble by E. Nesbit

• The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe