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The Spectre-Barber
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"The Spectre-Barber" is a short story written by Johann Karl August Musäus, included in his satirical retellings of collected folk stories, Volksmärchen der Deutschen. The story was translated into Fr
Unpublished illustration by Edward Vernon Utterson for Tales of the Dead
Unpublished illustration by Edward Vernon Utterson for Tales of the Dead
Illustration by John Fischer, engraved by Allen Robert Branston for Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations
Illustration by John Fischer, engraved by Allen Robert Branston for Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations
Tales of the Dead
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Tales of the Dead is an English anthology of horror fiction, abridged from the French book Fantasmagoriana and translated anonymously by Sarah Elizabeth Utterson, who also added one story of her own.
The Spectre-Barber
…Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) and John William Polidori's "The Vampyre" (1816). This French translation was then partially translated into English in Tales of the Dead (1813), followed by more complete translations from the original German, such as those by Thomas Roscoe (1826) and Thomas Carlyle (1827), with a…
First edition title page
First edition title page
Unpublished illustration of "The Family Portraits" by Edward Vernon Utterson
Unpublished illustration of "The Family Portraits" by Edward Vernon Utterson
Illustration of "The Fated Hour" from The Penny Story-Teller
Illustration of "The Fated Hour" from The Penny Story-Teller
Unpublished illustration of "The Death-Bride" by Edward Vernon Utterson
Unpublished illustration of "The Death-Bride" by Edward Vernon Utterson