by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Detective Fiction · Ratiocination Detection · Crime and Punishment
Abstract
A collection split into ‘Tales of Terror’ and ‘Tales of Mystery,’ including the classic horror story ‘The Horror of the Heights’ (an aviator’s fatal encounter with monstrous life in the upper atmosphere), ‘The Leather Funnel’ (a dream-vision of historical torture), and detective-flavored mystery stories such as ‘The Lost Special’ and ‘The Man with the Watches.‘
Capitoli / Chapters
- The Leather Funnel
- The New Catacomb
- The Case of Lady Sannox
- Tales of Mystery
- The Beetle-Hunter
- The Man with the Watches
- The Japanned Box
- The Black Doctor
- The Jew’s Breastplate
Connections
Forms & Genres: Short Story, Gothic Novel, Detective Fiction Themes & Concepts: Terror and Horror, Uncanny, Ratiocination Detection, Fear, Crime and Punishment Motifs: Dreams, Supernatural, Blood, Secrets Settings: London, Continental Europe (Brussels) Archetypes: Detective, Villain, Ghost Topoi: Memento Mori