{"product_id":"the-monstrous-classics-collection-boxed-set-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-dracula-frankenstein-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-other-sto-9781665963107","title":"The Monstrous Classics Collection (Boxed Set): Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde \u0026 Other Stories; Dracula; Frankenstein; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow \u0026 Other Sto","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe timeless, genre-defying classics \u003ci\u003eDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom of the Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Raven \u0026amp; Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e are now available together in this bone-chilling hardcover boxed set.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, the relationship between a well-respected doctor and a violent criminal is more shocking than anyone could guess in this unholy tale of a repressed man giving himself over wholly to the worst of his vices and shame. Also, two medical students turn to grave robbing in \"The Body Snatcher\" and a man wishes on a cursed bottle in \"The Bottle Imp.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, young English lawyer Jonathan Harker's trip to Romania to meet with Count Dracula sets off a chain of events that threaten the lives of his friends, including his fiancée, Mina. With the help of vampire expert Professor Van Helsing, can Jonathan, Mina, and their friends defeat their sinister foe? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, Victor Frankenstein is an aspiring scientist whose obsession with the idea of creating life leads him to animate a humanoid figure he crafted from corpses. Confronted with the horror of what he's created, Frankenstein abandons his monster--who in turn vows revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane flees from the Headless Horseman, Ichabod Crane sleeps for twenty years to wake to a changed world, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe titular Phantom of the Opera hides from the world while terrorizing the Paris Opera House and its star, beautiful soprano Christine Daaé, in \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom of the Opera\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Raven \u0026amp; Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e, murder and grief dominate the eerie stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis deliciously eerie hardcover boxed set includes: \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom of the Opera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Raven \u0026amp; Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) spent his childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland, but traveled widely in the United States and throughout the South Seas. He was author of many novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Black Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish author best known for his Gothic horror novel \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e. He also worked as a theater critic and business manager of Lyceum Theatre in the West End. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Shelley (1797-1851) was born to well-known parents: author and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and philosopher William Godwin. When Mary was sixteen, she met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, a devotee of her father's teachings. In 1816, the two of them travelled to Geneva to stay with Lord Byron. One evening, while they shared ghost stories, Lord Byron proposed that they each write a ghost story of their own. \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e was Mary's contribution. 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