Quick Classics Collection: Gothic - Abridged

Henry James (1843–1916) was an American writer, highly regarded as one of the key proponents of literary realism, as well as for his contributions to literary criticism. His writing centres on the clash and overlap between Europe and America, and The Portrait of a Lady is regarded as his most notable work.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. Henry James (1843-1916) was an American author considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of renowned philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. Bram (Abraham) Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish novelist. Dracula was to become his best-known work, based on European folklore and stories of vampires. Although most famous for writing Dracula, Stoker wrote eighteen books before he died in 1912 at the age of sixty-four.

Tom Baker was born in Liverpool in 1934. He became an actor and is most well-known, in seventy-four countries, for his portrayal of Doctor Who.