Horror Various Authors: Deals with the Devil. v1. 15 Mar. 2023

[GrannyGrump]

Speaking of the devil — here he comes now!

Sixteen classic tales of skirmishes with the Satanic. Demons and devils and would-be wickeds attempt to work their fiendish wiles on mortals — sometimes with astonishing results.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

Spoiler:

The Devil and Tom Walker – 1824

by Washington Irving
(1783–1859)

St. John’s Eve – 1830

by Nikolai Gogol
(1809–1852)
transl. by Isabel Florence Hapgood
(1851–1928)

The Devil’s Wager – 1833

by William Makepeace Thackeray
(1811–1863)

Sir Dominick’s Bargain – 1872

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)

The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh – 1838

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)

Lucifer – 1895

by Anatole France
(1844–1924)
Transl. by Alfred Richard Allinson
(1852–1929)

The Bargain of Rupert Orange – 1896

by Vincent O’Sullivan
(1872–1940)

The Mysterious Stranger – 1916

by “Mark Twain”
(Samuel Clemens)
(1835–1910)
Posthumously edited and completed by
Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1937)
Frederick A. Duneka (1860–1919)

The Painter’s Bargain – 1838

by William MakepeaceThackeray
(1811–1863)

The Legend of Mont St. Michel – 1882

by Guy de Maupassant
(1850–1893)
Transl. by Albert M.C. McMaster
(?–?)

The Demon Pope – 1888

by Richard Garnett
(1835–1906)

Madam Lucifer – 1888

by Richard Garnett
(1835–1906)

The Shoemaker and the Devil – 1888

by Anton Chekhov
(1860–1904)
Transl. by Constance Garnett
(1861–1946)

The Bottle Imp – 1891

by Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850–1894)

Sold to Satan – 1904

by “Mark Twain”
(Samuel Clemens)
(1835–1910)

The Devil and Daniel Webster – 1936

by Stephen Vincent Benét
(1898–1943)

==========
Contents were originally published 1824 ~ 1936 This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.
.

______________
EDIT TO ADD: Uploaded new file to correct an embarrassing mis-spelling of author's name (doubly embarrassing because I uploaded a whole raft of his writings many years ago!) Previous downloads: 12

This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.

To report a copyright violation you can contact us here.

[matzerich]

Great, many thanks for all the ghost/horror anthologies. Fantastic work!
But "SLC" ( for his friends) or Mark Twain (for his readers) was Mr. Samuel Clemens of course.

[GrannyGrump]

I have uploaded book with corrected text.

Life is so unfair.
As my vision deteriorates, my copy&paste skills decline.
Thanks for the gentle heads-up.

This is doubly embarrassing because I uploaded a lot of Twain books, and created several omnibus collections of his writings.