V říši mrtvých - Tajemné a děsivé příběhy české literatury 19. století – group of authors (2023)

In this anthology, you will find 43 chilling stories from 19th-century Czech literature. All of them are connected by the mystery of death and things associated with it: the world of hospitals, asylums, slaughterhouses, torture chambers, morgues, and cemeteries, the whispers of the dying, the screams and sighs of the tortured, the devilish laughter of the undead, ghosts, murders, and madness. The compiler's intention was to present the most diverse selection of dark stories from 19th-century Czech literature. You will find both fantastic and purely real evil within them. Genre-wise, these are anti-superstitious texts, classic short stories, fables and legends, fairy tales, and also parodies of the 'horrific trash' that many moralists of the time took to task. Although their contemporary reception may be somewhat complicated by archaic language, a slower pace of the plot, or more detailed descriptions, they will undoubtedly reward you with the unmistakable charm of long-gone times. ***** In the book, you will find stories by the following authors: Josef Ackermann, Jakub Arbes, J. J. Benešovský-Veselý, Popelka Biliánová, Karla Bufková-Wanklová, Svatopluk Čech, Otakar Červinka, Karel Jaromír Erben, Karel B. Hájek, Josef Havlík, František Karel Hejda, František Herites, Ignát Herrmann, Emanuel Herold, Jan Hýbl, Karel Chalupa, Otakar Jedlička, František Göbl Kopidlanský,…