Fantastic tales / I.U. Tarchetti ; edited and translated by Lawrence Venuti ; with original illustrations by Jim Pearson.

Author/creator Tarchetti, Iginio Ugo
Other author Venuti, Lawrence.
Other author Pearson, Jim.
Other author Tarchetti, Iginio Ugo, 1839-1869
Format Book
Publication InfoSan Francisco : Mercury House, ©1992.
Description191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : I.U. Tarchetti / by Lawrence Venuti -- The legends of the black castle -- Captain Gubart's fortune -- A spirit in a raspberry -- Bouvard -- A dead man's bone -- The lake of the three lampreys -- The elixir of immortality -- The letter U -- The fated -- Appendix. The burgomaster in the bottle / Émile Erckmann and Louis-Alexandre Chatrian. The mummy's foot / Théophile Gautier. Iginio Ugo Tarchetti (1839-1869) / Salvatore Farina.
Local noteJoyner-See also manuscript material related to the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Ask in Joyner Library Special Collections.
General noteIncludes stories contained in the author's Racconti fantastici.
Acquisitions source Joyner Schlobin copy Gift of Roger Schlobin, 2004
Genre/formShort stories.
Genre/formHorror fiction.
LCCN 91035250
ISBN156279020X (acid-free paper) :