10-14-2018, 12:18 AM
(10-12-2018, 02:52 PM)Carrie Dalby Wrote: I'm reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson for the first time. I like how the classics are atmospheric and horrible without being gory. (Frankenstein and Dracula are other good examples.)
"The Body Snatcher" is also a good Stevenson story. Â The 1945 Val Lewton film with Karloff and Lugosi is wonderfully atmospheric.
Personally I think Frankenstein is a vastly better piece of literature than Dracula. Â Mary Shelley was a brilliant writer; Bram Stoker, well . . . bit of a hack in my opinion.