One night, four men arrive at a notorious, reportedly haunted, house and prepare for a duel to the death.

A protagonist and her author have a falling-out.

He left at night, taking with him a change of clothes, a blanket, and a small bag of money which he found in his father’s room.

The story of young prince, brought up as a goatherd, who becomes king on the death of his father and develops a deep fascination with the beautiful objects his wealth affords him.

Holed up in an isolated mountain shanty, the emaciated Mr. Hiram Beeson receives a visit from a dark stranger.

A student rents an apartment that looks onto the meticulously kept garden of the strange Dr Rappaccini and his beautiful daughter.

When little Juan Manuel defaces a neighbour's door the potential dispute escalates in a bizarre direction.

Classic fable. Moral: Do not trust flatterers.

A prospective buyer goes to look round a French chateau (complete with chapel and tombs) but finds the place deserted - apart from a strange pack of dogs.

Byron has been to Mars. Now he's not supposed to leave New York and New England. For good reason.