Un château perdu au milieu d'une épaisse forêt, une étrange invitée aussi belle que mystérieuse, une jeune fille qui se réveille chaque matin avec une douleur à la base du cou... Carmilla est l'un des textes fondateurs de la littérature fantastique, qui influencera quelques années plus tard Bram Stoker pour son Dracula.
And 99 other hypotheses. Ever wonder why babies suck their fingers, or why humans have chins? Want to know how bad TV shows cause dementia, or are you curious about how the moon causes gout attacks, and how shaving increases the risk of cancer? If you are curious about health, science, and the world around - and above - you, read on; if you are? (from the back cover of the book)
Why did W.B. Yeats want a hair from the head of Aleister Crowley, and how did the artist Althea Gyles get it for him? What was the terrible lesson learned by scholar and demonologist the Reverend Montague Summers? Why was Sherlock Holmes reticent about his college years? Which unlikely chronicler of the decadents numbered among his friends Christine Keeler, Sir Oswald Mosely, Colin Wilson and an assortment of beat poets? This volume is a tribute to Roger Dobson (1954-2013), who had a keen eye for the strangest outposts of literature. The twenty essays offered here demonstrate why the eminent Spanish novelist Javier Marias described Dobson as