Fosca (Oneworld Classics)
"Tarchetti (1839–1869) has been called an Italian Edgar Allan Poe, and in these nine exceptionally well-translated tales he does indeed share Poe's fascination with the gothic . . . While the stories are marvelous in and of themselves, in Venuti's thoughtful presentation they serve as entree into an equally strange and marvelous literary phenomenon."  —Publishers WeeklyonFantastic Tales