{"product_id":"the-thousand-and-one-phantoms-serge-laclos-9798274180177","title":"The Thousand and One Phantoms: A New Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cb\u003eAlexandre Dumas\u003c\/b\u003e witnesses a quarryman confess to a horrifying murder-claiming his wife's severed head spoke to him after death-he finds himself drawn into an evening of supernatural tales that blur the line between the living and the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a dinner party in Fontenay-aux-Roses, a doctor, a priest, a police superintendent, and other guests gather to debate whether such \"deathly activity\" is truly possible. One by one, they share their own chilling encounters with the supernatural: a guillotined lover's head that retains consciousness, a pale woman pursued by her dead brother's vengeful ghost, a vampire's bloody visitation in the Carpathian Mountains, and the restless spirits of France's revolutionary Terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten during the tumultuous revolutions of 1848, \u003cb\u003eThe Thousand and One Phantoms\u003c\/b\u003e showcases Dumas at his Gothic best-weaving historical trauma with macabre imagination, revolutionary violence with supernatural horror. These frame-narrative tales reveal a different side of the master storyteller: one fascinated by death, haunted by the guillotine's shadow, and captivated by the question of what lies beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the blood-soaked streets of revolutionary Paris to remote Eastern European castles, Dumas crafts an atmosphere of \"unrelenting detail and almost unbearable suspense\" that rivals the greatest Gothic horror of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark masterpiece from the author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Count of Monte Cristo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cb\u003eproving Dumas could terrify as brilliantly as he could entertain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Serge Laclos,Alexandre Dumas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798274180177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Serge Laclos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997240701183,"sku":"9798274180177","price":11.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-thousand-and-one-phantoms-serge-laclos-9798274180177","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}