Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Monsieur Bovary 1
5. Little Red Riding Hood 5
6. Dracula 11
7. Alice 15
8. Faust 23
9. Gertrude 27
10. Superman 33
11. Don Juan 39
12. Lilith 43
13. The Wandering Jew 49
14. Sleeping Beauty 53
15. Phoebe 59
16. Hsing-chen 65
17. Jim 71
18. The Chimera 79
19. Robinson Crusoe 85
20. Queequeg 93
21. Tyrant Banderas 99
22. Cide Hamete Benegeli 107
23. Job 117
24. Quasimodo 123
25. Casaubon 129
26. Satan 137
27. The Hippogriff 143
28. Captain Nemo 147
29. Frankenstein’s Monster 153
30. Sandy 159
31. Jonah 165
32. Dona Emilia 179
33. The Wendigo 183
34. Heidi’s Grandfather 187
35. Clever Elsie 191
36. Long John Silver 195
37. Karagöz and Hacivat 201
38. Émile 207
39. Sinbad 213
40. Wakefield 217
41. Sources 223
42. Acknowledgments 229
43. Credits 230