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I found this old introduction of "The Taking of Redoubt" while researching the horror tales in  The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 anthology . THE TAKING OF THE REDOUBT Introduction “The Taking of The Redoubt,” a war horror story written by Frenchman Prosper Merimée (1803-1870) in 1829, was first published in the September-October  Revue Franchise  of that year. It was his third short story.  Before its publication, in the same year, “Mateo Falcone” and “The Vision of Ch

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Literature has a unique way of reflecting the fears, changes, and challenges society faces. Nineteenth-century werewolf short stories are...