This is a collection of three writings including The Adventure of My Aunt, The Adventure of the German Student, and The Story of the Young Italian. The narrator's aunt "does all that a widow could do" to commemorate her dead husband. She had a "full-length portrait of him" hung against the wall. The Adventure of My Aunt tells you a story full of suspense. A young German is "too shy to make any advances to the fair," but he always dreams of "a female face of transcendent beauty." One stormy night, he comes to the guillotine and meets the very lady in his dream...The Adventure of the German Student will lead you into a chilling horror film. A young man showed an extreme sensibility when he was quite a child. His father whose feelings were wrapped up in his elder son made this young man experience the fate of a spoiled child. By accident, this young man became the favorite pupil of a baronet and fell in love with his daughter...you will find what happened between them in The Story of the Young Italian.

《我姨妈的奇遇》讲述"我"的姨妈在丈夫去世之后把他的遗像挂在墙上瞻仰。一天，她不经意间发现遗像上的一只眼睛在动......《德国学生的奇遇》讲述一位德国学生和一个陌生女鬼的故事。《意大利青年的故事》的主人公是一个神经质的意大利男青年。他从小被别人嘲笑且缺乏父爱，成年后离家成了一个男爵的得意门生，后来他疯狂地爱上了男爵的女儿，并在与她偷偷见面时被男爵发现，于是，惨剧发生了......