Classic Victorian And Edwardian Ghost Stories

Author : Rex Collings
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 184022066X

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Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories by Rex Collings Pdf

This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter's night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely locked. The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as 'real' apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings. Some of these stories are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of tales of the supernatural. There are stories from distant lands - 'Fisher's Ghost' by John Lang is set in Australia and 'A Ghostly Manifestation' by 'A Clergyman' is set in Calcutta. In this selection, Sir Walter Scott (a Victorian in spirit if not in fact), keeps company with Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and other illustrious masters of the genre.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Ghost stories, English
ISBN : 1853260401

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Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Dalby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Ghost stories, English
ISBN : 0760703531

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Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories by Richard Dalby Pdf

Author : Richard Dalby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Ghost stories
ISBN : OCLC:939626183

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The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories by Richard Dalby Pdf

This anthology contains the best from the golden age of the ghost story, spanning the Victorian era to the end of the Edwardian. Many of literature's greatest names are in this collection and they provide deliciously chilling entertainment.

Author : Jack Dann,Dr. Nick Gevers
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062100702

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Ghosts by Gaslight by Jack Dann,Dr. Nick Gevers Pdf

Seventeen all-new stories illuminate the steampunk world of fog and fear! Modern masters of the supernatural weave their magic to revitalize the chilling Victorian and Edwardian ghostly tale: here are haunted houses, arcane inventions, spirits reaching across the centuries, ghosts in the machine, fateful revelations, gaslit streets scarcely keeping the dark at bay, and other twisted variations on the immortal classics that frighten us still.

Author : Mike Stocks
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781409569176

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Victorian Ghost Stories: Usborne Classics Retold by Mike Stocks Pdf

Six spine-tingling stories dug up and dusted down for today's readers. Enter the terrifying world of Victorian ghouls and ghostly apparitions – if you dare.

Author : Leslie S. Klinger,Lisa Morton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643131191

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Ghost Stories: Forgotten Classic Tales by Leslie S. Klinger,Lisa Morton Pdf

A masterful collection of ghost stories that have been overlooked by contemporary readers—including tales by celebrated authors such as Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton—presented with insightful annotations by acclaimed horror anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton. The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' bestselling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James. Acclaimed anthologists Leslie S. Klinger (The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes) and Lisa Morton (Ghosts: A Haunted History) set these stories in historical context and trace the literary significance of ghosts in fiction over almost two hundred years—from a traditional English ballad first printed in 1724 through the Christmas-themed ghost stories of the Victorian era and up to the science fiction–tinged tales of the early twentieth century. In bringing these masterful tales back from the dead, Ghost Stories will enlighten and frighten both longtime fans and new readers of the genre. Including stories by: Ambrose Bierce, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Olivia Howard Dunbar, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, M. R. James, Arthur Machen, Georgia Wood Pangborn, Mrs. J. H. Riddell, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Walter Scott, Frank Stockton, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton.

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000054564814

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12 Victorian Ghost Stories by Michael Cox Pdf

Victorian writers excelled at the ghost story. Here editor Michael Cox brings together well wrought tales of haunted houses, vengeful spirits, spectral warnings, invisible antagonists, and motiveless malignity from beyond the grave. Traditional in form but inventive and infused with a relish of the supernatural, these classic ghost stories still retain their original power to unsettle and surprise.

Author : Alistair W.J. Kerr
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788854719

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Tales for Twilight by Alistair W.J. Kerr Pdf

Tales for Twilight offers a spine-tingling selection of unnerving tales by writers from James Hogg in the early eighteenth century to James Robertson, very much alive in the twenty-first. Scottish authors have proved to be exceptionally good at writing ghost stories. Perhaps it's because of the tradition of oral storytelling that has stretched over centuries, including poems and ballads with supernatural themes. The golden age was during the Victorian and Edwardian period, but the ghost story has continued to evolve and remains popular to this day. Includes stories from Sir Walter Scott, George Mackay Brown, Muriel Spark, Margaret Oliphant, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Guy Boothby, Algernon Blackwood, Eileen Bigland, Ronald Duncan, James Robertson and Ian Rankin.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241955710

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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories by Roald Dahl Pdf

Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. 'Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts . . .' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.

Author : M. R. James
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387317855

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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Richard Dalby
Publisher : Running Press Book Publishers
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000025469387

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The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 by Richard Dalby Pdf

Fifty-nine British and American stories whose authors include Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, and Washington Irving. This is a companion volume to The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories (1990).

Author : Arthur Christopher Benson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : English fiction
ISBN : OXFORD:502052947

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Basil Netherby by Arthur Christopher Benson Pdf

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447480525

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The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton Pdf

This haunting anthology is an enthralling collection of chilling tales infused with Edith Wharton's masterful exploration of human psychology and the hidden recesses of the human heart. As a keen observer of human nature, Wharton weaves her ghostly tales with remarkable subtlety and psychological depth. Her ghosts are not mere apparitions but poignant manifestations of guilt, regret, and unrequited desires. Through her elegant prose and sharp wit, Wharton delves into the darkest corners of the human psyche, exploring themes of forbidden passions, societal constraints, and the persistent power of the past. Each setting serves as the backdrop for chilling encounters with the spectral realm. The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton is a testament to Wharton's versatility as a writer. The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, she imbues her tales with atmospheric tension, challenging the reader to question what lies beyond our mortal existence.

Author : Richard Dalby
Publisher : Virago Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 1860491545

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The Virago Book of Ghost Stories by Richard Dalby Pdf

Thirty four spooky stories by classic storytellers of the twentieth century - many from the 1920s and 30s - chill and excite in this classic collection. All of them demonstrate a subtle power to delight and chill at the same time as they explore those ghostly margins of the supernatural which are part of private experience as well as of popular tradition. Authors include Elizabeth Bowen, Angela Carter, Elizabeth Jane Howard, E Nesbit, Fay Weldon, Edith Wharton and Lisa St Aubin de Teran.