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Author: Jerome K. Jerome
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-08-31
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 3387016123
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Author: K. Jerome Jerome
Publisher: Alma Books
Published: 2018-01-01
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0714546712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA masterful work of comic horror, Jerome K. Jerome's After-Supper Ghost Stories is a witty look at why Christmas Eve is so perfect for ghost stories and why ghosts love the Yuletide season. This edition contains a wealth of material about the author's life and works, notes and a bibliographic section. As they relax after dinner on Christmas Eve, the members of a family and their guests turn to telling ghost stories. These ghoulish accounts range from the melancholy to the macabre, and get increasingly bizarre as the ghosts leap out of the tales and make an appearance in the family's home. Fact and fiction, the real and unreal collide, until the reader is not sure who is haunting whom.A masterful work of comic horror, Jerome K. Jerome's After-Supper Ghost Stories is a witty look at why Christmas Eve is so perfect for ghost stories and why ghosts love the Yuletide season.
Author: Stephen Brennan
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2011-09-07
Total Pages: 573
ISBN-13: 1616083646
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a collection of ghost stories from such authors as Louisa May Alcott, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Joseph Conrad.
Author: Jerome Klapka Jerome
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9788871006505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2012-11-08
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 144748052X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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: Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780618873166
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diptheria.
Author: Kathleen McConnell
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780738705330
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"What's wrong, Mommy?" Even a five-year-old could tell something was wrong. There she was-the same little girl I had seen years ago. She was standing at the front window of Duncan's nursery, holding the rag doll from the old toy box in the attic, silently saying, "It's me, it's me..." A true ghost story that will give you chills and warm your heart In 1971, Kathleen McConnell and her family moved into a historic home known as the Fontaine Manse. Two days after moving in, she and her husband had an extraordinary experience that left them with no doubt that unseen residents occupied the house, too. This is the true story of how Kathleen McConnell came to know and care for the spirit children who lived in the attic of the mansion-Angel Girl, Buddy, and The Baby. From playing ball with Kathleen, to saving her son Duncan from drowning, the spirit children became part of the McConnell family in ways big and small. Finally, a heart-wrenching decision triggered an unexpected and dramatic resolution to the spirit children's plight. Don't Call Them Ghosts is the inspiring story of the transcendent and lasting power of a mother's love.
Author: E. Lockhart
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2014-05-13
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0375984402
DOWNLOAD EBOOK#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling prequel, Family of Liars. A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE. "Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable." —John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars
Author: Ruth Ann Musick
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1965-12-31
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780813101361
DOWNLOAD EBOOK" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives—the hopes, beliefs, and fears—of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.
Author: Jacques Duquennoy
Publisher: Golden Books
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780307130761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHenry the Ghost hosts a dinner party and discovers that his guests begin to resemble the menu.
