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

Author: Roald Dahl

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2012-03-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0241955718

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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.

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

Author: Roald Dahl

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 9780140071788

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Who better to investigate the literary spirit world that the supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? His own short stories have teased and twisted imaginations in their millions, but amongst the many permutations of the macabre, Dahl has always felt a special fascination for the classic ghost story. In this book of ghost stories he has selected fourteen of his favourites for this superbly disquieting volume.

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

Author: Roald Dahl

Publisher: Isis Large Print Books

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 9781850891789

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A selection of fourteen outstanding tales of ghosts and apparitions includes works by Edith Wharton, Sheridan LeFanu, A.M. Burrage, and other notable writers

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories

Author: Michael Cox

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 019955630X

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The thrill and chill of the ghost story is displayed in all its variety and vitality through this marvellous anthology. Ranging from the early 19th century to the 1960s, the collection reveals the development of the genre, and showcases many of its greatest expositors - from Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, T. H. White, Walter de la Mare, and Elizabeth Bowen in the UK to Edith Wharton in America. Though its heyday coincided with the golden age of Empire in the nineteenth century, the ghost story enjoyed a second flowering between the two World Wars and its popularity is as great as ever.

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

Author: Michael Newton

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 0141943815

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This terrifying selection of ghost stories brings together the very best classic works from the masters of the supernatural Phantom coaches, evil familiars, shadowy houses, spectral children and mysterious doppelgangers haunt these tales. They range from the famous, such as M. R. James's tale of an ancient curse, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come To You, My Lad' and W. W. Jacobs's story of gruesome wish-fulfilment, 'The Monkey's Paw', to lesser-known masterpieces: Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Thrawn Janet', telling of a parish priest tormented for life by his encounter with the undead; Charles Dickens's unsettling account of a railway signal-man and an ominous portent; and Edward Bulwer Lytton's 'The Haunted and the Haunters', where a cursed house harbours a diabolical secret. Michael Newton's introduction discusses why ghost stories scare us and why they flourished from the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth century, examining their changing conventions throughout history. This edition also includes further reading, notes, a glossary and a chronology. Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton

The Upper Berth
The Upper Berth

Author: F. Marion Crawford

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 3734031745

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Reproduction of the original: The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Author: Roald Dahl

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2000-05-22

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1101652950

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Seven superb short stories from the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is coming soon to Netflix! Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A clever mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins. "All the tales are entrancing inventions." —Publishers Weekly

Roald Dahl 16 Book Slipcase Collection
Roald Dahl 16 Book Slipcase Collection

Author: Roald Dahl

Publisher:

Published: 2010-08-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780140926996

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Contents: Danny the Champion of the World, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me, The Magic Finger, The Twits, Matilda, The Witches, Boy, Going Solo, Esio Trot, The Enormous Crocodile, James & the Giant Peach and Georges Marvellous Medicine. RRP 94.84

Grandpa's Ghost Stories
Grandpa's Ghost Stories

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781627310529

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The highly anticipated reprint of a classic children's book by renowned illustrator and graphic designer James Flora.