The Virago Book of Ghost Stories
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories

Author: Richard Dalby

Publisher: Virago Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 9781860491542

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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.

The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

Author: Edith Wharton

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2012-11-08

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 144748052X

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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.

Victorian Ghost Stories
Victorian Ghost Stories

Author: Richard Dalby

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 9780881844733

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Twenty-one stories from the pens of such writers as Charlotte Bronte and Willa Cather.

The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories

Author: Richard Dalby

Publisher: Virago Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 9781853814808

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A collection of 21 ghost stories from authors such as Charlotte Bronte, Mrs Gaskell, Rhoda Broughton, Willa Cather, Mrs Oliphant, Mary E. Braddon and Violet Hunt.

Hag
Hag

Author: Daisy Johnson

Publisher: Virago

Published: 2020-10-08

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0349013586

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'Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang' Sunday Times DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID. Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archaeologist unearthing impossible bones and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon violent men. From the islands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall, the mountains of Galway to the depths of the Fens, these forgotten folktales howl, cackle and sing their way into the 21st century, wildly reimagined by some of the most exciting women writing in Britain and Ireland today. 'A thoroughly original package that has a hint of Angela Carter' The Times 'Sharp writing and cleverly done' Spectator

Madam Crowl's Ghost
Madam Crowl's Ghost

Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781853262180

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Includes tales which mostly appeared in The Dublin University Magazine and other periodicals.

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.

Pharos
Pharos

Author: Alice Thompson

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 146686642X

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Set in the early nineteenth century, Pharos is a dazzling ghost story from award-winning author Alice Thompson. A young woman is washed up on the shores of Jacob's Rock, a remote lighthouse island off the coast of Scotland. She does not know who she is or how she got there. She has no memory. The keeper of the lighthouse and his assistant take her in and feed and clothe her. But this mysterious woman is not all that she seems, and neither is the remote and wind-swept island. Eerily reminiscent of Turn of the Screw and The Others, Pharos is a breathless tale of the supernatural.

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