Ghost stories : classic tales of horror and suspense
| Print Book 2019 |
| Available at 2 Libraries 2 of 2 copies |
Summary
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 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 as well as new readers of the genre.
Including stories by:
Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, M. R. James, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and more.
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 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 as well as new readers of the genre.
Including stories by:
Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, M. R. James, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and more.
Contents
Sweet William's ghost (a popular ballad)The family portraits / Johann August Apel
The tapestried chamber, or The lady in the square / Sir Walter Scott
Gray champion / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ligeia / Edgar Allan Poe
No. 1 branch line: The signalman / Charles Dickens
Since I died / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Mrs. Zant and the ghost / Wilkie Collins
An inhabitant of Carcosa / Ambrose Bierce
The last of Squire Ennismore / Charlotte (Mrs. J.H.) Riddell
The philosphy of relative existences / Frank Stockton
The real right thing / Henry James
The lady's maid's bell / Edith Wharton
A ghost story / Mark Twain
Oh, whistle and I'll come to you, my lad / M. R. James
The shell of sense / Olivia Howard Dunbar
The bowmen / Arthur Machen
The substitute / Georgia Wood Pangborn.
Published Reviews
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| Subjects |
Ghost stories, English.
Ghost stories, American. Ghost stories. Paranormal fiction. Short stories. |
| Publisher | New York :Pegasus Books,2019 |
| Edition | First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Contributors |
Morton, Lisa,
1958- editor. Klinger, Leslie S., editor. |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
xiv, 257 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN | 9781643130200 164313020X |
| Other | Classic View |