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The Virago Book of Ghost Stories

The Virago Book of Ghost Stories

Richard Dalby
4.5/5 ( ratings)
Gathering together deliciously chilling tales from the three highly-acclaimed volumes of Virago ghost stories, this collection features stories by A. S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Charlotte Brontë, Antonia Fraser, Penelope Lively, Ruth Rendell, Edith Wharton, and many more. Here lost loves, past enmities, and unwanted memories mingle with the inexplicable as unquiet souls return to repay kindnesses, settle scores, and haunt the imagination. All of the writers demonstrate a subtle power to delight and chill at the same time as they explore the ghostly margins of the supernatural.

vii • Preface • • essay by Richard Dalby
xi • Introduction • • essay by Jennifer Uglow
1 • The Eyes • • short story by Edith Wharton
17 • The Violet Car • • short story by E. Nesbit
28 • The Crimson Blind • • short story by Henrietta D. Everett
39 • The Token • • short story by May Sinclair
49 • The Shadowy Third • • novelette by Ellen Glasgow
68 • The Return • • short story by G. G. Pendarves [as by Marjory E. Lambe]
73 • The Haunted Saucepan • • short story by Margery Lawrence
92 • Mr. Tallent's Ghost • • short story by Mary Webb
102 • The Amorous Ghost • • short story by Enid Bagnold
107 • The Accident • • short story by Marjorie Bowen
108 • A Persistent Woman • • short story by Marjorie Bowen
109 • The Waiting-Room • • short story by Phyllis Bottome
115 • The Ghost • • short story by Catherine Wells
120 • "Will Ye No' Come Back Again?" • • short story by Eleanor Scott
126 • Sophy Mason Comes Back • • short story by E. M. Delafield
137 • The Doll's House • • short story by Hester Gaskell Holland [as by Hester Gorst]
144 • The Night Nurse's Story • • short story by Edith Olivier
153 • The Voice of God • • short fiction by Winifred Holtby
160 • The Follower • • short story by Cynthia Asquith
164 • Miss De Mannering of Asham • • novelette by F. M. Mayor
183 • Roaring Tower • • short story by Stella Gibbons
191 • Juggernaut • • short story by D. K. Broster
206 • The Happy Autumn Fields • • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
220 • The Empty Schoolroom • • short story by Pamela Hansford Johnson
233 • Three Miles Up • • short story by Elizabeth Jane Howard
249 • Whitewash • • short story by Rose Macaulay
253 • Poor Girl • • short story by Elizabeth Taylor
269 • On No Account, My Love • • short story by Elizabeth Jenkins
277 • The Mistress in Black • • short story by Rosemary Timperley
288 • A Curious Experience • • short fiction by Norah Lofts
295 • Breakages • • short story by Fay Weldon
303 • Dual Control • • short story by Elizabeth Walter
311 • Lady With Unicorn • short fiction by Sara Maitland
318 • Diamond Jim • short story by Lisa St Aubin de Terán
324 • Ashputtle • short story by Angela Carter
326 • Notes on the Authors • essay by Richard Dalby
Language
English
Pages
352
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Companies
Release
December 01, 1988
ISBN
0070151334
ISBN 13
9780070151338

The Virago Book of Ghost Stories

Richard Dalby
4.5/5 ( ratings)
Gathering together deliciously chilling tales from the three highly-acclaimed volumes of Virago ghost stories, this collection features stories by A. S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Charlotte Brontë, Antonia Fraser, Penelope Lively, Ruth Rendell, Edith Wharton, and many more. Here lost loves, past enmities, and unwanted memories mingle with the inexplicable as unquiet souls return to repay kindnesses, settle scores, and haunt the imagination. All of the writers demonstrate a subtle power to delight and chill at the same time as they explore the ghostly margins of the supernatural.

vii • Preface • • essay by Richard Dalby
xi • Introduction • • essay by Jennifer Uglow
1 • The Eyes • • short story by Edith Wharton
17 • The Violet Car • • short story by E. Nesbit
28 • The Crimson Blind • • short story by Henrietta D. Everett
39 • The Token • • short story by May Sinclair
49 • The Shadowy Third • • novelette by Ellen Glasgow
68 • The Return • • short story by G. G. Pendarves [as by Marjory E. Lambe]
73 • The Haunted Saucepan • • short story by Margery Lawrence
92 • Mr. Tallent's Ghost • • short story by Mary Webb
102 • The Amorous Ghost • • short story by Enid Bagnold
107 • The Accident • • short story by Marjorie Bowen
108 • A Persistent Woman • • short story by Marjorie Bowen
109 • The Waiting-Room • • short story by Phyllis Bottome
115 • The Ghost • • short story by Catherine Wells
120 • "Will Ye No' Come Back Again?" • • short story by Eleanor Scott
126 • Sophy Mason Comes Back • • short story by E. M. Delafield
137 • The Doll's House • • short story by Hester Gaskell Holland [as by Hester Gorst]
144 • The Night Nurse's Story • • short story by Edith Olivier
153 • The Voice of God • • short fiction by Winifred Holtby
160 • The Follower • • short story by Cynthia Asquith
164 • Miss De Mannering of Asham • • novelette by F. M. Mayor
183 • Roaring Tower • • short story by Stella Gibbons
191 • Juggernaut • • short story by D. K. Broster
206 • The Happy Autumn Fields • • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
220 • The Empty Schoolroom • • short story by Pamela Hansford Johnson
233 • Three Miles Up • • short story by Elizabeth Jane Howard
249 • Whitewash • • short story by Rose Macaulay
253 • Poor Girl • • short story by Elizabeth Taylor
269 • On No Account, My Love • • short story by Elizabeth Jenkins
277 • The Mistress in Black • • short story by Rosemary Timperley
288 • A Curious Experience • • short fiction by Norah Lofts
295 • Breakages • • short story by Fay Weldon
303 • Dual Control • • short story by Elizabeth Walter
311 • Lady With Unicorn • short fiction by Sara Maitland
318 • Diamond Jim • short story by Lisa St Aubin de Terán
324 • Ashputtle • short story by Angela Carter
326 • Notes on the Authors • essay by Richard Dalby
Language
English
Pages
352
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Companies
Release
December 01, 1988
ISBN
0070151334
ISBN 13
9780070151338

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