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More eerie than outright scary, this collection is still a fascinating look at what gave readers the chills during this time frame.
Placeholder Review:"A Curious Experience" by Mrs. Henry Wood (from 1883) relates the experiences around young John who, considered sickly, does not return to school after the Easter break but instead travels with his mother and a school-friend to a spa town, the pseudonymous Pumpwater, but the lodging house they stay in has a troubling backstory, and young John's bedroom seems to make him a restless, fearful insomniac. The two school chums switch rooms but the friend is unable to sleep there as
Read so far:To be read at dusk / Charles Dickens--2*The ghost in the bride's chamber / Charles Dickens --Nine o'clock! / Wilkie Collins --3The Dutch officer's story / Mrs. Catherine Crowe --2*Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling / J.S. Le Fanu --*A curious experience / Mrs. Henry Wood --At Chrighton Abbey / Mary E. Braddon --3The man with the nose / Rhoda Broughton --2*Ken's mystery / Julian Hawthorne --*A terrible vengeance / Mrs. J.H. Riddell --*The library window / Mrs. Margaret Oliphant --The...
A nice collection of short ghost stories by many well known authors. Dickens, Julian Hawthorne, Wilkie Collins, and Ambrose Bierce are a few easily recognized contributors. However, my favorite stories were by authors previously unknown to me. "Death and the Woman" by Gertrude Atherton and "The Mystery of the Semi-Detached" were uniquely creepy. This is the perfect collection of ghost stories for those who like creepy stories but not gory/horror Halloween extravaganzas.
1) To Be Read at Dusk; Dickens, Charles2) The Ghost in the Bride's Chamber; Dickens, Charles3) Nine O'Clock!; Collins, Wilkie4) The Dutch Officer's Story; Crowe, Mrs. Catherine5) Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling; Le Fanu, J.S.6) A Curious Experience; Wood, Mrs. Henry7) Le Vert Galant; Anonymous8) At Chrighton Abbey; Braddon, Mary E.9) The Man with the Nose; Broughton, Rhoda10) Ken's Mystery; Hawthorne, Julian11) A Terrible Vengeance; Riddell, Mrs. J.H.12) The Old Lady in Black; Anonymous13) T...
