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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

3.6/5 ( ratings)

This anthology has 33 stories representing the last 180 years. Some are classics by famous writers and others are little known. Besides the frightening and bloodcurdling, there are also the witty and subtle, plus those that leave a feeling of unease and fear.

Included:
"The Beggarman of Locarno," Heinrich von Kleist
"The Entail," E.T.A. Hoffman
"Wandering Willie's Tale," Walter Scott
"The Queen of Spades," Alexander Pushkin
"The Old Nurse's Story," Elizabeth Gaskell
"The Open Door," Margaret Oliphant
"Mr. Justice Harbottle," Shjeridan Le Fanu
"Le Horla," Guy de Maupassant
"Sir Edmund Orme," Henry James
"Angeline, or the Haunted House," Emile Zola, translated by Clive Smith
"The Moonlit Road," Ambrose Bierce
"A Haunted Island," Algernon Blackwood
"The Rose Garden," M.R. James
"My Adventure in Norfolk," A.J. Alan
"The Inexperienced Ghost," H.G. Wells
"The Room in the Tower," E.F. Benson
"One Who Saw," A.M. Burrage
"Afterward," Edith Wharton
"The Wardrobe," Thomas Mann
"The Buick Saloon," Ann Bridge
"The Tower," Marghanita Laski
"Footsteps in the Snow," Mario Soldati
"The Wind," Ray Bradbury
"Exorcising Baldassare," Edward Hyams
"The Leaf-Sweeper," Muriel Spark
"Dear Ghost…" Fielden Hughes
"Sonata for Harp and Bicycle," Joan Aiken
"Come and Get Me," Elizabeth Walter
"Andrina," George Mackay Brown
"The Axe," Penelope Fitzgerald
"The Game of Dice," Alain Danielou
"The July Ghost," A.S. Byatt

Language: English

Pages: 504

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: May 07, 1984

ISBN: 0140068007

ISBN 13: 9780140068009

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

3.6/5 ( ratings)

This anthology has 33 stories representing the last 180 years. Some are classics by famous writers and others are little known. Besides the frightening and bloodcurdling, there are also the witty and subtle, plus those that leave a feeling of unease and fear.

Included:
"The Beggarman of Locarno," Heinrich von Kleist
"The Entail," E.T.A. Hoffman
"Wandering Willie's Tale," Walter Scott
"The Queen of Spades," Alexander Pushkin
"The Old Nurse's Story," Elizabeth Gaskell
"The Open Door," Margaret Oliphant
"Mr. Justice Harbottle," Shjeridan Le Fanu
"Le Horla," Guy de Maupassant
"Sir Edmund Orme," Henry James
"Angeline, or the Haunted House," Emile Zola, translated by Clive Smith
"The Moonlit Road," Ambrose Bierce
"A Haunted Island," Algernon Blackwood
"The Rose Garden," M.R. James
"My Adventure in Norfolk," A.J. Alan
"The Inexperienced Ghost," H.G. Wells
"The Room in the Tower," E.F. Benson
"One Who Saw," A.M. Burrage
"Afterward," Edith Wharton
"The Wardrobe," Thomas Mann
"The Buick Saloon," Ann Bridge
"The Tower," Marghanita Laski
"Footsteps in the Snow," Mario Soldati
"The Wind," Ray Bradbury
"Exorcising Baldassare," Edward Hyams
"The Leaf-Sweeper," Muriel Spark
"Dear Ghost…" Fielden Hughes
"Sonata for Harp and Bicycle," Joan Aiken
"Come and Get Me," Elizabeth Walter
"Andrina," George Mackay Brown
"The Axe," Penelope Fitzgerald
"The Game of Dice," Alain Danielou
"The July Ghost," A.S. Byatt

Language: English

Pages: 504

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: May 07, 1984

ISBN: 0140068007

ISBN 13: 9780140068009

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