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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

- From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
Af: Michael Newton Engelsk Paperback

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

- From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
Af: Michael Newton Engelsk Paperback
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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

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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

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 464
ISBN-13: 9780141442365
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0141442360
Kategori: Forside
Udg. Dato: 25 feb 2010
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 25 feb 2010
Forfatter(e): Michael Newton
Forfatter(e) Michael Newton


Kategori Forside


ISBN-13 9780141442365


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 464


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 129mm


Højde 197mm


Udg. Dato 25 feb 2010


Oplagsdato 25 feb 2010


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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