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Loading... The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Bensonby E. F. Benson
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. If M.R. James was the king of the British ghost story, E.F. Benson ranks as a prince or archduke. Not quite as good as the Cambridge don, Benson nevertheless wrote many fine, chilling tales when he wasn't busy with Mapp and Lucia. Highlights here include two classic vampire tales ("Mrs. Amworth" and "The Room in the Tower"); proto-Lovecraftian glimpses of space-time deconstruction ("In the Tubeway" and "Bagnell Terrace"); and stories of horrible entities from the Other World ("Negotium Perambulans" and "And No Bird Sang"). A good, thick anthology for reading by firelight on a winter's night. (  )1   Mikal9000 | Sep 30, 2007 |  tonydal | Sep 12, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0786709804, Paperback)Available again, this collection brings together all of E. F. Benson's masterfully frightening literary ghost stories. Ranking with the best chillers of M. R. James and Henry James are over fifty classics of the macabre. Benson's graceful style unites these tales to create a thoroughly eerie atmosphere. E. F. Benson's most popular works include Secret Lives and Mrs. Ames, in addition to his Mapp and Lucia novels. "The apparitions Benson creates never fail to chill and mesmerize — late-night reading fare, to be sure!" —Booklist (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:17 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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