The Best Ghost Stories by Arthur B. Reeve

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From The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, this collection of the best ghost stories from around the world includes works by Daniel De Foe, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, E. F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood, Rudyard Kipling and Ambrose Bierce.

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louis.arata 45 reviews

Old-time ghost stories. A few of them were good. The best were "The Woman's Ghost Story" by Algernon Blackwood (quickly becoming one of my favorite writers) and "The Rival Ghosts" (a nice bit of comedy). Unfortunately, there is a racially-stereotyped story included as well. At the end, there are purportedly "true" ghost stories from "reputable" witnesses -- fine, upstanding, sober citizens.

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