Classic Ghost Stories

by John Grafton (Editor)

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Assembled from the works of the finest masters of the genre, these compelling narratives promise to raise gooseflesh and accelerate pulses with their supernatural scenarios.Featured stories include J. S. LeFanu's ""An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street,"" with a mysterious old mansion as the focal point; Mary E. Wilkins' ""The Lost Ghost,"" in which a strange child's disturbing presence instills fear and foreboding in all those she encounters; Robert Louis Stevenson's show more ""The Body-Snatchers""; ""Mrs. Zant and the Ghost,"" by Wilkie Collins; and other gripping works by Charles show less

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John Grafton
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Collins, Wilkie (Contributor)
Cram, Ralph A. (Contributor)
Dickens, Charles (Contributor)
Edwards, Amelia B. (Contributor)
Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins (Contributor)
James, Henry (Contributor)
James, M. R. (Contributor)
LeFanu, J. S. (Contributor)
O'Brien, Fitz-James (Contributor)
Stevenson, Robert Louis (Contributor)
Wood, Mrs. Henry (Contributor)

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Classic Ghost Stories
Alternate titles
An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street (by J.S. Le Fanu) (by J.S. Le Fanu); No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman (by Charles Dickens) (by Charles Dickens); Mrs. Zant and the Ghost (by Wilkie Collins) (by Wilkie Collins); Reality or Delusion? (by Mrs. Henry Wood) (by Mrs. Henry Wood); The New Pass (by Amelia B. Edwards) (by Amelia B. Edwards); The Body-Snatcher (by Robert Louis Stevenson) (by Robert Louis Stevenson) (show all 11); What Was It? (by Fitz-James O'Brien) (by Fitz-James O'Brien); The Real Right Thing (by Henry James) (by Henry James); Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (by M.R. James) (by M.R. James); In Kropfsberg Keep (by Ralph A. Cram) (by Ralph A. Cram); The Lost Ghost (by Mary E. Wilkins) (by Mary E. Wilkins)

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Fiction and Literature, Horror
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823.0873308 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Horror and ghost fiction Ghost fiction Anthologies
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PR1309 .G5 .C54 — Language and Literature English English Literature Collections of English literature
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