โ Collins, Wilkie;James, M R;Dickens, Charles
๐ Fiction
๐
2012
๐ Dover Publications
๐ English
โ 158 KB
โฆ LIBER โฆ
GHOST STORIES: forgotten classic tales
โ Scribed by Leslie S. Klinger
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 180 KB
- Edition
- Annotated
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1643131192
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
**A masterful collection of ghost stories that have been overlooked by contemporary readers --including tales by celebrated authors such as Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton--presented with insightful annotations by acclaimed horror anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton. **
The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' bestselling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James.
Acclaimed anthologists Leslie S. Klinger (The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes) and Lisa Morton (Ghosts: A Haunted History) set these stories in historical context and trace the literary significance of ghosts in fiction...
โฆ Subjects
Short stories -- Fiction
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