A riveting collection of spectral chills and ghostly tales by twenty-seven masters of twentieth-century literature. The phantasms, shades, and specters in this volume of ghost stories by contemporary writers like Alison Lurie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Joyce Carol Oates, and William Trevor as well as such modern literary giants as Henry James, Isak Dinesen, Franz Kafka, and Rudyard Kipling write letters, carry lanterns, ride bicycles, patrol halls, run motorboats, rake leaves, and deliver mail. They also inhabit dolls and sticks of furniture. Some of them merely haunt houses, while others invade the darkest corners of the soul. Throughout this expertly edited collection, a companion to Robert Phillips's equally successful anthology, the very popular Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories, writers as distinctive of their decade as Edith Wharton and Muriel Spark or the incomparable Max Beerbohm and the up-and-coming Max Eberts explore the literary possibilities of the classic ghost story to deliver taut suspense, psychological terror, and eerie mystery. The irresistible mix of chills and artistry, of terror and genius, make every tale in this volume worth the visit.
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There are some great gems in this collection. I am a die hard fan of 19th century ghost stories, but I loved this collection quite a bit!
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During the summer people take little notice of them or think them no different from themselves, and those who leave the lake at the end of summer never notice them at all. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Harper, Boney Benson, Madam Baek, Doctor Maradick, Florence Parr, Miss Acheson, Raymond Street, Enoch Soames, Miss Peterson, Miss Geddes, Miss Golden, Aunt Betsy, Lorelei Avenue, Cousin Theodore, Doctor Brandon, Malvina Cheney, Grimes Buildings, Historical Society, Miss Fanny, New York, Walter Streeter, Morten De Coninck, Uncle Fernand, Miss Hemphill, William Stainsforth New!
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During the summer people take little notice of them or think them no different from themselves, and those who leave the lake at the end of summer never notice them at all. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Harper, Boney Benson, Madam Baek, Doctor Maradick, Florence Parr, Miss Acheson, Raymond Street, Enoch Soames, Miss Peterson, Miss Geddes, Miss Golden, Aunt Betsy, Lorelei Avenue, Cousin Theodore, Doctor Brandon, Malvina Cheney, Grimes Buildings, Historical Society, Miss Fanny, New York, Walter Streeter, Morten De Coninck, Uncle Fernand, Miss Hemphill, William Stainsforth New!
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- Enoch Soames by Max Beerbohm on 4 pages
- Ghost Stories by M R James on 4 pages
- Upper Berth (Notable American Authors Series - Part I) by F. Marion Crawford in Front Matter, page 77, and Back Matter
- The Turn of the Screw (Dover Thrift Editions) by Henry James in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Friends Of The Friends (volume 17) (Notable American Authors) by Henry, Jr. James in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 254
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