The Phantom and Barnabas Collins [Paperback]

Marilyn Ross (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Paperback Library (Coronet); First edition. Gold ed. edition (1969)
• ASIN: B00005XOHV
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping Gothic horror, July 10, 2003

By 

Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
(HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)    (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Phantom and Barnabas Collins (Paperback)

While visiting a grave in the Collinwood cemetery, Maggie Evans suddenly finds herself transported to Collinwood in 1880, and with a case of total amnesia. She doesn't recognize the kindly people around her, only Barnabas Collins, a cousin visiting from England. However, the dream world around her quickly turns to a nightmare when she realizes that Dr. Giles Collins is performing some weird experiments involving blood. Everyone warns her that Barnabas is a vampire, but he is the only one apparently ready to help her. The situation at Collinwood is growing dangerous for Maggie, but she has faith in Barnabas...now, if he can save himself from Giles Collins, he can maybe save her.

Canadian author Dan Ross, under the pseudonym of Marilyn Ross, wrote this suspenseful, Gothic horror story, along with 32 other Dark Shadows novels. These novels were based on the American television show Dark Shadows (1966-71), but as they were written at the same time as the show was unfolding, there are some discrepancies between the books and the show. In spite of that, though, Ross's characters are wonderfully fleshed out, and story itself is absolutely gripping.

So, if you are a fan of Gothic horror, you will like this book very much. If you are a fan of Dark Shadows you will absolutely *love* this book. (I did.) I highly recommend this book!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Child Remembers..., October 28, 2006

By 

Noel Pratt "Kaviraj" (Washington, D.C., and better places) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The Phantom and Barnabas Collins (Paperback)

I read many of these paperbacks as a kid of nine and ten. I remembered the cover of this one especially, as it's one of my favorite pictures of Barnabas. I just finished the reread and must say this is quite a tidy and nifty achievement by Dan Ross, who happens to be a good writer and not a hack, as many other adapters I suppose are. Here we are let deeper into the world around Collinwood, and into the psyches of a couple of Dark Shadows' most enduring characters. Everything in the book -- including a pink-enshrouded ghost and a psuedo clinic for consumptives -- is something believeable even though it hasn't been encountered in the world of the actual TV show. The novelette is historically sound; the ending just surprising enough; the framing device very serviceable and smart. Onto another in the series... Another great thing about these books is that they fit easily into a sport or dress jacket for on-the-sly reading at my workplace.