Ghost Stories
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Author
- Joan Aiken
- Ruth Ainsworth
- Brian Alderson
- E. F. Benson
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Lucy M. Boston
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Helen Cresswell
- Dahl, Roald.
- Paul Dorrell
- John Gordon
- W. W. Jacobs
- Montague Rhodes James
- Michael Joseph
- Gene Kemp
- De la Mare, Walter
- E. Nesbit
- Oliver Onions
- Philippa Pearce
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Saki
- H. Russell Wakefield
- H. G. Wells
Publication
1987 - Octopus Books, London
Language
English
Word Count
77,000 words, Guess
Page Count
308 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveghoststories0000unse_r7n2
- ISBN-100706429273
- ISBN-139780706429275
- Goodreads60693092
- Open LibraryOL24279402M
Classifications
- LCCPR1309.G5
Alternate Titles
- Haunting Ghost Stories
Description
An exciting collection of tales from the twilight world of haunted houses and hair-raising spectres is contained in this spine-chilling anthology. Includes: THE RIDDLE | Walter de la Mare THE MONKEY'S PAW | W. W. Jacobs A TOUGH TUSSLE | Ambrose Bierce THROUGH THE DOOR (from The Phantom Roundabout and Other Ghostly Stories) | Ruth Ainsworth A PAIR OF HANDS | Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE | E. Nesbit KROGER'S CHOICE | John Gordon MANY COLOURED GLASS (from Young Winter's Tales) | Lucy M. Boston THE CLOCK TOWER GHOST (from The Clock Tower Ghost) | Gene Kemp THE BROWN HAND | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE GORGE OF THE CHURELS | H. Russell Wakefield [THE TELL-TALE HEART](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) | Edgar Allan Poe A KIND OF SWAN SONG | Helen Cresswell THE HAUNTED TRAILER | Robert Arthur THE STRANGER | Ambrose Bierce THE HAUNTED DOLL'S HOUSE | M. R. James THE [Landlady](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504259W/Landlady) (from Kiss Kiss) | Roald Dahl BAD COMPANY | Walter de la Mare THE YELLOW CAT | Michael Joseph THE WOOING OF CHERRY BASNETT | Brian Alderson EXPIATION | E. F. Benson THE SHADOW-CAGE (from The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural) | Philippa Pearce THE MORTAL | Oliver Onions TEA AND EMPATHY | Paul Dorrell LAURA | Saki THE RED ROOM | H. G. Wells THE WELL | W. W. Jacobs THE SWAN CHILD (from A Whisper in the Night) | Joan Aiken
Subjects
Topics
Places
Other Editions
- Ghost Stories
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