The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
Editor - Michael Newton
Introduction by - Michael Newton
Notes by - Michael Newton
Penguin Classics
Paperback
: 25 Feb 2010
£12.99
Synopsis
'The ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible... He changes with the styles in fiction but he never goes out of fashion. He is the really permanent citizen of the earth, for mortals, at best, are but transients' - Dorothy Scarborough
This new selection of ghost stories, by Michael Newton, brings together the best of the genre. From Elizabeth Gaskell's 'The Old Nurse's Story' through to Edith Wharton's 'Afterword', this collection covers all of the most terrifying tales of the genre. With a thoughtful introduction, and helpful notes, Newton places the stories contextually within the genre and elucidates the changing nature of the ghost story and how we interpret it.
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Ghost Story 1820-1914
Introduction
Further Reading
A Note on the Texts
Elizabeth Gaskell: The Old Nurse's Story
Fitz-James O'Brien: What Was It?
Edward Bulwer Lytton: The Haunted and the Haunters: or, The House and the Brain
Mary Elizabeth Braddon: The Cold Embrace
Amelia B. Edwards: The North Mail
Charles Dickens: No. I Branch Line: Signal Man
Sheridan Le Fanu: Green Tea
Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Ghost in Cap'n Brown House
Robert Louis Stevenson: Thrawn Janet
Margaret Oliphant: The Open Door
Rudyard Kipling: At the End of the Passage
Lafcadio Hearn: Nightmare-Touch
W.W. Jacobs: The Monkey's Paw
Mary Wilkins Freeman: The Wind in the Rose-Bush
M.R. James: 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'
Ambrose Bierce: The Moonlit Road
Henry James: The Jolly Corner
Mary Austin: The Readjustment
Edith Wharton: Afterward
Glossary of Scots Words
Biographical and Explanatory Notes
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780141442365
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 464
Published : 25 Feb 2010
Publisher : Penguin Classics
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
Editor - Michael Newton
Introduction by - Michael Newton
Notes by - Michael Newton
£12.99
