Penguin Book of Ghost Stories From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce

Name: Penguin Book of Ghost Stories From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
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ISBN: 9780141442365

ISBN-10: 0141442360

ISBN-13: 9780141442365

Edition: 2010

Authors: Michael Newton, Michael Newton, Michael Newton

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This 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.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.76" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Michael Newton is a professional writer who has primarily written about crime, specializing in books about serial murder. He lives in Nashville, IN.



Acknowledgements


Chronology of the Ghost Story 1820-1914


Introduction


Further Reading


A Note on the Texts


The Old Nurse's Story



What Was It?



The Haunted and the Haunters: or, The House and the Brain



The Cold Embrace



The North Mail



No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal-man



Green Tea



The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House



Thrawn Janet



The Open Door



At the End of the Passage



Nightmare-Touch



The Monkey's Paw



The Wind in the Rose-Bush



'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'



The Moonlit Road



The Jolly Corner



The Readjustment



Afterward



Glossary of Scots Words


Biographical and Explanatory Notes