Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

Name: Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
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ISBN: 9780684842578

ISBN-10: 0684842572

ISBN-13: 9780684842578

Edition: 1997

Authors: Edith Wharton, Edith Wharton

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One might not expect a woman of Edith Wharton's literary stature to be a believer of ghost stories, much less be frightened by them, but as she admits in her postscript to this spine-tingling collection, "...till I was twenty-seven or -eight, I could not sleep in the room with a book containing a ghost story." Once her fear was overcome, however, she took to writing tales of the supernatural for publication in the magazines of the day. These eleven finely wrought pieces showcase her mastery of the traditional New England ghost story and her fascination with spirits, hauntings, and other supernatural phenomena. Called "flawlessly eerie" by Ms. magazine, this collection includes "Pomegranate…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 10/10/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Contents


Preface


The Lady's Maid's Bell


The Eyes


Afterward


Kerfol


The Triumph of Night


Miss Mary Pask


Bewitched


Mr. Jones


Pomegranate Seed


The Looking Glass


All Souls'


An Autobiographical Postscript