The Oxford Book Of Victorian Ghost Stories
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The Oxford Book Of Victorian Ghost Stories
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Author : Michael Cox
language : en
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003
The Oxford Book Of Victorian Ghost Stories written by Michael Cox and has been published by Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with English fiction categories.
Collection of thirty-five English ghost stories written during the Victorian Era.
The Oxford Book Of English Ghost Stories
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Author : Michael Cox
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1989
The Oxford Book Of English Ghost Stories written by Michael Cox and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Ghost stories categories.
This selection of forty-two stories written between 1829 and 1968 is the first to present the full range and vitality of the English tradition of literary ghost fiction. Fully satisfying what Virginia Woolf called 'the strange human craving for the pleasure of being afraid', it demonstratesthe traditions historical development as well as its major themes, and characteristics. The fictional ghost story is dominated by English authors, from J. S. Le Fanu and M. R. James to Walter de la Mare and Robert Aickman, and by American authors, such as Edith Wharton, writing in the English tradition. As the editors stress in their informative introduction, a good ghost story,though it may raise many profound questions about life and death, entertains as much as it unsettles us. Featuring such authors as Algernon Blackwood, H. Russell Wakefield, Henry James, and Elizabeth Bowen, this anthology combines a serious literary purpose with the plain intention of arousingpleasing fear at the doings of the dead.
12 Victorian Ghost Stories
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Author : Michael Cox
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1997
12 Victorian Ghost Stories written by Michael Cox and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Fiction categories.
Victorian writers excelled at the ghost story. Here editor Michael Cox brings together well wrought tales of haunted houses, vengeful spirits, spectral warnings, invisible antagonists, and motiveless malignity from beyond the grave. Traditional in form but inventive and infused with a relish of the supernatural, these classic ghost stories still retain their original power to unsettle and surprise.
The Oxford Book Of Twentieth Century Ghost Stories
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Author : Michael Cox
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1997
The Oxford Book Of Twentieth Century Ghost Stories written by Michael Cox and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Ghost stories categories.
The Collected Ghost Stories
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Author : M. R. James
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-01
The Collected Ghost Stories written by M. R. James and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-01 with Fiction categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Collected Ghost Stories" by M. R. James. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Penguin Book Of Ghost Stories
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Author : Michael Newton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2010-02-25
The Penguin Book Of Ghost Stories written by Michael Newton and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-25 with Fiction categories.
This terrifying selection of ghost stories brings together the very best classic works from the masters of the supernatural Phantom coaches, evil familiars, shadowy houses, spectral children and mysterious doppelgangers haunt these tales. They range from the famous, such as M. R. James's tale of an ancient curse, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come To You, My Lad' and W. W. Jacobs's story of gruesome wish-fulfilment, 'The Monkey's Paw', to lesser-known masterpieces: Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Thrawn Janet', telling of a parish priest tormented for life by his encounter with the undead; Charles Dickens's unsettling account of a railway signal-man and an ominous portent; and Edward Bulwer Lytton's 'The Haunted and the Haunters', where a cursed house harbours a diabolical secret. Michael Newton's introduction discusses why ghost stories scare us and why they flourished from the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth century, examining their changing conventions throughout history. This edition also includes further reading, notes, a glossary and a chronology. Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton
The Oxford Book Of Gothic Tales
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Author : Chris Baldick
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse
Release Date : 2009
The Oxford Book Of Gothic Tales written by Chris Baldick and has been published by Oxford Books of Prose & Verse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with English fiction categories.
Bringing together the work of such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Conan Doyle, Eudora Welty, Thomas Hardy, William Faulkner, Isak Dinesen, and Joyce Carol Oates, The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales presents 37 sinister and unsettling tales for all lovers of ghost stories, fantasy, and horror.
Late Victorian Gothic Tales
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Author : Roger Luckhurst
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-26
Late Victorian Gothic Tales written by Roger Luckhurst and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-26 with Fiction categories.
'He was a man of fairly firm fibre, but there was something in this sudden, uncontrollable shriek of horror which chilled his blood and pringled in his skin. Coming in such a place and at such an hour, it brought a thousand fantastic possibilities into his head...' The Victorian fin de siècle: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on which the sun never set. This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorian age, where the undead walked and evil curses, foul murder, doomed inheritance and sexual menace played on the stretched nerves of the new mass readerships. This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, and how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Oxford Book Of American Short Stories
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Author : Joyce Carol Oates
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1992
The Oxford Book Of American Short Stories written by Joyce Carol Oates and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Fiction categories.
This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.
The Meaning Of Night
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Author : Michael Cox
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-05-10
The Meaning Of Night written by Michael Cox and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-10 with Fiction categories.
Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 'A novel of fate and free will, forensic detection and blind love, crime and its justifications . . . finely tuned yet extravagantly complex' Evening Standard A cold October night, 1854. In a dark passageway, an innocent man is stabbed to death. So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver, book lover, scholar and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. This seems the stuff of dreams, until a chance discovery convinces Glyver that he was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. And he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he now knows is rightfully his. Glyver's path leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's most enchanting country houses. His is a story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession and ambition. And at every turn, driving Glyver irresistibly onwards, is his deadly rival: the poet-criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt. Thirty years in the writing, The Meaning of Night is a stunning achievement. Full of drama and passion, it is an enthralling novel that will captivate readers right up to its final thrilling revelation.