Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story. As he realtes in the erudite introduction to this volume, he read some 749 supernatural tales at the British Museum Library before selecting the 14 that comprise this anthology. "Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story," Dahl writes. "It should...
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Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story. As he realtes in the erudite introduction to this volume, he read some 749 supernatural tales at the British Museum Library before selecting the 14 that comprise this anthology. "Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story," Dahl writes. "It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts." For this superbly disquieting collection, Dahl offers favorite tales by such masterful storytellers as E. F. Benson, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Rosemary Timperley, and Edith Wharton.
Introduction Roald DahlW.S. L. P. HartleyHarry Rosemary TimperleyThe Corner Shop Cynthia AsquithIn the Tube E. F. Benson Christmas Meeting Rosemary TimperleyElias and the Draug Jonas LiePlaymates A. M. BurrageRinging the Changes Robert AickmanThe Telephone Mary TreadgoldThe Ghost of a Hand J. Sheridan Le FanuThe Sweeper A. M. Burrage (Ex-Private X)Afterward Edith WhartonOn the Brighton Road Richard MiddletonThe Upper Berth F. Marion Crawford
