The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
Phantom coaches, evil familiars, shadowy houses, spectral children and mysterious doppelgängers haunt this terrifying new selection of ghost stories. Bringing together the best works from the masters of the supernatural, these are stories that defined the genre. 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 master-pieces: Robert...
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A thrilling new collection of the greatest supernatural tales This definitive and wide-ranging collection brings together some of the best ghost stories ever written. From Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story" to Edith Wharton's "Afterword," The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories features the finest writings from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century, by masters including M. R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Ambrose Bierce, among others. With stories from America, Ireland, and England, this volume includes all of the works that define the genre, from its beginning to its apex. Weaving in details about individual authors and their most famous tales, Michael Newton's absorbing introduction explores the ghost story's history and influences, as well as its changing nature and the reasons for its ongoing popularity.
Acknowledgements ixChronology of the Ghost Story 1820-1914 xIntroduction xvFurther Reading xxxviA Note on the Texts xliiThe Old Nurse's Story Elizabeth Gaskell 3What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien 25The Haunted and the Haunters: or, The House and the Brain Edward Bulwer Lytton 39The Cold Embrace Mary Elizabeth Braddon 67The North Mail Amelia B. Edwards 77No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal-man Charles Dickens 91Green Tea Sheridan Le Fanu 105The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House Harriet Beecher Stowe 140Thrawn Janet Robert Louis Stevenson 151The Open Door Margaret Oliphant 162At the End of the Passage Rudyard Kipling 204Nightmare-Touch Lafcadio Hearn 224The Monkey's Paw W. W. Jacobs 231The Wind in the Rose-Bush Mary Wilkins Freeman 243'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' M. R. James 261The Moonlit Road Ambrose Bierce 281The Jolly Corner Henry James 291The Readjustment Mary Austin 326Afterward Edith Wharton 333Glossary of Scots Words 365Biographical and Explanatory Notes 371
