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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.0873308
EAN num: 9780486272702
ISBN number: 0486272702
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 100
Printing Date: September 30, 1992
Publishing house: Dover Publications
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Ten classics of supernatural fiction by masters of the macabre: Bram Stoker's 'The Judge's House,' 'The Moonlit Road' by Ambrose Bierce, M. R. James' 'The Rose Garden,' Charles Dickens' 'To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt,' 'Dickon the Devil' by J. S. LeFanu, E. G. Swain's 'Bone to His Bone' and 5 others.
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This rather good Dover book is a collection of ghost stories and tales by a lot of different writers who have tried their hand at the genre.
Generally, it is pretty good. At Dover prices, it is hard to complain in general, at all. Well worth a try, this one, if a few spooks are your thing.
Great Ghost Stories : The Phantom Coach - Amelia B. Edwards
Great Ghost Stories : To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt - Charles Dickens
Great Ghost Stories : Dickon the Devil - J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Great Ghost Stories : The Judge's House - Bram Stoker
Great Ghost Stories : A Ghost Story - Jerome K. Jerome
Great Ghost Stories : The Moonlit Road - Ambrose Bierce
Great Ghost Stories : The Monkey's Paw - W. W. Jacobs
Great Ghost Stories : The Rose Garden - M. R. James
Great Ghost Stories : Bone to His Bone - E. G. Swain
Great Ghost Stories : The Confession of Charles Linkworth - E. F. Benson
Any transport will do if the weather is bad enough.
4 out of 5
Pre-judged murderer.
3 out of 5
Fraternal loopiness.
3 out of 5
Don't stay with anyone who fancies large rats and nooses.
3.5 out of 5
Supernatural belief discussion.
3 out of 5
Strangled relations.
3.5 out of 5
Wishes not so handy.
4 out of 5
Arbour been a bit scared.
3.5 out of 5
Gardening instructions.
2 out of 5
Condemned revisit.
3.5 out of 5
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This slim collection of ghost stories contains the following 10 short tales:
1) `The Phantom Coach' by Amelia B. Edwards, very first published in All the Year Round, Christmas Number, 1864.
2) `To be Taken with a Grain of Salt' by Charles Dickens, very first published in All the Year Round, Christmas Number, 1865.
3) 'Dickon the Devil' by Sheridan Le Fanu, very first published in London Society, 1872.
4) `The Judge's House' by Bram Stoker, very first published in Illustrated Spoorting and Dramatic Life, December 1891.
5) `A Ghost Story' by Jerome K. Jerome, very first published in The Idler, September 1892, as part of the serial Novell Notes. The title is the present editor's
6) `The Moonlit Road' by Ambrose Bierce (1894)
7) `The Monkey's Paw' by W. W. Jacobs, very first published in Harper's Monthly Magazine, September, 1902.
8) `The Rose Garden' by M. R. James, very first published in More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary in 1911.
9) `Born to His Bone' by E.G. Swain, very first published in The Stoneground Ghost Tales, Compiled from the Recollection of the Reverend Roland Batchel, Vicar of the Parish, in 1912.
10) `The Confession of Charles Linkworth' by E. F. Benson, very first published in The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, 1912.
1) is about a man who encounters the titular coach, and its consequences.
2) tells about the mysterious thirteenth juror in the courtroom.
3) is a typical eerie Le Fanu story with folklore touch
4) is about the chilling experience of a young tenant who decided (unwisely) to move in an old house of the title.
5) tells a tale of an avenger who fulfills his wish in a most bizarre fashion.
6) is a three-part short story about a murder, seen from three perspectives. It is unique in that the narrative includes that of the dead (or a ghost)
7) is a classic tale of horror, a truly chilling masterpiece. It follows the fate of one family peacefully living together, who get what they wish for at a great price.
8) is a short tale in which a meddlesome lady learns the value of the saying: Do not disturb things at rest.
9) tells a small adventure of a bookish bachelour who finds someone else is in his library.
10) is the most unique among the ten stories, where the dead send his message through a modern invention.
The stories are all readable and well-written though fans of Victorian ghost stories must have already read most of them. Still it is good as starting point for those who are newly interested in the genre.
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Ten classic horror tales that will have you keeping the lights on at night! These tales were published between 1864 and 1912, which is considered by some to be the "golden age" of horror and supernatural fiction. These stories are a great cross-section of the genre, and at this low price, it makes a wonderful introduction to the classic ghost stories.
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Why an "introduction"? If you are a fan of ghost stories and have a collection of books on the subject, you probably already have all the stories in this book. I will not list them all since another reviewer has already done so.
Although all of the stories deal with ghosts (well, "The Monkey's Paw" is arguably not a ghost story, but spooky nonetheless), most of them do not deal with a malevolent spirit bent on our destruction. Only "The Judge's House" and "A Ghost Story" deal with an angry spirit. The rest are tales of ghostly happenings, but nothing like you might find in a horror movie.
Given the price, I would recommend this to someone who does not normally read a lot of ghost stories. Otherwise, you probably have these in your collection already.
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With all fairness to these legendary authors who have endured with us beyond their time, and to their mastery of writing to which we all aspire, it is a difficult old world, almost archaic, style of writing for me- to understand the story beyond the writing. I most enjoyed the very first story, the haunted coach ride, and one of the other stories with the rat on the bell rope, but after that, my interest waned somewhat. The stories weren't frightening to me. But the importance of these readings- these are classic writers. I highlighted new words and looked them up- something gained after all.
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