Classic Victorian And Edwardian Ghost Stories

This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter's night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely locked. The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as 'real' apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings. Some of these stories are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of tales of the supernatural. There are stories from distant lands - 'Fisher's Ghost' by John Lang is set in Australia and 'A Ghostly Manifestation' by 'A Clergyman' is set in Calcutta. In this selection, Sir Walter Scott (a Victorian in spirit if not in fact), keeps company with Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and other illustrious masters of the genre.

This anthology contains the best from the golden age of the ghost story, spanning the Victorian era to the end of the Edwardian. Many of literature's greatest names are in this collection and they provide deliciously chilling entertainment.

Six spine-tingling stories dug up and dusted down for today's readers. Enter the terrifying world of Victorian ghouls and ghostly apparitions – if you dare.

Four Ghost Stories by Mrs. Molesworth is a well-known and terrifying collection of ghost stories to send a chill down your spine. You will be shocked by these unpredictable and bizarre happenings that you have never before heard of.

The Victorian ghost stories in this collection have been haunting readers for more than a century and are perfect for any serious spook lover. This book features various terrifying tales by acclaimed Victorian writers including Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Louise Molesworth and Rudyard Kipling. Readers are sure to entertained by the short stories in this book that are filled with mysterious noises, creepy train adventures and malevolent figures. Stories in this book include: - The Story of the Rippling Train - Mary Louise Molesworth - The Body Snatcher - Robert Louis Stevenson - The Cold Embrace - Mary Elizabeth Braddon And many more!

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.