The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories - Hardcover

Cox, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192141635 ISBN 13: 9780192141637

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1986

Synopsis

This selection of forty-two stories written between 1829 and 1968 presents the full range and vitality of English tradition of literary ghost fiction. Satisfying what Virginia Woolf called 'the strange human craving for the pleasure of being afraid', it demonstrates traditions historical development and its major themes, and characteristics.

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Review:

"A splendid book."--The Chicago Tribune "The 42 stories gathered here are luminous examples of how affecting an immaculately wrought ghost story can be."--Booklist "A splendid book."--The Chicago Tribune "The 42 stories gathered here are luminous examples of how affecting an immaculately wrought ghost story can be."--Booklist "A splendid book."--The Chicago Tribune "The 42 stories gathered here are luminous examples of how affecting an immaculately wrought ghost story can be."--Booklist "A splendid book."--The Chicago Tribune "The 42 stories gathered here are luminous examples of how affecting an immaculately wrought ghost story can be."--Booklist "A splendid book."--The Chicago Tribune "The 42 stories gathered here are luminous examples of how affecting an immaculately wrought ghost story can be."--Booklist

About the Author:

About the editors: Michael Cox is editor of M. R. James's ghost stories for the Oxford World's Classics series; R. A. Gilbert is an antiquarian bookseller and author of A. E. Waite: A Bibliography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0192141635
• ISBN 13: 9780192141637
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 522