The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1 - Softcover

Gunn, Alastair; Baldwin, Louisa; Tynan, Katharine; Gaskell, Elizabeth; Giffen, Lilian; Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton; Craik, Dinah Maria; Crowe, Catherine Ann; Braddon, Mary Elizabeth; Edwards, Amelia B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0992982847 ISBN 13: 9780992982843

Publisher: Wimbourne Books, 2018

Synopsis

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the first in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 1 in the series spans the years 1852 to 1901 and includes stories from a wide range of female authors; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and American. Includes tales by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charlotte Riddell, Isabella Banks and Vernon Lee. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the stormy night arrives, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.Includes the stories; The Old Nurse’s Story (1852) – Elizabeth Gaskell; The Last House in C- Street (1856) – Dinah Maria Craik; My Friend’s Story (1859) – Catherine Ann Crowe; The Cold Embrace (1860) – Mary Elizabeth Braddon; How The Third Floor Knew The Potteries (1863) – Amelia B. Edwards; Wraith-Haunted (1869) – Isabella Banks; The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House (1870) – Harriet Beecher Stowe; The Man With the Nose (1873) – Rhoda Broughton; Seen In The Moonlight (1875) – Ellen Wood; The Secret Chamber (1876) – Margaret Oliphant; The Open Door (1882) – Charlotte Riddell; In The Dark (1885) – Mary E. Penn; The Story of the Rippling Train (1888) – Mary Louisa Molesworth; A Wicked Voice (1890) – Vernon Lee; The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly (1891) – Rosa Mulholland; The Trainer’s Ghost (1893) – Lettice Galbraith; How He Left The Hotel (1894) – Louisa Baldwin; The Picture On The Wall (1895) – Katharine Tynan; The Woodley Lane Ghost (1899) – Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren; The Ghost of the Belle-Alliance Plantation (1901) – Lilian Giffen.

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About the Author:

Alastair Gunn is a writer, musician and professional astrophysicist based in the UK. Alastair writes a regular column for BBC Focus magazine, has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and The Guardian and is a contributor to many astronomy magazines including Astronomy Now and BBC Sky at Night Magazine. His fiction includes a collection of supernatural stories called Ballymoon and his debut novel, The Bergamese Sect. He is the editor of the successful anthology series entitled The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wimbourne Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0992982847
• ISBN 13: 9780992982843
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 349