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The Best ghost stories by Charles Fowkes; Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Edgar Allan Poe; J. Sheridan Le Fanu; Guy de Maupassant; M.R. James; O. Henry; W.W. Jacobs; Arthur Machen; Robert Smythe Hichens; Edward Lucas White; E.F. Benson; Algernon Blackwood; Saki; Walter de la Mare; Oliver Onions; E.M. Forster; Karen Blixen; H.P. Lovecraft; Robert Graves; John Collier; William Sansom is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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In the selection of these tales, the widest possible interpretation has been given to the term "ghost story". It would have been disastrous if a magnificent vampire story like Carmilla , or tales dealing with ghouls ( Pickman's model ), a werewolf ( Gabriel-Ernest ) and Black Magic ( Casting the runes ), had been excluded for the sake of adhering to a category which is at best imprecise. Any supernatural element in a story made it eligible for inclusion - those finally selected are the best. Contents: - Introduction (1977) by Charles Fowkes - The House and the Brain (1859) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton - The Masque of the Red Death (1842) by Edgar Allan Poe - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe - Ligeia (1838) by Edgar Allan Poe - Carmilla (1872) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Was It a Dream? (1887, La morte ) by Guy de Maupassant - The Horla (1887, Le Horla ) by Guy de Maupassant - Count Magnus (1904) by M.R. James - An Episode of Cathedral History (1914) by M.R. James - The Diary of Mr. Poynter (1919) by M.R. James - Casting the Runes (1911) by M.R. James - The Furnished Room (1904) by O. Henry - The Monkey's Paw (1902) by W. W. Jac

Author

Charles Fowkes; Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Edgar Allan Poe; J. Sheridan Le Fanu; Guy de Maupassant; M.R. James; O. Henry; W.W. Jacobs; Arthur Machen; Robert Smythe Hichens; Edward Lucas White; E.F. Benson; Algernon Blackwood; Saki; Walter de la Mare; Oliver Onions; E.M. Forster; Karen Blixen; H.P. Lovecraft; Robert Graves; John Collier; William Sansom

Publisher

Hamlyn; Littlehampton Book Services Ltd

Published

1984

Language

EN

ISBN

9780600382423

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.04 / 5 (76 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13