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The Norton Book of Ghost Stories by Brad Leithauser is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Here are 28 of the eeriest and most unsettling works from the late 19th century to the present day by Henry James, Oliver Onions, M.R. James, and other writers who redefined the genre with brief but densely detailed tales of psychological horror. More than your ordinary forays into the supernatural, stories like the stylish The Friend of Friends and the highly acclaimed Count Magnus not only give you sudden jolts of fear but leave you with disturbing thoughts that linger.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Leithauser (Seaward) believes that the ghost-story genre divides into plot-driven and psychologically motivated stories, and that the best of each ``constantly hunger after the infinite.'' To that end, he has compiled a series of rather musty, but still serviceable, ghostly tales that manage to conjure up the idea of ``vastness'' (representative of the unseen, supernatural world) while still offering some good shudders. In his introduction, Leithauser focuses much of his attention on Henry James and M.R. James (who has managed to stay in print since 1904) and gives shorter shrift to ``newer'' writers like Shirley Jackson and John Cheever. This emphasis not only gives the antholog
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Brad Leithauser
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393035643
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror
- Rating
- 3.46 / 5 (24 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14