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Ghost Gleams : Tales of the Uncanny by W. J. Wintle, W.J. Wintle, Jason C. Eckhardt is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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First published in 1921, GHOST GLEAMS is one of the most elusive titles in the genre of the classic supernatural tale, and the author of the collection’s fifteen tales has long been a mysteriouseven ghostlyfigure, despite having been a prolific Victorian and Edwardian writer who was able to turn his hand to almost any subject required of him. Born in 1861, William James Wintle established a name for himself as a prolific and versatile author, equally adept at writing a best-selling account of the Armenian massacre and a cookbook of Continental recipes. He was considered an expert on the British royal family, was a noted writer on the subject of natural history, and in 1899 became the major regular in-house contributor to the highly popular HARMSWORTH MAGAZINE. Towards the end of the Great War, Wintle became an Oblate in the Abbey of Caldey Island; it was there, on Sunday evenings, that he told a series of ghost stories to the eight boys who attended the Abbey’s school. The storieswhich feature a range of other-worldly visitants, from haunted beds and vengeful ancestors to spectral cats and prehistoric animalswere later collected together and published as GHOST GLEAMS, wit

Who reads Ghost Gleams : Tales of the Uncanny?

Author

W. J. Wintle, W.J. Wintle, Jason C. Eckhardt

Publisher

Ash Tree Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781899562695

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Horror

Rating

2.93 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13