The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume Three - Ellen Wood

Descriere The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume Three - Ellen Wood

\n \nA new collection of twenty ghostly tales of Yuletide terror, collected from rare Victorian periodicals\n \nSeeking to capitalize on the success of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843), Victorian newspapers and magazines frequently featured ghost stories at Christmas time, and reading them by candlelight or the fireside became an annual tradition, a tradition Valancourt Books is pleased to continue with our series of Victorian Christmas ghost stories. This third volume contains twenty tales, most of them never before reprinted. They represent a mix of the diverse styles and themes common to Victorian ghost fiction and include works by once-popular authors like Ellen Wood and Charlotte Riddell as well as contributions from anonymous or wholly forgotten writers. This volume also features a new introduction by Prof. Simon Stern.\n \nBefore me, with the sickly light from the lantern shining right down upon it, was--a cloven hoof Then the awfulness of the compact I had made came to my mind with terrible force ... - Frederick Manley, The Ghost of the Cross-Roads\n \nBy the fireplace there was a large hideous pool of blood soaking into the carpet, and leaving ghastly stains around. I am not ashamed to confess that my brain reeled; the mysterious horror overcame me ... - Lillie Harris, 19, Great Hanover Street\n \nA fearful white face comes to me; a horrible mask, with features drawn as in agony--ghastly, pale, hideous Death or approaching death, violent death, written in every line. Every feature distorted. Eyes starting from the head. Thin lips moving and working--lips that are cursing, although I hear no sound. - Hugh Conway, A Dead Man's Face\n

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9781948405201

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