Best Ghost Stories
by E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Ellis Parker Butler, Daniel Defoe, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Leopold Kompert, Brander Matthews, Vincent O'Sullivan, Arthur B. Reeve, Various
About this book
Collected together here by master anthologist Joseph Lewis French are some of the finest ghost stories ever to be put to paper. From the early influential tales of Daniel Defoe and Edward Bulwer-Lytton to more contemporary masters of the terror tale such as M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood and E. F. Benson, this collection brings together a bounty of riches sure to keep you awake into the dark, dreadful night! - Summary by Ben Tucker
Chapters (15)
1Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
2The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
3Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
4The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
5The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
6Banshees
7The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson
8The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood
9The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling
10The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews
11The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce
12The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan
13Dey Ain't No Ghosts by Ellis Parker Butler
14Some Real American Ghosts Part 1
15Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
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