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The Norton Book of Ghost Stories

Brad Leithauser

3.5/5 ( ratings)

This assemblage of twenty-nine of the eeriest stories in English features such talents as Henry James, Shirley Jackson, Elizabeth Bowen, A. S. Byatt, and Elizabeth Taylor, accompanied by an introduction that reevaluates the genre.

The romance of certain old clothes ; The friends of the friends ; Maud-Evelyn ; Sir Edmund Orme / Henry James --
Casting the runes ; "Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad" ; Mr Humphreys and his inheritance ; Count Magnus / M.R. James --
Miss Mary Pask ; The looking glass / Edith Wharton --
Poor girl / Elizabeth Taylor --
The beckoning fair one / Oliver Onions --
The open window / Saki --
Hand in glove ; The demon lover ; The cat jumps / Elizabeth Bowen --
The clock / W.F. Harvey --
The tooth / Shirley Jackson --
A story of Don Juan / V.S. Pritchett --
The Portobello Road / Muriel Spark --
Three miles up / Elizabeth Jane Howard --
The tower / Marghanita Laski --
The Buick Saloon / Ann Bridge --
The axe / Penelope Fitzgerald --
Torch song ; The music teacher / John Cheever --
The July ghost / A.S. Byatt --
Ancient music / Philip Graham

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: October 17, 1994

ISBN: 0393035646

ISBN 13: 9780393035643

The Norton Book of Ghost Stories

Brad Leithauser

3.5/5 ( ratings)

This assemblage of twenty-nine of the eeriest stories in English features such talents as Henry James, Shirley Jackson, Elizabeth Bowen, A. S. Byatt, and Elizabeth Taylor, accompanied by an introduction that reevaluates the genre.

The romance of certain old clothes ; The friends of the friends ; Maud-Evelyn ; Sir Edmund Orme / Henry James --
Casting the runes ; "Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad" ; Mr Humphreys and his inheritance ; Count Magnus / M.R. James --
Miss Mary Pask ; The looking glass / Edith Wharton --
Poor girl / Elizabeth Taylor --
The beckoning fair one / Oliver Onions --
The open window / Saki --
Hand in glove ; The demon lover ; The cat jumps / Elizabeth Bowen --
The clock / W.F. Harvey --
The tooth / Shirley Jackson --
A story of Don Juan / V.S. Pritchett --
The Portobello Road / Muriel Spark --
Three miles up / Elizabeth Jane Howard --
The tower / Marghanita Laski --
The Buick Saloon / Ann Bridge --
The axe / Penelope Fitzgerald --
Torch song ; The music teacher / John Cheever --
The July ghost / A.S. Byatt --
Ancient music / Philip Graham

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: October 17, 1994

ISBN: 0393035646

ISBN 13: 9780393035643

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