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THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES

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THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES

by Cuddon, J. A. (editor) (Joan Aiken; Alexander Pushkin; Elizabeth Gaskell; Emile Zola; Ambrose Bierce; Algernon Blackwood; M. R. James; Rudyard Kipling; H G. Wells; Ann Bridge; Thomas Mann; Muriel Spark; Ray Bradbury; E. T. A. Hoffman; Walter Scott)

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9780140068009
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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1984. Book. Illus. by Steve Crisp;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 512 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edgewear with some creasing on the corners and spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Steve Crisp. This anthology contains: Sonata for Harp and Bicycle by Joan Aiken; The Queen of Spades - a novelette by Alexander Pushkin; The Old Nurse's Story - a novelette by Elizabeth Gaskell; Aneline or the Haunted House by Emile Zola; The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce; A Haunted Island by Algernon Blackwood; The Rose Garden by M. R. James; The Return of Imray by Rudyard Kipling; The Inexperienced Ghost by H. G. Wells; The Wardrobe by Thomas Mann; The Buick Saloon by Ann Bridge; The Leaf-Sweeper by Muriel Spark; The Wind by Ray Bradbury; The Beggarwoman of Locarno by Heinrich von Kleist; The Entail - a novella by E. T. A. Hoffman; Wandering Willie's Tale by Walter Scott; The Open Door - a novelette by Margaret Oliphant; Mr Justice Harbottle - a novelette by Sheridan Le Fanu; Le Horla - a novelette by Guy de Maupassant; Sir Edmund Orme - a novelette by Henry James; My Adventure in Norfolk by A. J. Alan; The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson; One Who Saw by A. M. Burrage; Afterward - a novelette by Edith Wharton; The Tower by Marghanita Laski; Footsteps in the Snow by Mario Soldati; Exorcizing Baldassare by Edward Hyams; Dear Ghost by Fielden Hughes; Come and Get Me - a novelette by Elizabeth Walker; Andrina by George Mackay Brown; The Axe by Penelope Fitzgerald; The Game of Dice by Alain Danielou; and The July Ghost by A. S. Byatt..

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W. Fraser Sandercombe CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES
Author
Cuddon, J. A. (editor) (Joan Aiken; Alexander Pushkin; Elizabeth Gaskell; Emile Zola; Ambrose Bierce; Algernon Blackwood; M. R. James; Rudyard Kipling; H G. Wells; Ann Bridge; Thomas Mann; Muriel Spark; Ray Bradbury; E. T. A. Hoffman; Walter Scott)
Illustrator
Steve Crisp;
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
Later Printing
ISBN 10
0140068007
ISBN 13
9780140068009
Publisher
Penguin Books
Place of Publication
Middlesex, England
Date Published
1984
Size
8vo
Keywords
supernatural literature; dark fantasy; terror; noir; lovecraft; arkham; cthulhu; ghost; haunting; gothic; suspense; occult; macabre; dark gods; halloween; hallowe'en; black magic; good; evil; satanist; satanism;
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Horror;

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