This anthology has 33 stories representing the last 180 years. Some are classics by famous writers and others are little known. Besides the frightening and bloodcurdling, there are also the witty and subtle, plus those that leave a feeling of unease and fear.
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This anthology has 33 stories representing the last 180 years. Some are classics by famous writers and others are little known. Besides the frightening and bloodcurdling, there are also the witty and subtle, plus those that leave a feeling of unease and fear.
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These are evenly good stories. Thirty-four incomparable ghost tales are enough of the genre for several months of Sundays. Some are short (which may satisfy a quick pick-me-ups,, e.g., "The Beggarwoman of Locarno", by Heinrich von Kleist). On the other hand, The novella "The Entail", by E.T.A. Hoffmann, foretells a tase of the banquet. Others are of varying lengths, something for everyone. More,than half of the writers are known to me as specialists or major dabblers at the noble art! of the short story.
Noble, because people who then wrote for livelihood were enamored of the English language and manifested that love by using WORDS that today we might have to look up in dictionaries, or in antiquarian sources. As well, the range of years for these stories was between late 19th to mid 20th centuries; a time of more leisure in which to write more leisurely.
That is why, to properly enjoy these tales is to read one per session. Ponder it - then take another dip in the pool of ghoul.
The only puzzling component of this anthology is that on the back of the book Elizabeth Bowen is mentioned as one of the authors in between the pages. However, according to the table of contents, she did not submit an entry. What a loss! - her renditions are gems. Ms ;Bowen is one of the masters writing in this form of fiction. Truly.
