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Edith Wharton - The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton - 9781840221640 - V9781840221640
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The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

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Description for The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton Paperback. Compelling, rich and strange, the ghost stories of Edith Wharton, like vintage wine, have matured and grown more potent with the passing years. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.

Selected & Introduced by David Stuart Davies.

Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear and obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spirits beyond the grave and other supernatural phenomena. While claiming not to believe in ghosts, paradoxically she did confess that she was frightened of them. Wharton imbues this potent irrational and imaginative fear into her ghostly fiction to great effect.

In this unique collection of finely wrought tales Wharton demonstrates her mastery of the ghost story genre. Amongst the many supernatural treats within these ... Read more

Compelling, rich and strange, the ghost stories of Edith Wharton, like vintage wine, have matured and grown more potent with the passing years.

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Product Details

Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781840221640
SKU
V9781840221640
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-24

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