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The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
Michael Cox
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Description for The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
Paperback. Presents the full range of classic English ghost fiction, including some of the very best and most frightening ghost stories ever written. Editor(s): Cox, Michael; Gilbert, R. A. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 386.
The thrill and chill of the ghost story is displayed in all its variety and vitality through this marvellous anthology. Ranging from the early 19th century to the 1960s, the collection reveals the development of the genre, and showcases many of its greatest expositors - from Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, T. H. White, Walter de la Mare, and Elizabeth Bowen in the UK to Edith Wharton in America. Though its heyday coincided with the golden age of Empire in the nineteenth century, the ghost story enjoyed a second flowering between the two World Wars and ... Read more
The thrill and chill of the ghost story is displayed in all its variety and vitality through this marvellous anthology. Ranging from the early 19th century to the 1960s, the collection reveals the development of the genre, and showcases many of its greatest expositors - from Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, T. H. White, Walter de la Mare, and Elizabeth Bowen in the UK to Edith Wharton in America. Though its heyday coincided with the golden age of Empire in the nineteenth century, the ghost story enjoyed a second flowering between the two World Wars and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford Books of Prose & Verse
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199556304
SKU
V9780199556304
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Reviews for The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
An excellent anthology, full of uncanny pleasures and unsettling tales. Guaranteed to make your flesh crawl.
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