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Classic Ghost Stories gathers a selection of eerie tales from some of the most celebrated writers of suspense and supernatural lore. The anthology includes Edgar Allen Poe’s haunting "Ligeia," one of the most memorable Victorian ghost narratives. It also features Amelia B. Edwards’ atmospheric "The Phantom Coach," and encounters with the uncanny in stories by M. R. James, H. G. Wells, F. Marion Crawford, Benjamin Disraeli, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, Guy de Maupassant, Rebecca Harding Davis, Goethe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Elizabeth Gaskell, W. F. Harvey, Louisa Baldwin, E. F. Benson, Mary E. Wilkins, and W. W. Jacobs. Each story invites the reader into a world where the living and the dead intersect, creating a compelling mix of dread, dread, and literary craft.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Bill Bowers
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