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Classic Ghost Stories brings together a selection of well-known supernatural tales spanning several centuries of English and American literature. The anthology includes works by Joseph Shirley Le Fanu, Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, and fellow masters of the macabre, offering readers a diverse glimpse into the enduring tradition of ghostly narratives. Each story reflects themes of the uncanny and the mysterious, illuminating the ways that the supernatural has been explored in both short‑form fiction and broader literary contexts.
First publish date: 1975
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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