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Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories is an anthology that brings together a selection of supernatural tales from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Featuring stories by Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, and other notable writers, the collection offers readers a window into the era’s fascination with the macabre and the mysterious. The tales, written in varied styles from first‑person narratives to descriptive accounts, capture the chilling ambiance of ghostly encounters, haunted houses, and spectral phenomena that defined Victorian and Edwardian horror fiction.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Rex Collings
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