Tales from the Dead of Night: Thirteen Classic Ghost Stories - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781250944 ISBN 13: 9781781250945

Publisher: IPS - Profile Books, 2014

Synopsis

"These classic chillers will certainly make you look under the bed at night."—Daily Mail

From rural England to colonial India, in murky haunted mansions and under modern electric lighting, these master storytellers—some of the best writers in the English language—unfold spine-tinglers that pull back the veil of everyday life to reveal the nightmares that lurk just out of sight.

Contains ghost stories by Ruth Rendell, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, E. F. Benson, E. Nesbit, Saki, W. W. Jacobs, W. F. Harvey, Hugh Walpole, Chico Kidd, and LP Hartley.

About this title

About the Author:

Cecily Gayford studied English at Oxford and now works in publishing. Her interest in Gothic and supernatural literature extends from Horace Walpole to Hilary Mantel. She once saw a ghost in a hotel in Ecuador. She lives in London

Review:

These classic chillers will certainly make you look under the bed at night. -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail * When it's cold and dark outside and you're in the mood for some mild spookery, this is just the thing -- Kirsty Logan * The List * an excellent overview of all kinds of spooky sagas * The Bookbag *

About this edition

• Publisher: IPS - Profile Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1781250944
• ISBN 13: 9781781250945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Profile Books