Title:
The phantom coach : a connoisseur's collection of the best Victorian ghost stories / edited by Michael Sims.
ISBN:
9781620408056
Edition:
First United States edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2014.
Physical Description:
xviii, 297 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
The old nurse's story / by Elizabeth Gaskell -- The phantom coach / by Amelia B. Edwards -- The trial for murder / by Charles Dickens -- The captain of the "Pole-Star" / by Arthur Conan Doyle -- Sir Edmund Orme / by Henry James -- The yellow sign / by Robert W. Chambers -- The library window / by Margaret Oliphant -- The monkey's paw / by W. W. Jacobs -- The Southwest chamber / by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- They / by Rudyard Kipling -- The moonlit road / by Ambrose Bierce -- August heat / by W. F. Harvey.
Summary:
"Presents a collection of stories about humanity's oldest supernatural obsession: ghosts. Gathers memorable ghost tales from the Victorian era by a surprising, often-legendary cast, from Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton to Henry James, Thomas Hardy, and Arthur Conan Doyle. With a skillful introduction to the genre and notes on each story, The Phantom Coach is a spectacular collection of ghostly Victorian thrills"-- Provided by publisher.
Added Author:
OCLC Number:
ocn870098148
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
