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The Virago Book Of Ghost Stories

On sale

16th October 2008

Price: £14.99

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781844085385

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Featuring stories by A.S. Byatt – Angela Carter – Lisa St Aubin de Teran – May Sinclair – Joan Aiken – Stella Gibbons – Edith Wharton – E.M. Delafield – Elizabeth Bowen – Ruth Rendell – and many more.

This collection gathers together deliciously chilling tales from the three highly acclaimed volumes of Virago ghost stories. Here lost loves, past enmities and unwanted memories mingle with the inexplicable as unquiet souls return to repay kindnesses, settle scores and haunt the imagination. All of the writers demonstrate a subtle power to delight and chill at the same time as they explore the ghostly margins of the supernatural.

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Reviews

The Times
With illuminating flair, Richard Dalby's collection shows off the ghost genre at its heyday...marvellous
Observer
Corking good shudders all the way
Time Out
A must for anyone who enjoys being thrilled
COSMOPOLITAN
Spooky stories from great women writers