The Virago Book Of Ghost Stories
On sale
16th October 2008
Price: £24
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Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781844085385
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.
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
A must for anyone who enjoys being thrilled
Corking good shudders all the way
Spooky stories from great women writers
With illuminating flair, Richard Dalby's collection shows off the ghost genre at its heyday...marvellous