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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 16 Kindle Edition

by Alastair Gunn (Author, Editor), Albert Richard Smith (Author), Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the sixteenth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 16 contains stories published between 1846 and 1901, all set at or around the Christmas period.

Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you.

Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories; A Real Country Ghost Story (1846) – Albert Richard Smith; The Pickled Ghost (1847) – Anonymous; The Phantom Face (1859) – Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton; Dimsleigh Grange (1865) – Emma Watts Phillips; A Story Told in a Church (1867) – Ada Buisson; My Christmas Mystery (1868) – William Kingston Sawyer; The Phantom Knell (1870) – Anonymous; The Christmas Club (1873) – Edward Eggleston; The Hidden Shrift (1874) – Charles Maurice Davies; An Unsolved Mystery (1875) – Elizabeth Owens Blackburne Casey; The Dead Man of Varley Grange (1878) – Elizabeth Anna Hart; Earthbound (1880) – Margaret Oliphant; In Very Strange Company (1884) – Henry Frith; A Speakin’ Ghost (1890) – Annie Trumbull Slosson; The Face with the Brown Spots (1893) – John Ferguson Nisbet; The Deserted Kingdom (1893) – Frank Fullerton Brumback; The Demon Spell (1894) – Hume Nisbet; The Black Lady of Doriscourt (1894) – Mabel Collins; Black Rudolph’s Mass (1896) – Anonymous; My First Ghost (1901) – M. E. Greene.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0832XYVDS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wimbourne Books (December 23, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 23, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1152 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 324 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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Alastair Gunn

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Facilitator of All Things Scientific and Creative: Astrophysicist; Science Columnist; Polymath; Fiction Author; Expounder; Musician; Artist.

Alastair Gunn is a writer, musician and professional astrophysicist based in the UK. He is the editor of the successful anthology series entitled The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories. Sign up for occasional updates on The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories at https://bit.ly/SignUpEbooks.

Alastair also writes a regular column for BBC Focus magazine, has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and The Guardian and is a contributor to many astronomy magazines including Astronomy Now and BBC Sky at Night Magazine. His fiction includes a collection of supernatural stories called Ballymoon and his debut novel, The Bergamese Sect.

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ethel magal
5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent collection
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020
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Winbourne does it again! Yet another fine collection of Christmas ghost stories. This time a mixed collection of tales written by women and by men, both signed and anonymous
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4.0 out of 5 stars Stories to enjoy by candlelight
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2020
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As always, Alastair Gunn has assembled a delightful collection of ghost stories. Set at Christmastime you can almost hear the winter winds howling outside the Windows and the slow creep of the cold as you huddle closer to the fire listening to strange sounds echoing in the empty house. I can't wait for the next volume.
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