The Virago Book of Ghost Stories
Author | : Richard Dalby |
Publisher | : Little, Brown UK |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-10-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 1844085384 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781844085385 |
Rating | : 4/5 (385 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Virago Book of Ghost Stories written by Richard Dalby and published by Little, Brown UK. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.