Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Valancourt Book Of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume ThreeISBN13:9781948405218ISBN10:1948405210Author:Wood, Ellen (Author), Riddell, Charlotte (Author), Stern, Simon (Editor)Description:A New Anthology Of Twenty Ghostly Tales Of Yuletide Terror, Collected From Rare Victorian Periodicalsseeking To Capitalize On The Success Of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843), Victorian Newspapers And Magazines Frequently Featured Ghost Stories At Christmas Time, And Reading Them By Candlelight Or The Fireside Became An Annual Tradition, A Tradition Valancourt Books Is Pleased To Continue With Our Series Of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories This Third Volume Contains Twenty Tales, Most Of Them Never Before Reprinted They Represent A Mix Of The Diverse Styles And Themes Common To Victorian Ghost Fiction And Include Works By Once-Popular Authors Like Ellen Wood And Charlotte Riddell As Well As Contributions From Anonymous Or Wholly Forgotten Writers This Volume Also Features A New Introduction By Prof Simon Stern Before Me, With The Sickly Light From The Lantern Shining Right Down Upon It, Was--A Cloven Hoof Then The Awfulness Of The Compact I Had Made Came To My Mind With Terrible Force - Frederick Manley, The Ghost Of The Cross-Roadsby The Fireplace There Was A Large Hideous Pool Of Blood Soaking Into The Carpet, And Leaving Ghastly Stains Around I Am Not Ashamed To Confess That My Brain Reeled; The Mysterious Horror Overcame Me - Lillie Harris, 19, Great Hanover Streeta Fearful White Face Comes To Me; A Horrible Mask, With Features Drawn As In Agony--Ghastly, Pale, Hideous Death Or Approaching Death, Violent Death, Written In Every Line Every Feature Distorted Eyes Starting From The Head Thin Lips Moving And Working--Lips That Are Cursing, Although I Hear No Sound - Hugh Conway, A Dead Man's Face Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:VALANCOURT BOOKSPublication Date:2018-11-20Weight:0.79 lbsDimensions:0.63'' H x 7.99'' L x 5'' WNumber of Pages:246Language:English
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Book Title: Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume Three
Number of Pages: 246 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Valancourt Books
Topic: Horror, Ghost, Anthologies (Multiple Authors)
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 12.7 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Ellen Wood, Charlotte Riddell
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Hardcover
