The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce

By:

Michael Newton

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Paperback / softback

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The definitive collection of tales of the supernatural, edited by Michael Newton 'The ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible... He changes with the styles in fiction but he never goes out of fashion. He is the really permanent citizen of the earth, for mortals, at best, are but transients' - Dorothy Scarborough This new selection of ghost stories, by Michael Newton, brings together the best of the genre. From Elizabeth Gaskell's 'The Old Nurse's Story' through to Edith Wharton's 'Afterword', this collection covers all of the most terrifying tales of the genre. With a thoughtful introduction, and helpful notes, Newton places the stories contextually within the genre and elucidates the changing nature of the ghost story and how we interpret it.

Author Biography:

Michael Newton was both an undergraduate and postgraduate at University College London. He is the author of Savage Girls and Wild Boys- A History of Feral Children (Faber & Faber, 2002) and of a book on Kind Hearts and Coronets for the British Film Institute's Film Classics series (2003). He has also edited Edmund Gosse's Father and Son for Oxford World's Classics and Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent for Penguin. He has taught at UCL, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, and Princeton University, and currently works at the University of Leiden. At present he is completing a book on the history of assassination and political violence.

Release date Australia

February 25th, 2010

Author

Michael Newton

Contributor

Edited by Michael Newton

Pages

464

Interest Age

From 0 years

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Penguin Classics

Dimensions

129x198x20

ISBN-13

9780141442365

Product ID

3809126

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