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Thirty four spooky stories by classic storytellers of the twentieth century - many from the 1920s and 30s - chill and excite in this classic collection. All of them demonstrate a subtle power to delight and chill at the same time as they explore those ghostly margins of the supernatural which are part of private experience as well as of popular tradition. Authors include Elizabeth Bowen, Angela Carter, Elizabeth Jane Howard, E Nesbit, Fay Weldon, Edith Wharton and Lisa St Aubin de Teran.… (mehr)
'fine, imaginative story-telling with a supreme command of the supernatural', 16 Aug. 2012 By sally tarbox
This review is from: The Virago Book Of Ghost Stories (Paperback) Thirty-four ghost stories by 20th century women writers, from the Edwardian (E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton) to the recent (Angela Carter, Fay Weldon). A lot of the names will be familiar to those who have read the Virago Classics. I can't say I was exactly scared - maybe none were long enough to work up a state of terror in the reader (try Sarah Waters' novel 'The Little Stranger' for that!) But they were certainly diverse and interesting featuring a host of settings, from ghostly schoolteachers, poor night nurses seeing awful things, wronged women, a lady with a unicorn and even a haunted saucepan. ( )
A wonderful collection of ghost stories. The fact that they are all written by women (not advertised on the cover) proves that this genre is not as male-dominated as some would have you believe. Scary, thrilling, and deeply enjoyable, I wish I'd found this book further, and I'm desperately trying to find their Nineteenth Century collection. ( )
I began re-reading this for "Three miles up" (I had been kayaking and a bend in the river brought this story to mind). I then continued to reread this breathtaking collection of brilliant writing - like all the best genre fiction the form becomes a vessel for great writing that tells us more about ourselves. Read it (in daylight) and shiver. ( )
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We had been put in the mood for ghosts, that evening, after an excellent dinner at our old friend Culwin's, by a tale of Fred Murchard's- the narrative of a strange personal visitation.
(from 'The Eyes' by Edith Wharton)
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'Now I can go to sleep', said the ghost of the mother, 'Now everything is alright'.
(from 'Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost' by Angela Carter
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Thirty four spooky stories by classic storytellers of the twentieth century - many from the 1920s and 30s - chill and excite in this classic collection. All of them demonstrate a subtle power to delight and chill at the same time as they explore those ghostly margins of the supernatural which are part of private experience as well as of popular tradition. Authors include Elizabeth Bowen, Angela Carter, Elizabeth Jane Howard, E Nesbit, Fay Weldon, Edith Wharton and Lisa St Aubin de Teran.
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sally tarbox
This review is from: The Virago Book Of Ghost Stories (Paperback)
Thirty-four ghost stories by 20th century women writers, from the Edwardian (E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton) to the recent (Angela Carter, Fay Weldon). A lot of the names will be familiar to those who have read the Virago Classics.
I can't say I was exactly scared - maybe none were long enough to work up a state of terror in the reader (try Sarah Waters' novel 'The Little Stranger' for that!) But they were certainly diverse and interesting featuring a host of settings, from ghostly schoolteachers, poor night nurses seeing awful things, wronged women, a lady with a unicorn and even a haunted saucepan. ( )