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The empty house and other ghost stories / Algernon Blackwood ; with a new introduction by Ruth Heholt

Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951 (author.). Heholt, Ruth, (author of introduction, etc.).

Summary:

One of the most famous ghost stories, Blackwood's 'The Empty House' is a classic haunted house tale of terror. Now with a new introduction and biography. Algernon Blackwood, one of the founding fathers of modern ghost and horror stories, inspired generations of writers from H.P. Lovecraft to Shirley Jackson and our very own Ramsey Campbell. Blackwood's 'The Empty House' is one of the most famous haunted house stories in the English language, with its carefully crafted gathering of tension and dread inference of terrors lurking at the end of every corridor, around every corner, through every half-opened door. This edition includes 'A Haunted Island', 'The Wood of the Dead', 'Skeleton Lake' and several other ghoulish tales.

Record details

ISBN: 9781839648793
ISBN: 1839648791
Physical Description: 287 pages ; 20 cm
Publisher: London, Flame Tree 451, 2022.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

A taste for the Fantastic -- A new introduction by Ruth Heholt -- Further reading -- The empty house -- A haunted island -- A case of eavesdropping -- Keeping his promise -- With intent to steal -- The wood of the dead -- Smith: an episode in a lodging-house --A suspicious gift --The strange adventures of a private secretary in New York --Skeleton Lake: an episode in camp -- A life & works: Algernon Blackwood -- Other contricutors -- Victorian, Gothic, Scie-Fi & literary: a glossary of terns -- A selection of fantastic rads