Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)

This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter's night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely locked. The unquiet souls of ...

His body was pressed against the wall at the head of the bed, and the face was a mask of agonised horror and fruitless entreaty. But the eyes were ...

M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also supe...

Reducere. One might not expect a woman of Edith Wharton's literary stature to be a believer of ghost stories, much less be frightened by them, but as she adm...

Rich and strange, these stories reveal a seductive and little-known aspect of this superb classic writer.

With an Introduction and Notes by Scott Brewster, University of Central Lancashire Wilkie Collins is a master of mystery, and The Woman in White is...

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies ... the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death s-head, which darted a look at me from a pair o...

Reducere. Ten ghostly tales of the Gilded Age from one of America's finest writers -- Edith Wharton (1862-1937), author of The Age of Innocence, winner of th...

Sheridan Le Fanu, wrote fellow author, M.R. James, 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories'. A best-selling author from 1...

Reducere. DescriptionEdith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works display her mastery over the realistic fiction genre. Al...

Reducere. Combining two volumes of Wharton's short stories in a brand new edition, this outstanding selection is the most comprehensive available. Although E...

Reducere. A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 2 - Nick Hoffman, desperate to get tenure, has been saddled with a thankless task: coordinating a conferenc...

These are the first modern detective stories and include 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' and 'The Purloined Letter

Considered to be one of the earliest American writers to encapsulate the genre of detective-fiction, the collection features some of his most popul...

Ghostly coaches shuttling the mildewed cadavers of its ill-fated occupants; a young orphan being lured to a frosty death by a pale, little girl wit...

Publisher: Ghost House PublishingAuthor(s): A.S. MottIllustration(s): 11 b/w illusNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 212 x 136 x...

Reducere. DescriptionThe definitive collection of W. W. Jacob's macabre tales, and one of only two editions of Jacobs' horror stories available in the Englis...

A New York Review Books OriginalEdith Wharton wrote about New York as only a native can. Her Manhattan is a city of well-appointed drawing rooms, h...

Reducere. 1. A Dream Within A Dream (Instrumental)2. The Raven3. The Tell-Tale Heart4. The Cask Of Amontillado5. (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fe...

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DescriptionEdith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with her novel The Age of Innocence, was also a brilliant poet. Thi...

Thirteen stories of horror, suspense and the supernatural. 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Black Cat' are jus...

Reducere. These six classic tales of ghosts and hauntings, culled from Fantasmagoriana (1818), a German book that reputedly helped inspire Mary Shelley to pe...

Reducere. "Is it -- in this world -- vulgar to ask for more? To entreat a little wildness, a dark place or two in the soul?"-- Katherine Mansfield"There is n...

Reducere. The Custom of the Country tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society. The Spraggs, a famil...

The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of the bride's cousin, plagued by scandal, whose p...

The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton

Level 5. Tales of Mystery and Imagination Book and MP3 Pack - Edgar Allan Poe

In a uniquely entertaining book by a rising star, here are uncanny true tales of haunted highways, weird encounters, and legends of the road.It may...

The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton

Offers an illustrated collection of frightening tales from this celebrated author, including "The Fall of the House of Usher, " "Hop-Frog, " and "T...

Reducere. Chilling Tales Beneath the Chinaberry Tree: A Collection of Alabama Folklore and Ghost Stories is a selection of scary stories as told by my grandm...

Reducere. DescriptionAlgernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the ...

Reducere. Ghost Stories of New OrleansSome have heard a deep voice chanting on early morning strolls along Pirates Alley and near St Anthony's Garden. They b...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perve...

THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY is probably Edith Wharton's most savage satire on the manners of late nineteenth-century America. This novel, which has s...

Alone in the social world of New York high society in the late 19th century, with little but her wit and beauty to support her, Lily Bart pays the ...

Reducere. Whether it's vintage Hollywood, the Florida everglades, the Atlantic City boardwalk, or a farmhouse in Western Canada, the twenty authors represent...

Reducere. • Autor distins cu Premiul Pulitzer pentru literatura in 1921 •Edith Wharton nominalizata pentru Premiul Nobel Celebra scriitoare americana Edith W...

Reducere. • Autor distins cu Premiul Pulitzer pentru literatura in anul 1921 Newland Archer, tanar avocat de succes, duce o viata modelata de obiceiurile si ...