The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Cox Michael)(Paperback)

The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Cox Michael)(Paperback)

The Victorians excelled at telling ghost stories. In an age of rapid scientific progress, the idea of a vindictive past able to reach out and violate the present held a special potential for terror. Throughout the nineteenth century, fictional ghost stories developed in parallel with the more

The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories (Moore Tara)(Pevná vazba)

The first-ever collection of Victorian Christmas ghost stories, culled from rare 19th-century periodicals During the Victorian era, it became traditional for publishers of newspapers and magazines to print ghost stories during the Christmas season for chilling winter reading by the fireside or

Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (Dahl Roald)(Paperback / softback)

Includes terrifying ghost stories such as Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (Carol Oates Joyce)(Paperback)

In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of nearly sixty tales that combines classic works with many different, unexpected gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and

Help the Witch (Cox Tom)(Paperback)

Ghost stories for the 21st Century set in the dark dark country hedgerows and hills of England. As night draws through country lanes, and darkness sweeps across hills and darkness sweeps across hills and hedgerows, shadows appear where figures are not; things do not remain in their places; a new

The Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories (Dunn Douglas)(Paperback)

Ghost Stories (Dyson Jeremy)(Paperback)

Ghost Stories is truly extraordinary. Written by The League of Gentlemen's master of the macabre, Jeremy Dyson, and Andy Nyman, co-creator and director of Derren Brown's television and stage shows, Ghost Stories mixes the very best of theatre with the buzz of a thrill-ride, delivering something

The White Horse of Zennor (Morpurgo Michael)(Paperback)

A thrilling collection of myths, legends and ghost stories from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.Since the beginning of time, strange and mysterious things have happened here ... At the furthest edge of Britain, where the sea gently washes over the land and myths

The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (Goossen Theodore W.)(Paperback)

This collection of short stories, including many new translations, is the first to span the whole of Japan's modern era from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the first writings to assimilate and rework Western literary traditions, through the flourishing of the

The Haunting (Janes Hugh)(Paperback)

A classic tale of terror that combines the essential ingredients of the great Victorian ghost stories to thrilling and macabre effect. Hugh Janes' gripping new adaptation of some of Charles Dickens' most haunting works has already enjoyed a massively successful UK tour and is now set to thrill and

Canterville Ghost, The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Wilde Oscar)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a collection of stories, including 'The Canterville Ghost', and 'The Happy

The Oxford Book of French Short Stories (Fallaize Elizabeth)(Paperback)

This collection of French short stories in translation expands our idea of French writing by including new stories by women writers and by authors of Francophone origin. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, the collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the

Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 5:: Ghost Stories (Border Rosemary)(Paperback / softback)

Irish Ghost Stories (Davies David Stuart)(Pevná vazba)

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian-Era Detective Stories (Chesterton G. K.)(Paperback)

Enthralled by the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian readers around the world developed a fascination with eccentric detectives and bizarre crimes. Featuring an international array of authors and characters, this compilation of 16 short stories showcases the best of the mysteries inspired by

Meaning of Night (Cox Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The bestselling mystery of murder, love and

The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories (Trevor William)(Paperback)

Ireland has been called a nation of story-tellers. 'Stories of one kind or another have a way of pressing themselves into Irish conversation, both as entertainment and as a form of communication,' writes William Trevor. 'For centuries they have been offered to strangers, almost as hospitality is:

The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Shippey Tom)(Paperback)

This is the definitive collection of the twentieth-century's most characteristic genre--science fiction. The tales are organized chronologically to give readers a sense of how the genre's range, vitality, and literary quality have evolved over time. Each tale offers a unique vision, an altered

The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World (Cox Trevor)(Paperback)

Bellman & Black (Setterfield Diane)(Paperback / softback)

A haunting Victorian ghost story of love, loss and the mystery of death from the bestselling author of THE THIRTEENTH

Eight Ghosts - The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories(Paperback / softback)

Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost

Black Oxford - The Untold Stories of Oxford University's Black Scholars (Roberts Pamela)(Paperback / softback)

A history of black scholars at Oxford

Paranormal Suffolk - True Ghost Stories (Reeve Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

A fabulous collection of ghost hauntings in Suffolk, from the infamous Black Dog of Bungay to the headless Anne Boleyn stalking visitors at Blickling

The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories (James Henry)(Paperback)

A chilling new collection of Henry James's short stories exploring the uncanny, including 'The Turn of the Screw,' the basis for the new Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor In 'The Turn of the Screw,' one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the