{"product_id":"9781788880619","title":"Classic Ghost Stories: A collection of chilling supernatural tales","description":"There's nothing like a good ghost story to give you a frisson of fear on a dark winter's night. Gathered in this haunting collection are twenty-seven of the very best of their genre by British and American masters. As well as contributions from established names, you will also find forgotten gems by unjustly neglected writers who deserve an opportunity to find a new readership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong these is \u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Tappington\u003c\/i\u003e, taken from \u003ci\u003eThe Ingoldsby Legends\u003c\/i\u003e which appeared in serial form in the 1830s and were immensely popular with Victorian readers. Their author, Thomas Ingoldsby, was in fact an English clergyman, Richard Barham, who, unlike most of the writers in this compilation, put pen to paper out of pure enjoyment rather than necessity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe name Edith Nesbit is better known to modern readers than Thomas Ingoldsby, although probably not in the context of adult fiction. Famous as a writer of children's fiction (most notably \u003ci\u003eThe Railway Children\u003c\/i\u003e), she also had a talent for ghost stories, as you will discover when you come to Man-Size in Marble. So settle back and enjoy myriad journeys through the highways and byways of one of literature's most rewarding genres.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded here are: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Moonlit Road\u003c\/i\u003e by Ambrose Bierce \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiss Jéromette and the Clergyman\u003c\/i\u003e by Wilkie Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Captain of the Pole-star\u003c\/i\u003e by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Goblins Who Stole a Sexton\u003c\/i\u003e by Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Nurse's Story\u003c\/i\u003e by Elizabeth Gaskell\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Withered Arm\u003c\/i\u003e by Thomas Hardy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hollow of the Three Hills\u003c\/i\u003e by Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Furnished Room\u003c\/i\u003e by O. Henry\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Haunted Mill\u003c\/i\u003e by Jerome K. Jerome\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e by Guy de Maupassant\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oval Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e by Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body Snatcher\u003c\/i\u003e by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Wage\u003c\/i\u003e by W. M. Thackeray\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Canterville Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e by Oscar Wilde","brand":"Arcturus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157630828784,"sku":"9781788880619","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781788880619_p0.jpg?v=1763739331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781788880619","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}