👻 Ghost Stories

Five Victorian Ghost Novels

✍️ Everett F Bleiler
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🏛 Dover Publications 📅 2012 📖 421 pages 🌐 English 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780486225586
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📝 Description: Five Victorian Ghost Novels

Full texts of "The Uninhabited House" by Riddell; "The Amber Witch" by Meinhold; "Monsieur Maurice" by Edwards; "A Phantom Lover" by Lee; and "The Ghost of Muir House" by Beale. 6 illustrations.

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For readers drawn to the sophisticated chills of the nineteenth century, this curated collection gathers five complete ghost novels, featuring works by authors such as J.H. Riddell and Vernon Lee. Rather than relying on overt gore, these stories cultivate a lingering, atmospheric dread through haunted estates, psychological unease, and the uncanny return of the past. The prose evokes Victorian drawing rooms shadowed by genuine supernatural mystery, offering a quieter, more reflective style of suspense. It is ideally suited for fans of classic ghost stories and historical weird fiction who appreciate slow-burning tension and elegant storytelling.
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For readers drawn to the sophisticated chills of the nineteenth century, this curated collection gathers five complete ghost novels, featuring works by authors such as J.H. Riddell and Vernon Lee. Rather than relying on overt gore, these stories cultivate a lingering, atmospheric dread through haunted estates, psychological unease, and the uncanny return of the past. The prose evokes Victorian drawing rooms shadowed by genuine supernatural mystery, offering a quieter, more reflective style of suspense. It is ideally suited for fans of classic ghost stories and historical weird fiction who appreciate slow-burning tension and elegant storytelling.

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