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Alastair Gunn is a writer, musician and professional astrophysicist based in the UK. He is the editor of the successful anthology series entitled The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories. Sign up for occasional updates on The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories at https://bit.ly/SignUpEbooks.

Alastair also writes a regular column for BBC Focus magazine, has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and The Guardian and is a contributor to many astronomy magazines including Astronomy Now and BBC Sky at Night Magazine. His fiction includes a collection of supernatural stories called Ballymoon and his debut novel, The Bergamese Sect.

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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Annotated): Volume 19 Dec 23, 2020

by Alastair Gunn , Frances Browne , George Manville Fenn , Ellen Wood , Charlotte Riddell , Theo Gift , Jerome K. Jerome , William Wilthew Fenn , John Kendrick Bangs

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Twenty ghostly tales for Christmas from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the nineteenth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 19 contains stories published in Britain, Ireland and America between 1839 and 1900, and all set at or around the Christmas period. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories;

The Dead Man’s Race (1839) – William Jerdan; The Ghost in the Top-Story (1864) – Frances Browne; Asher’s Last Hour (1867) – George Manville Fenn; The Ghost of the Hollow Field (1867) – Ellen Wood; Walnut-Tree House (1878) – Charlotte Riddell; Christmas at Cairnforth (1879) – Kitty Clover; The Wraith of Barnjum (1879) – F. Anstey; Mansleigh Grange (1881) – Frances Collins; Goblet or Goblin (1882) – Edward Bradbury; The Pearl Princess (1882) – Augustus Cheltenham; What Was He? (1884) – Theo Gift; Ould Skinner (1886) – Ethel Greene; Our Ghost Party (1891) – Jerome K. Jerome; The Antique Bedstead (1891) – William Wilthew Fenn; The Wicked Editor’s Christmas Dream (1893) – Alice Mary Vince; Lady Dorothy (1894) – Ralli West; The Mystery of My Grandmother’s Hair Sofa (1896) – John Kendrick Bangs; The Blue Room (1897) – Lettice Galbraith; Out on the Leads (1900) – Sabine Baring-Gould; Ghosts Who Became Famous (1900) – Carolyn Wells.

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Annotated): Volume 18 Oct 7, 2020

by Alastair Gunn

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the eighteenth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 18 contains stories published anonymously in Britain between 1842 and 1898. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories;

The Phantom Hag; Legend of the Golden Leg (1842); The Death-Seer (1844); The Phantom Face (1845); A Ghost Story (1845); Apparitions (1846); The God-Forsaken (1850); The Ghost’s Night-Cap (1860); The Hall-Spectre (1861); The Haunted Lodge (1866); Eleanor (1868); Not a Dream (1869); The Mystic Handwriting (1870); The Haunted House (1870); A Desperate Run (1878); The Chess-Player (1885); The Old House in Covent Garden (1889); The Brand of Cain (1895); The Grange Mystery (1896); A Traveller's Warning (1898).

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1 Oct 24, 2016

by Alastair Gunn , Elizabeth Gaskell , Dinah Maria Craik , Catherine Ann Crowe , Mary Elizabeth Braddon , Amelia B. Edwards , Isabella Banks , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Rhoda Broughton

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the first in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 1 in the series spans the years 1852 to 1901 and includes stories from a wide range of female authors; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and American. Includes tales by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charlotte Riddell, Isabella Banks and Vernon Lee. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the stormy night arrives, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories; The Old Nurse’s Story (1852) – Elizabeth Gaskell; The Last House in C- Street (1856) – Dinah Maria Craik; My Friend’s Story (1859) – Catherine Ann Crowe; The Cold Embrace (1860) – Mary Elizabeth Braddon; How The Third Floor Knew The Potteries (1863) – Amelia B. Edwards; Wraith-Haunted (1869) – Isabella Banks; The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House (1870) – Harriet Beecher Stowe; The Man With the Nose (1873) – Rhoda Broughton; Seen In The Moonlight (1875) – Ellen Wood; The Secret Chamber (1876) – Margaret Oliphant; The Open Door (1882) – Charlotte Riddell; In The Dark (1885) – Mary E. Penn; The Story of the Rippling Train (1888) – Mary Louisa Molesworth; A Wicked Voice (1890) – Vernon Lee; The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly (1891) – Rosa Mulholland; The Trainer’s Ghost (1893) – Lettice Galbraith; How He Left The Hotel (1894) – Louisa Baldwin; The Picture On The Wall (1895) – Katharine Tynan; The Woodley Lane Ghost (1899) – Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren; The Ghost of the Belle-Alliance Plantation (1901) – Lilian Giffen.

Contains detailed biographies of all authors
Contains stories not previously anthologized
Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Annotated): Volume 17 Apr 2, 2020

by Alastair Gunn , Louise Kirby Piatt , Anna M. Hoyt , Marian Carruthers , Mary Morrison , Emma B. Cobb , Esther Serle Kenneth , Mrs. Frank McCarthy , Elizabeth Bedell Benjamin

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the seventeenth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 17 contains stories published between 1855 and 1900, all by obscure, little-known or unidentified female authors. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories;

The Haunted House (1855) – Louise Kirby Piatt; The Ghost of Little Jacques (1863) – Anna M. Hoyt; The White Lady (1864) – Marian Carruthers; The Ghost of Barstone Hall (1866) – Mary Morrison; What Did Miss Darrington See? (1870) – Emma B. Cobb; The Haunted Wherry (1871) – Esther Serle Kenneth; No. 289 — A Vision (1873) – Mrs. Frank McCarthy; Chantry Manor-House (1876) – Elizabeth Bedell Benjamin; The Pin Ghost (1876) – Elizabeth T. Corbett; A Legend of All-Hallow Eve (1879) – Georgiana S. Hull; The Ghost of the Treasure-Chamber (1886) – Emily Arnold; The Beckside Boggle (1886) – Alice Rea; Back from the Frozen Pole (1887) – Ellen L. Dorsey; The Copeland Collection (1889) – Margaret Crosby; The Mystery of Castle Crome (1893) – Sarah Catherine Budd; The Shadow on the Moor (1895) – Lucy Hardy; The Seaweed Room (1896) – Clarice Irene Clinghan; A Strange Experience (1898) – Miriam Forester; A Futile Ghost (1899) – Mary Reynolds; The House of the Seven Spirits (1900) – Cara Berkeley.

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Annotated): Volume 15 Nov 29, 2019

by Alastair Gunn , James Grant , Ellen Wood , Hezekiah Butterworth , Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie , Isabella Banks , Rhoda Broughton , Frederick John Fargus , Sabine Baring-Gould

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the fifteenth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 15 contains stories published in the second half of the Victorian age (1871 to 1900). Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories;

The Spectre Hand (1871)- James Grant; Fred Temple’s Warning (1873) - Ellen Wood; The Haunted House on Cambridge Common (1878) - Hezekiah Butterworth; Miss Morier's Visions (1879) - Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie; The Piper’s Ghost (1882) - Isabella Banks; Betty's Visions (1883) - Rhoda Broughton; A Dead Man's Face (1884) - Frederick John Fargus; The Brunswick Ghost (1887) - Sabine Baring-Gould; The Philosophy of Relative Existences (1892) - Frank Richard Stockton; Share and Share Alike (1892) - Robert Barr; The Studio (1892) - Robert Blatchford; Old Gervais (1893) - Mary Louisa Molesworth; The Double-bedded Room (1894) - John Douglas Campbell; St. Martin's Eve (1895) - Jeremiah Curtin; A “Mauvais Quart d’Heure” (1896) - Wilhelmina FitzClarence; The Voices of the Empty House (1896) - G. Villari; The Striding Place (1896) - Gertrude Atherton; The Shadows of the Dead (1897) - Louis Becke; Carleston Barker, First and Second (1898) - John Kendrick Bangs; The Creaking Board (1900) - Bithia Mary Croker.

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Annotated): Volume 9 May 29, 2018

by Alastair Gunn , William Mudford , John Yonge Akerman , Mary Ann Bird , Elizabeth Gaskell , Catherine Crowe , Emerson Bennett , Amelia B. Edwards , Henry James

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Contains detailed biographies of all authors
Contains stories not previously anthologized
Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

Twenty ghost stories from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the ninth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 9 in the series contains stories published between 1841 and 1899, by British and American authors, including many not previously anthologized. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories; Ghost Gossips at Blakesley House (1841) – William Mudford; George Child’s Second Love (1843) – John Yonge Akerman; The Old House in Chancery (1851) – Mary Ann Bird; The Poor Clare (1856) – Elizabeth Gaskell; The Dutch Officer’s Story (1859) – Catherine Crowe; The Haunted House (1859) – Emerson Bennett; The Four-fifteen Express (1867) – Amelia B. Edwards; The Romance of Certain Old Clothes (1868) – Henry James; The Drummer Ghost (1869) – John William De Forest; The Haunted Enghenio (1872) – John Gladwyn Jebb; Her Last Appearance (1876) – Mary Elizabeth Braddon; The Hand on the Latch (1881) – William Wilthew Fenn; The White Woman of Slaith (1881) – Isabella Banks; On Board the “Eagle” (1882) – G. L. Worrall; Mrs. Zant and the Ghost (1885) – Wilkie Collins; The Upper Berth (1886) – F. Marion Crawford; “The Case of Lady Lukestan.” (1893) – Lettice Galbraith; Lost Hearts (1895) – M. R. James; The Crimson Portrait (1896) – Wilhelmina FitzClarence; The Spectre of Ruislip Abbey (1899) – J. E. P. Muddock.

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Annotated): Volume 14 Sep 30, 2019

by Alastair Gunn , Abraham Elder , William Henry Farn , Dudley Costello , Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu , Anna Maria Hall , William Henry Wills , Ellen Wood , Mary Ann Bird

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the fourteenth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 14 contains stories published in the first half of the Victorian age (1837 to 1869). Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories; The Blind Ghost-Seer (1839) – Abraham Elder; The Souls of the Drowned (1841) – William Henry Farn; The Haunted House in Yorkshire (1845) – Dudley Costello; The Watcher (1847) – Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; Le Femme Noir (1848) – Anna Maria Hall; The Ghost of the Late Mr. James Barber (1850) – William Henry Wills; The Punishment of Gina Montani (1851) – Ellen Wood; The Lumber-Room (1851) – Mary Ann Bird; M. Anastasius (1855) – Dinah Maria Mulock; A Night in a Cathedral (1856) – William Fulford; The Haunted Ship (1857) – Anne Sarah Bushby; A Ghost Story (1858) – Ada Trevanion; The Lady in the Mirror (1858) – George MacDonald; The Girl with the Golden Hair (1860) – Eliza Craven Green; The Ghost of Gashleigh Court (1863) – George Augustus Sala; The Story of the House in Garden Reach (1864) – Frances Browne; The Underground Ghost (1864) – John Berwick Harwood; The Spectral Rout (1865) – Frances Power Cobbe; No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman (1866) – Charles Dickens; The Scene-Painter’s Wife (1869) – Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 2 Dec 18, 2016

by Alastair Gunn , Charles Dickens , Richard Harris Barham , William D. O’Connor , James Hain Friswell , Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer , John Berwick Harwood , Amelia B. Edwards , George Manville Fenn

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the second in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 2 in the series spans the years 1836 to 1899, contains ghost stories set at or around Christmas, and includes stories from a wide range of authors including Charles Dickens, Amelia B. Edwards and J. S. Le Fanu. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night (preferably on Christmas Eve), lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories; A Christmas Tree (1850) – Charles Dickens; The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (1836) – Charles Dickens; The Ghost: A Christmas Story (1856) – William D. O’Connor; The Oxford Ghost (1858) – James Hain Friswell; Maese Pérez, the Organist (1861) – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer; The North Mail (1864) – Amelia B. Edwards; The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (1867) – Louisa May Alcott; Catherine’s Quest (1868) – J. Sheridan Le Fanu; The Ghost’s Summons (1868) – Ada Buisson; At Chrighton Abbey (1871) – Mary Elizabeth Braddon; The Ghosts at Grantley (1875) – Leonard Kip; Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk (1889) – Frank Cowper; The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (1891) – John Kendrick Bangs; Unexplained (1891) – Letitia McClintock; A Gruesome Joke (1891) – Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett; The Brazen Cross (1893) – H. B. Marriott Watson; The Real and the Counterfeit (1895) – Louisa Baldwin; The Vanishing House (1898) – Bernard Capes; The Great Staircase at Landover Hall (1998) – Frank R. Stockton; Wolverden Tower (1899) – Grant Allen.

Contains detailed biographies of all authors
Contains stories not previously anthologized
Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

Other Formats: Paperback

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 5 Aug 22, 2017

by Alastair Gunn , Thomas Street Millington , Walter Besant , Henry James , Frank Richard Stockton , Guy de Maupassant , Arthur Conan Doyle , Edward Masey , Andrew Lang

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the fifth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 5 in the series spans the years 1872 to 1901 and includes stories from a wide range of male authors; British, French and American. Includes tales by Henry James, Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the stormy night arrives, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories; No Living Voice (1872) – Thomas Street Millington; Lady Kitty (1876) – Walter Besant & James Rice; The Ghostly Rental (1876) – Henry James; The Transferred Ghost (1882) – Frank Richard Stockton; Apparition (1883) – Guy de Maupassant; Selecting a Ghost (1883) – Arthur Conan Doyle; No. 11 Welham Square (1885) – Edward Masey; The House of Strange Stories (1886) – Andrew Lang; By Word of Mouth (1887) – Rudyard Kipling; A Set of Chessmen (1890) – Richard Marsh; The Haunted Mill (1891) – Jerome K. Jerome; The Haunted Station (1892) – Hume Nisbet; Pallinghurst Barrow (1892) – Grant Allen; The Man Who Was Not on the Passenger List (1892) – Robert Barr; The Saving of a Soul (1893) – Sir Richard Francis Burton; No 252. Rue M. le Prince (1895) – Ralph Adams Cram; The Red Room (1896) – H. G. Wells; Colonel Halifax’s Ghost Story (1897) – Sabine Baring-Gould; The Haunted Burglar (1897) – William Chambers Morrow; The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit (1901) – Barry Pain.

Contains detailed biographies of all authors
Contains stories not previously anthologized
Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

Other Formats: Paperback

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Annotated): Volume 16 Dec 23, 2019

by Alastair Gunn , Albert Richard Smith , Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton , Emma Watts Phillips , Ada Buisson , William Kingston Sawyer , Edward Eggleston , Charles Maurice Davies , Elizabeth Owens Blackburne Casey

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the sixteenth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 16 contains stories published between 1846 and 1901, all set at or around the Christmas period. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories;

A Real Country Ghost Story (1846) – Albert Richard Smith; The Pickled Ghost (1847) – Anonymous; The Phantom Face (1859) – Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton; Dimsleigh Grange (1865) – Emma Watts Phillips; A Story Told in a Church (1867) – Ada Buisson; My Christmas Mystery (1868) – William Kingston Sawyer; The Phantom Knell (1870) – Anonymous; The Christmas Club (1873) – Edward Eggleston; The Hidden Shrift (1874) – Charles Maurice Davies; An Unsolved Mystery (1875) – Elizabeth Owens Blackburne Casey; The Dead Man of Varley Grange (1878) – Elizabeth Anna Hart; Earthbound (1880) – Margaret Oliphant; In Very Strange Company (1884) – Henry Frith; A Speakin’ Ghost (1890) – Annie Trumbull Slosson; The Face with the Brown Spots (1893) – John Ferguson Nisbet; The Deserted Kingdom (1893) – Frank Fullerton Brumback; The Demon Spell (1894) – Hume Nisbet; The Black Lady of Doriscourt (1894) – Mabel Collins; Black Rudolph’s Mass (1896) – Anonymous; My First Ghost (1901) – M. E. Greene.

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Annotated): Volume 13 Apr 1, 2019

by Alastair Gunn

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the thirteenth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 13 contains stories published anonymously in America and Britain between 1841 and 1900. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories; The Heart and the Key (1841) - Haunted (1860) - The Demon Spectre: A True Ghost Story of Virginia (1861) - Midnight at Marshland Grange (1863) - Mrs. M. (1867) - Tremewen Grange (1867) - An American Ghost (1868) - Mrs. Brown’s Ghost Story (1868) - The Phantom Fourth (1868) - The Dead Sister (1869) - The Tregethan’s Curse; or, The Weird Woman (1871) - An Old Woman’s Story (1871) - The Haunted Mill (1874) - Stronger Than Death (1876) - An Extra Passenger (1887) - Faithful unto Death (1887) - My Uncle’s Clock (1888) - The Cupboard at Wyncope Manor (1889) - A Ghostly Adventure on Exmoor (1891) - The Phantom Picture (1900).

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 4 Jul 7, 2017

by Alastair Gunn , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu , Washington Irving , William Mudford , Thomas Hood , John Yonge Akerman , Bayle St. John , Dudley Costello

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories from a wide range of male authors; English, Irish, Scottish and American. Includes tales by Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the stormy night arrives, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration.

Includes the stories; The Gray Champion (1835) – Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh (1838) – Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; Guests from Gibbet-Island (1839) – Washington Irving; Ghost Gossips at Blakesley House (1841) – William Mudford; The Grimsby Ghost (1842) – Thomas Hood; The Miniature (1844) – John Yonge Akerman; The Legend of the Weeping Chamber (1851) – Bayle St. John; The Ghost of Pit Pond (1854) – Dudley Costello; The Pot of Tulips (1855) – Fitz-James O’Brien; The Ghost in the Bride’s Chamber (1857) – Charles Dickens; The Yellow Gown (1858) – George John Whyte-Melville; The Ghost’s Forfeits (1858) – James Hain Friswell; The Haunted and the Haunters (1859) – Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Experiences of Farthing Lodge (1864) – Thomas Wilkinson Speight; The Painted Room at Blackston Manor (1864) – John Berwick Harwood; The Spectral Coach of Blackadon (1865) – Thomas Quiller Couch; The Botathen Ghost (1867) – Robert Stephen Hawker; The Ghosts at the Grange (1867) – George Manville Fenn; The Shadow of a Shade (1869) – Tom Hood; Uncle Cornelius, His Story (1869) – George MacDonald.

Contains detailed biographies of all authors
Contains stories not previously anthologized
Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

Other Formats: Paperback

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Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Contains detailed biographies of all authors

Contains stories not previously anthologized

Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

Contains detailed biographies of all authors

Contains stories not previously anthologized

Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

Twenty ghost stories from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Contains detailed biographies of all authors

Contains stories not previously anthologized

Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Contains detailed biographies of all authors

Contains stories not previously anthologized

Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.

Contains detailed biographies of all authors

Contains stories not previously anthologized

Includes a scholarly introduction by author Alastair Gunn

More Information