The Resource The mammoth book of twentieth-century ghost stories, edited by Peter Haining
The mammoth book of twentieth-century ghost stories, edited by Peter Haining
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- Summary
- A collection of thirty ghost stories written by some of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, including Agatha Christie, Henry James, John Mortimer, John Steinbeck, and H.G. Wells
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 482 pages)
- Note
- First published in the UK by Robinson Publishing, 1998
- Contents
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- One: The golden era. The third person / Henry James
- The presence by the fire / H.G. Wells
- How it happened / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- A ghostly duel / Jack London
- The hand / Theodore Dreiser
- The Ghost of Down Hill / Edgar Wallace
- Honeysuckle Cottage / P. G. Wodehouse
- The old dark house / J.B. Priestley
- Sophy Mason comes back / E. M. Delafield
- In a glass darkly / Agatha Christie ; Two: The phantom army. The bowmen / Arthur Machen
- The other side of the medal / Stella Gibbons
- Three lines of old French / A. Merritt
- The Lusitania waits / Alfred Noyes
- Vengeance is mine / Algernon Blackwood
- We are the dead / Henry Kuttner
- The escort / Daphne du Maurier
- The elf in Algiers / John Steinbeck
- The mirror in room 22 / James Hadley Chase
- Is there a life beyond the gravy? / Stevie Smith ; Three: The modern tradition. Sloane Square / Pamela Hansford Johnson
- The leaf-sweeper / Muriel Spark
- At the Chalet Lartrec / Winston Graham
- The love of a good woman / William Trevor
- The haunting of Shawley Rectory / Ruth Rendell
- Voices in the coalbin / Mary Higgins Clark
- A good sound marriage / Fay Weldon
- A self-possessed woman / Julian Barnes
- A programmed Christmas carol / John Mortimer
- A figment in time / Peter Haining
- Label
- The mammoth book of twentieth-century ghost stories
- Title
- The mammoth book of twentieth-century ghost stories
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Peter Haining
- Title variation
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- Mammoth book of 20th century ghost stories
- 20th century ghost stories
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A collection of thirty ghost stories written by some of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, including Agatha Christie, Henry James, John Mortimer, John Steinbeck, and H.G. Wells
- Cataloging source
- SCR
- Dewey number
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- 823/.0873308
- 813/.0873308/0904
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR1309.G5
- LC item number
- M358 1998
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Haining, Peter
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ghost stories, English
- Ghost stories, American
- Ghost stories, American
- Ghost stories, English
- Label
- The mammoth book of twentieth-century ghost stories, edited by Peter Haining
- Note
- First published in the UK by Robinson Publishing, 1998
- Contents
- One: The golden era. The third person / Henry James -- The presence by the fire / H.G. Wells -- How it happened / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- A ghostly duel / Jack London -- The hand / Theodore Dreiser -- The Ghost of Down Hill / Edgar Wallace -- Honeysuckle Cottage / P. G. Wodehouse -- The old dark house / J.B. Priestley -- Sophy Mason comes back / E. M. Delafield -- In a glass darkly / Agatha Christie ; Two: The phantom army. The bowmen / Arthur Machen -- The other side of the medal / Stella Gibbons -- Three lines of old French / A. Merritt -- The Lusitania waits / Alfred Noyes -- Vengeance is mine / Algernon Blackwood -- We are the dead / Henry Kuttner -- The escort / Daphne du Maurier -- The elf in Algiers / John Steinbeck -- The mirror in room 22 / James Hadley Chase -- Is there a life beyond the gravy? / Stevie Smith ; Three: The modern tradition. Sloane Square / Pamela Hansford Johnson -- The leaf-sweeper / Muriel Spark -- At the Chalet Lartrec / Winston Graham -- The love of a good woman / William Trevor -- The haunting of Shawley Rectory / Ruth Rendell -- Voices in the coalbin / Mary Higgins Clark -- A good sound marriage / Fay Weldon -- A self-possessed woman / Julian Barnes -- A programmed Christmas carol / John Mortimer -- A figment in time / Peter Haining
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 482 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035672956
- Label
- The mammoth book of twentieth-century ghost stories, edited by Peter Haining
- Note
- First published in the UK by Robinson Publishing, 1998
- Contents
- One: The golden era. The third person / Henry James -- The presence by the fire / H.G. Wells -- How it happened / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- A ghostly duel / Jack London -- The hand / Theodore Dreiser -- The Ghost of Down Hill / Edgar Wallace -- Honeysuckle Cottage / P. G. Wodehouse -- The old dark house / J.B. Priestley -- Sophy Mason comes back / E. M. Delafield -- In a glass darkly / Agatha Christie ; Two: The phantom army. The bowmen / Arthur Machen -- The other side of the medal / Stella Gibbons -- Three lines of old French / A. Merritt -- The Lusitania waits / Alfred Noyes -- Vengeance is mine / Algernon Blackwood -- We are the dead / Henry Kuttner -- The escort / Daphne du Maurier -- The elf in Algiers / John Steinbeck -- The mirror in room 22 / James Hadley Chase -- Is there a life beyond the gravy? / Stevie Smith ; Three: The modern tradition. Sloane Square / Pamela Hansford Johnson -- The leaf-sweeper / Muriel Spark -- At the Chalet Lartrec / Winston Graham -- The love of a good woman / William Trevor -- The haunting of Shawley Rectory / Ruth Rendell -- Voices in the coalbin / Mary Higgins Clark -- A good sound marriage / Fay Weldon -- A self-possessed woman / Julian Barnes -- A programmed Christmas carol / John Mortimer -- A figment in time / Peter Haining
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 482 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035672956
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