The Oxford book of English ghost stories
1986
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This selection of forty-two stories written between 1829 and 1968 presents the full range and vitality of English tradition of literary ghost fiction. Satisfying what Virginia Woolf called 'the strange human craving for the pleasure of being afraid', it demonstrates traditions historical development and its major themes, and characteristics.
Main title:
The Oxford book of English ghost stories / chosen by Michael Cox and R.A. Gilbert.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Collation:
[544]p. ; 22cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliography.
ISBN:
9780192141637
Dewey class:
823.0108375
Language:
English
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BRN:
1314548
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