Title:
Spinetinglers : ghoulish ghost stories
Summary:
A collection of twenty-two spooky stories by a number of noted authors including Franz Kafka, Charles Dickens, and Guy de Maupassant.
Other Title:
Ghoulish ghost stories
The Monkey's Paw.
Year Published:
2007
Physical Description:
264 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents:
The knock at the manor gate / Franz Kafka -- Yesterday's witch / Gahan Wilson -- A legion marching by / John Hynam -- The lawyer and the ghost / Charles Dickens -- The ghost who was afraid of being bagged / Anonymous (India) -- School for ghosts / Adapted by Vida Derry -- The little yellow dog / Mary Williams -- The piper at the gates of dawn / Kenneth Grahame (from The wind in the willows) -- The lilies / Alison Prince -- The emissary / Ray Bradbury -- John Pettigrew's mirror / Ruth Manning-Sanders -- Sredni Vashtar / Saki (H.H. Munro) -- Miss Mountain / Philippa Pearce -- Was it a dream? / Guy de Maupassant -- A pair of hands / Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch -- The boys' toilets / Robert Westall -- Left in the dark / John Gordon -- The monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs -- Lost hearts / M.R. James -- Thurnley Abbey / Perceval Landon -- Not at home / Jean Richardson -- The shepherd's dog / Joyce Marsh.
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ISBN:
9780753461402
Publisher:
Boston : Kingfisher, 2007.