By Horror Haunted
Stories
Published on 20. February 2014
166 pages
978-0-571-31267-2 (ISBN)
Description
By Horror Haunted (1974) was Celia Fremlin's second collection of stories, and it runs the gamut of her many talents. The nightmarish plots, wit, elegance, and domestic details with an undertow of unease have lost none of their edge. 'Her Number On It' is a compelling portrait of kleptomania; the 'Unsuspected Talent' of a dissatisfied wife has dangerous consequences; while 'Don't Tell Cissie' is a superbly original ghost story.
'The reader is lulled in to a false knowledge of events... At the last moment the events are turned inside out and the actions are re-interpreted nastily, chillingly or with penetrating realism.' Catholic Herald
'A really delightful collection of short stories...the suspense, in some of them, is almost painful... [Fremlin] is the complete mistress of an extremely difficult art form.' Huddersfield Day Examiner
'The reader is lulled in to a false knowledge of events... At the last moment the events are turned inside out and the actions are re-interpreted nastily, chillingly or with penetrating realism.' Catholic Herald
'A really delightful collection of short stories...the suspense, in some of them, is almost painful... [Fremlin] is the complete mistress of an extremely difficult art form.' Huddersfield Day Examiner
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,48 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-571-31267-2 (9780571312672)
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02/2014
Faber & Faber
€34.86
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Person
Celia Fremlin (1914-2009) was born in Kent and spent her childhood in Hertfordshire, before studying at Oxford (whilst working as a charwoman). During World War Two, she served as an air-raid warden before becoming involved with the Mass Observation Project, collaborating on a study of women workers, War Factory. In 1942 she married Elia Goller, moved to Hampstead and had three children. In 1968, their youngest daughter committed suicide aged 19; a month later, her husband also killed himself. In the wake of these tragedies, Fremlin briefly relocated to Geneva. In 1985, she married Leslie Minchin, with whom she lived until his death in 1999. Over four decades, Fremlin wrote sixteen celebrated novels - including the classic summer holiday seaside mystery Uncle Paul (1959) - one book of poetry and three story collections. Her debut The Hours Before Dawn won the Edgar Award in 1960.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Celia Fremlin: A Biographical Sketch
- Her Number On It
- Tuesday's Child
- Don't Tell Cissie
- The Sunday Outing
- Lilac Time
- The Blood On The Innocents
- The Savage Heart
- Place In The Sun
- The End Of The Road
- Gate Of Death
- The Combined Operation
- An Unsuspected Talent
- Ephemerida
- The Intruder
- Barry Findlater
- Copyright
