The Phantom Coach
A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories
1st Edition
Published on 23. October 2014
320 pages
978-1-4088-5465-5 (ISBN)
Description
Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. Michael Sims, whose previous Victorian collections have been widely praised, has gathered twelve of the best stories about humanity's oldest obsession.
The Phantom Coach includes tales by a surprising, often legendary cast, from Charles Dickens and Margaret Oliphant to Henry James, Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as lost gems by forgotten masters such as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and W. F. Harvey. Amelia Edwards's chilling story gives the collection its title, while Ambrose Bierce, Elizabeth Gaskell and W. W. Jacobs will turn you white as a sheet. With a skilful introduction to the genre and notes on each story, The Phantom Coach is a spectacular collection of ghostly Victorian thrills.
The Phantom Coach includes tales by a surprising, often legendary cast, from Charles Dickens and Margaret Oliphant to Henry James, Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as lost gems by forgotten masters such as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and W. F. Harvey. Amelia Edwards's chilling story gives the collection its title, while Ambrose Bierce, Elizabeth Gaskell and W. W. Jacobs will turn you white as a sheet. With a skilful introduction to the genre and notes on each story, The Phantom Coach is a spectacular collection of ghostly Victorian thrills.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-5465-5 (9781408854655)
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Michael Sims is the author of acclaimed non-fiction books The Adventures of Henry Thoreau, The Story of Charlotte's Web, Apollo's Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination and Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of Human Form. His anthologies include The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime, Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories and The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories. He lives in western Pennsylvania with his wife and son.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Quotation
- Introduction: The View from a Grave
- Quotation
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- The Old Nurse's Story
- Amelia B. Edwards
- The Phantom Coach
- Charles Dickens
- The Trial for Murder
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Captain of the Pole-Star
- Henry James
- Sir Edmund Orme
- Robert W. Chambers
- The Yellow Sign
- Margaret Oliphant
- The Library Window
- W. W. Jacobs
- The Monkey's Paw
- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- The Southwest Chamber
- Rudyard Kipling
- "They"
- Ambrose Bierce
- The Moonlit Road
- W. F. Harvey
- August Heat
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading
- A Note on the Author
- By the Same Author
- Dracula's Guest
- The Dead Witness
- Copyright Page
