The Virago Book of Ghost Stories by Richard Dalby
This compilation of fabulously spooky stories includes works by A. S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Charlotte Bronte, Antonia Fraser, Penelope Lively, Ruth Rendell, Edith Wharton, and many others. The pieces are drawn from the three critically acclaimed volumes of Virago ghost stories. Unquiet souls return to repay favours, settle scores, and torment the imagination as they mingle with the unexplainable in this place of lost loves old animosities and unwanted memories. As they investigate the spectral edges of the paranormal, all of the authors exhibit a nuanced ability to amuse and terrify at the same time.
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories by Richard Dalby
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It gets off to a traditional ghost story start. We begin with a happy family, just like in W. W. Jacobs’ The Monkey’s Paw, so you know things won’t turn out well. The Corbett family—Mr. Corbett, his wife, and their three kids—is the subject of the story. Mr. Corbett first notices a strange gap in his bookshelves, which his children have also seen. Then he discovers this old handwritten book, which fascinates him. After reading a few pages of that, the book begins to ruin his enjoyment of reading any other authors, which is especially amusing for anyone who has ever completed an English literature degree.
This compilation of ghost stories by women is very amazing. There are stories that are funny, emotional, unexpected, and/or downright terrifying, so there is something for everyone. The stories, which are chronologically ordered and range in length from a few pages to a novella, are not only about women. This collection of ghost stories is noteworthy in a number of ways. Here are 31 short stories by women from the first decades of the 19th century to the start of the twenty-first century. There are tales from Edith Wharton and Stella Gibbons in addition to trustworthy authors like Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Charlotte Riddell. The majority of this literature hasn’t been extensively published, although some of the earlier stories have appeared in several anthologies.
