9781528704298 - Famous Modern Ghost Stories - Dorothy Scarborough
9781528704298 - Famous Modern Ghost Stories - Dorothy Scarborough
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Famous Modern Ghost Stories

An anthology of famous and chilling ghost stories compiled by Dorothy Scarborough.

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Author

Dorothy Scarborough

Imprint

Fantasy and Horror Classics

Categories

Horror & Ghost Stories

Occult & Supernatural

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Short Stories & Anthologies

Fiction

ISBN

9781528704298, 9781528785389

Formats Available

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Pages

288

Publication Date

29 March 2018

Originally published in 1921, this is an anthology of famous and chilling ghost stories compiled by Dorothy Scarborough. She was a lecturer in English for Columbia University, as well as author who producing such notable works as “The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction” and “From a Southern Porch”. Scarborough was also a keen anthologist and authorised such horror greats as Algernon Blackwood, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Robert W. Chambers, Anatole France, Fitz-James O’Brien, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, and Guy de Maupassant. This collection of supernatural tales will appeal to all lovers of the genre, and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage ghost stories and related work. Emily Dorothy Scarborough (1878 – 1935) was an American writer famous for her work related to Texas, folk culture, cotton farming, ghost stories and women’s life in the Southwest. Other notable works by this author include: “Fugitive Verses” (1912), “From a Southern Porch” (1919), and “The Wind” (1925).

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