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The phantom coach : a connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories
- Title
- The phantom coach : a connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories / edited by Michael Sims.
- Publication
- New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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- Additional Authors
- Sims, Michael, 1958-
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.
- Edwards, Amelia B., 1831-1892.
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
- James, Henry, 1843-1916.
- Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933.
- Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897.
- Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943.
- Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930.
- Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
- Description
- xviii, 297 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "From the editor of The Dead Witness and Dracula's Guest, Michael Sims, expert on all things Victorian, presents a collection of stories about humanity's oldest supernatural obsession: ghosts. The Phantom Coach, gathers memorable ghost tales from the Victorian era by a surprising, often-legendary cast, from Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton to Henry James, Thomas Hardy, and Arthur Conan Doyle. With a skillful introduction to the genre and notes on each story, The Phantom Coach is a spectacular collection of ghostly Victorian thrills"--
- Alternative Title
- Connoisseur's collection of the best Victorian ghost stories
- Victorian ghost stories
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295).
- Contents
- The old nurse's story / by Elizabeth Gaskell -- The phantom coach / by Amelia B. Edwards -- The trial for murder / by Charles Dickens -- The captain of the "Pole-Star" / by Arthur Conan Doyle -- Sir Edmund Orme / by Henry James -- The yellow sign / by Robert W. Chambers -- The library window / by Margaret Oliphant -- The monkey's paw / by W. W. Jacobs -- The Southwest chamber / by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- They / by Rudyard Kipling -- The moonlit road / by Ambrose Bierce -- August heat / by W. F. Harvey.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-4712
- ISBN
- 9781620408056 (paperback)
- 1620408058 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2014003390
- OCLC
- 870098148
- Title
- The phantom coach : a connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories / edited by Michael Sims.
- Publisher
- New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Sims, Michael, 1958- editor.Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. Old nurse's story.Edwards, Amelia B., 1831-1892. Phantom coach.Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Trial for murder.Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. Captain of the Pole-Star.James, Henry, 1843-1916. Sir Edmund Orme.Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933. Yellow sign.Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897. Library window.Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943. Monkey's paw.Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. Southwest chamber.Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. They.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-4712