A review by alexctelander
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories by Elizabeth Bowen, A.N.L. Muney, L.P. Hartley, Bram Stoker, E.F. Benson, May Sinclair, Barry Pain, A.M. Burrage, M.R. James, W.F. Harvey, Algernon Blackwood, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Thomas Burke, A.E. Coppard, W.W. Jacobs, F. Marion Crawford, Robert Aickman, Arthur Gray, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Charles Williams, Walter Scott, Simon Raven, Henry James, Amelia B. Edwards, Hugh Walpole, E.G. Swain, Christopher Woodforde, E. Nesbit, H. Russell Wakefield, Richard Barham Middleton, R.A. Gilbert, Michael Cox, T.H. White, Vernon Lee, V.S. Pritchett, Edith Wharton, L.T.C. Rolt, W. Somerset Maugham, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Walter de la Mare, Oliver Onions, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, H.G. Wells

3.0

In an easy-to-use paperback edition, The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories serves as a welcoming traveling companion when going just about anywhere, especially through the dingy streets and foggy countryside of England. This is a collection that features stories that scared a lot of people when published, and continue to do so even now. Renowned authors make an appearance here: Bram Stoker (naturally), Henry James, H. G. Wells, Sir Walter Scott and Edith Wharton to name a few. Infamous stories show their original creation here with tales like “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Hollow Man.” A collection that anyone who enjoys having shivers sent up their spines must have.

Originally published on December 9th, 2002.

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