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Pages
482

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The mammoth book of twentieth-century ghost stories
1998, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Page x
Introduction
Page i
One. The Golden Era
The Third Person. The Third Person
by Henry James
Page 5
The Presence by the Fire. The Presence by the Fire
by H.G. Wells
Page 41
How It Happened. How It Happened
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Page 49
A Ghostly Duel. A Ghostly Duel
by Jack London
Page 55
The Hand. The Hand
by Theodore Dreiser
Page 65
The Ghost of Down Hill. The Ghost of Down Hill
by Edgar Wallace
Page 88
Honeysuckle Cottage. Honeysuckle Cottage
by P.G. Wodehouse
Page 131
The Old Dark House. The Old Dark House
by J.B. Priestley
Page 158
Sophy Mason Comes Back. Sophy Mason Comes Back
by E.M. Delafield
Page 188
In a Glass Darkly. In a Glass Darkly
by Agatha Christie
Page 204
Two. The Phantom Army
The Bowmen. The Bowmen
by Arthur Machen
Page 215
The Other Side of the Medal. The Other Side of the Medal
by Stella Gibbons
Page 221
Three Lines of Old French. Three Lines of Old French
by A. Merritt
Page 230
The Lusitania Waits. The Lusitania Waits
by Alfred Noyes
Page 255
Vengeance Is Mine. Vengeance Is Mine
by Algernon Blackwood
Page 262
We Are the Dead. We Are the Dead
by Henry Kuttner
Page 304
The Escort. The Escort
by Daphne du Maurier
Page 311
The Elf in Algiers. The Elf in Algiers
by John Steinbeck
Page 330
The Mirror in Room 22. The Mirror in Room 22
by James Hadley Chase
Page 334
Is There a Life Beyond the Grave?. Is There a Life Beyond the Grave?
by Stevie Smith
Page 341
Three. The Modern Tradition
Sloane Square. Sloane Square
by Pamela Hansford Johnson
Page 361
The Leaf-Sweeper. The Leaf-Sweeper
by Muriel Spark
Page 370
At the Chalet Lartrec. At the Chalet Lartrec
by Winston Graham
Page 378
The Love of a Good Woman. The Love of a Good Woman
by William Trevor
Page 393
The Haunting of Shawley Rectory. The Haunting of Shawley Rectory
by Ruth Rendell
Page 408
Voices in the Coalbin. Voices in the Coalbin
by Mary Higgins Clark
Page 428
A Good Sound Marriage. A Good Sound Marriage
by Fay Weldon
Page 440
A Self-Possessed Woman. A Self-Possessed Woman
by Julian Barnes
Page 449
A Programmed Christmas Carol. A Programmed Christmas Carol
by John Mortimer
Page 467
A Figment in Time. A Figment in Time
by Peter Haining
Page 478

Edition Notes

First published in the UK by Robinson Publishing, 1998.

Published in
New York
Other Titles
Mammoth book of 20th century ghost stories, 20th century ghost stories.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.0873308
Library of Congress
PR1309.G5 M358 1998, PR1309.G5M358 1998

Contributors

Editor
Peter Haining

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 482 p. ;
Number of pages
482

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6887022M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780786705832
ISBN 10
0786705833
LCCN
00503368
OCLC/WorldCat
40398959
Library Thing
785007
Goodreads
420309

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