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An edition of The Great Book of Thrillers (1991)

Great Tales of Terror

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H2, Etc. / A.J. Alan --
The smell in the library / Michael Arlen --
The man in the bell / W.E. Aytoun --
The mysterious man / Honore de Balzac --
The folding doors / Marjorie Bowen --
The lady of Glenwith Grange / Wilkie Collins --
The new sun / J.S. Fletcher --
Hot water / Val Gielgud --
The island / L.P. Hartley --
Edward Randolph's portrait / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
The spectre bridegroom / Washington Irving --
Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Edgar Allan Poe --
The tarn / Hugh Walpole --
The resurrectionist / Samuel Warren --
The blue room / Prosper Merimee --
The cafe of terror / E. Phillips Oppenheim --
The avenging chance / Anthony Berkeley --
A lesson in crime / G.D.H. and M. Cole --
Mr. Pemberton's commission / Freeman Wills Crofts --
Who killed Castelvetri? / Gilbert Frankau --
The aluminium dagger / R. Austin Freeman --
The Glyston slander / Herbert Jenkins --
Arsene Lupin in prison / Maurice Leblanc --
The Fenchurch street mystery / Baroness Orczy --
Peacock House / Eden Phillpotts --
The vanishing diamond / John Rhode --
Staley Fleming's hallucination / Ambrose Bierce --
The Italian's story / Catherine Crowe --
The ghost of Dorothy Dingley / Daniel Defoe --
To be taken with a grain of salt / Charles Dickens --
The phantom coach / Amelia B. Edwards --
Madam Crowl's ghost / J. Sheridan Le Fanu --
Black coffee / Jeffery Farnol --
The black ferry / John Galt --
The dreamland bride / Theophile Gautier --
The dilemma of Phadrig / Gerald Griffin --
Mary Burnet / James Hogg --
The three sisters / W.W. Jacobs --
The doctor's ghost / Norman Macleod.
Mr. Kempe / Walter De La Mare --
The tapestried chamber / Sir Walter Scott --
The frontier guards / H. Russell Wakefield --
The red room / H.G. Wells --
The sphinx without a secret / Oscar Wilde --
The gardener / E.F. Benson --
A Spanish ghost story / Anon. --

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Publisher
Chancellor Press
Language
English
Pages
638

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1991, Chancellor Press
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Table of Contents

H2, Etc. / A.J. Alan
Page 13
The smell in the library / Michael Arlen
Page 18
The man in the bell / W.E. Aytoun
Page 37
The mysterious man / Honoré de Balzac
Page 43
The folding doors / Marjorie Bowen
Page 57
The lady of Glenwith Grange / Wilkie Collins
Page 72
The new sun / J.S. Fletcher
Page 92
Hot water / Val Gielgud
Page 110
The island / L.P. Hartley
Page 118
Edward Randolph's portrait / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Page 133
The spectre bridegroom / Washington Irving
Page 144
The facts in the case of M. Valdemar / Edgar Allan Poe
Page 158
The tarn / Hugh Walpole
Page 169
The resurrectionist / Samuel Warren
Page 183
The blue room / Prosper Mérimée
Page 194
The café of terror / E. Phillips Oppenheim
Page 206
The avenging chance / Anthony Berkeley
Page 219
A lesson in crime / G.D.H. and M. Cole
Page 235
Mr. Pemberton's commission / Freeman Wills Crofts
Page 247
Who killed Castelvetri? / Gilbert Frankau
Page 260
The aluminium dagger / R. Austin Freeman
Page 280
The Glyston slander / Herbert Jenkins
Page 304
Arsène Lupin in prison / Maurice Leblanc
Page 323
The Fenchurch street mystery / Baroness Orczy
Page 341
Peacock House / Eden Phillpotts
Page 358
The vanishing diamond / John Rhode
Page 389
Staley Fleming's hallucination / Ambrose Bierce
Page 405
The Italian's story / Catherine Crowe
Page 408
The ghost of Dorothy Dingley / Daniel Defoe
Page 424
To be taken with a grain of salt / Charles Dickens
Page 432
The phantom coach / Amelia B. Edwards
Page 443
Madam Crowl's ghost / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Page 455
Black coffee / Jeffery Farnol
Page 471
The black ferry / John Galt
Page 484
The dreamland bride / Théophile Gautier
Page 495
The dilemma of Phadrig / Gerald Griffin
Page 515
Mary Burnet / James Hogg
Page 523
The three sisters / W.W. Jacobs
Page 544
The doctor's ghost / Norman Macleod
Page 553
Mr. Kempe / Walter De La Mare
Page 559
The tapestried chamber / Sir Walter Scott
Page 584
The frontier guards / H. Russell Wakefield
Page 599
The red room / H.G. Wells
Page 605
The sphinx without a secret / Oscar Wilde
Page 616
The gardener / E.F. Benson
Page 621
A Spanish ghost story / Anon.
Page 634

Edition Notes

Published in
London

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR1309.H6 G73 1991

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
638p.
Number of pages
638

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8970499M
Internet Archive
greattalesofterr0000unse
ISBN 10
1851521062
ISBN 13
9781851521067
OCLC/WorldCat
1200469402
Library Thing
7490026
Goodreads
10055208

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