Screen LibraryIrish ghost stories /
"Blend the wild and fevered Irish imagination with their wonderful facility for recounting a dark, compelling tale, add a dash of the supernatural, and you have a potent brew of spine-tingling tales. This anthology of the best ghost stories from Ireland and Irish writers includes contributions...
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| Published: |
Macmillan Collectors Library,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Blend the wild and fevered Irish imagination with their wonderful facility for recounting a dark, compelling tale, add a dash of the supernatural, and you have a potent brew of spine-tingling tales. This anthology of the best ghost stories from Ireland and Irish writers includes contributions from such masters of the art of raising as Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and Rosa Mulholland. Within the pages of this collection you will find strange accounts of haunted houses, death warnings from beyond the grave, and revengeful spirits, all guaranteed to stir the imagination and chill the blood"--Jacket. |
| Carrier Form: | 582 pages ; 16 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 15). |
| ISBN: |
9781509826612 1509826610 |
| Index Number: | PR8876 |
| CLC: | I561.4 |
| Call Number: | I561.4/I685-1 |
| Contents: |
Room in Le Dragon Volant ; Madam Crowl's ghost ; Squire Toby's will ; Child that went with the fairies ; An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street ; Ghost stories of Chapelizod ; Vision of Tom Chuff / Curse ; Hanraham's vision / Judge's house ; Secret of the growing gold / Canterville ghost / Old house in Vauxhall Walk ; Strange Christmas game / What was it? ; Pot of tulips / Haunted cellar / St. Martin's Eve / Eyes of the dead / Haunted organist of hurly burly ; Ghost at the rath / |