Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "Ghostly Tales" is a tremendous collection of four chilling stories: "Schalken the Painter", "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street", "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" and "Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen".

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "Ghostly Tales" is a tremendous collection of four chilling stories: "Schalken the Painter", "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street", "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" and "Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen".

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814—1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most infl uential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "Ghostly Tales" is a tremendous collection of four chilling stories: "Schalken the Painter", "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street", "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" and "Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen".

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814—1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most infl uential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "Ghostly Tales" is a tremendous collection of four chilling stories: "Schalken the Painter", "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street", "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" and "Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen".

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" is told through the eyes of Dick, a medical student who moves with his cousin Tom into his uncle's unoccupied house on Aungier Street, somewhere in Dublin. Dick and Tom begin having nightmares in which they are visited by mysterious floating portraits and the ghost of the judge.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As a part of an extraordinary collection of ghost stories, "Ghostly Tales" consists of one large tale called "Haunted Baronet." Full of mystery, thrilling revelations and paranormal, this collection is perfect for a sophisticated reader.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As a part of an extraordinary collection of ghost stories, "Ghostly Tales" consists of one large tale called "Haunted Baronet." Full of mystery, thrilling revelations and paranormal, this collection is perfect for a sophisticated reader.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814—1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most infl uential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As a part of an extraordinary collection of ghost stories, "Ghostly Tales" consists of one large tale called "Haunted Baronet." Full of mystery, thrilling revelations and paranormal, this collection is perfect for a sophisticated reader/

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814—1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most infl uential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As a part of an extraordinary collection of ghost stories, "Ghostly Tales" consists of one large tale called "Haunted Baronet." Full of mystery, thrilling revelations and paranormal, this collection is perfect for a sophisticated reader/

Expanded and with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead - from vengeful and violent spirits, set on causing harm to innocent people tucked up in their homes, to rarer and more kindly ghosts, returning from the grave to reach out across the other side. Yet others entertain desires of a more sinister bent, including the erotic. This new edition includes a selection of favourite haunted house tales chosen by famous screen stars Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Plus a top ranking list of contributors that includes Stephen King, Bram Stoker, Ruth Rendell, and James Herbert - all brought together by an anthologist who himself lives in a haunted house. Stories include: Something unspeakable lurks in a Connecticut apartment closet, in Stephen King's 'The Boogeyman'; An Irish castle holds something truly horrifying in wait, in 'The Whistling Room' by William Hope Hodgson; The lecherous old ghost of a Georgian country house eyes up his latest tenant, in Norah Lofts' 'Mr Edward'; An ancient mansion on a shelf of rock previously occupied by a doomed castle, in 'In Letters of Fire' by Gaston Le Roux; The hunter is hunted in James Herbert's tale of nineteenth-century country mansion, 'The Ghost Hunter'; Psychic phenomena and poltergeists, avenging spirits and phantom lovers - curl up and read on, but never imagine you are safe from a visit...

The Haunted House it is a collection of tales, with Dickens writing the opening and closing stories, framing stories by Dickens himself and five other authors: Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell. The tales are all very different, but each has an element of the strange and scary.

The Haunted House it is a collection of tales, with Dickens writing the opening and closing stories, framing stories by Dickens himself and five other authors: Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell. The tales are all very different, but each has an element of the strange and scary.

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Haunted House is a collection of ghost tales by Dickens, who wrote the opening and closing stories, framing them, and five other authors: Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell.

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Haunted House is a collection of ghost tales by Dickens, who wrote the opening and closing stories, framing them, and five other authors: Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell.

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Haunted House is a collection of ghost tales by Dickens, who wrote the opening and closing stories, framing them, and five other authors: Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell.

When a boy finds himself drawn into an empty house one cold night, he enters a room in which twelve unusual-looking people sit around a table. And the thirteenth chair is pulled out for him.One by one, each of those assembled tells their own ghost story: tales of doom and death; of ghostly creatures and malevolent spirits; of revenge and reward. It is only at the end of the night that the boy starts to understand what story he must tell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .