Masters of shades and shadows: An anthology of great ghost stories

by Seon Manley (Editor), Gogo Lewis (Editor)

For a specific description of this book, please see each individual seller offering.

Genres: Fiction

214 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.9⭐

Introduction • essay ✔

Classic Chillers (Early Masters of the Ghost Story):
To Be Taken With A Grain Of Salt • (1865) • Charles Dickens 4⭐
The Secret of the Growing Gold • (1892) • Bram Stoker 3⭐
The Dream Woman • (1874) • Wilkie Collins (variant of The Dream-Woman) 5⭐
Ligeia • (1838) • Edgar Allan Poe 5⭐
The White Cat • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (variant of The White Cat of Drumgunniol 1870) 3.25⭐

Horror at the Hearthside (Victorian Women Ghost Writers)
Nothing But the Truth • (1868) • Rhoda Broughton (variant of The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth) 3.5⭐
The Lost Ghost • (1969) • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman [as by Mary Wilkins Freeman] 3.25⭐

Eerie Edwardians (Specters in the Gaslit Age):
The Looking-Glass • (1923) • Walter de la Mare 3.5⭐
The Real Right Thing • (1899) • Henry James 3⭐
The Furnished Room • (1904) • O. Henry 4⭐
The Ghosts • (1908) • Lord Dunsany 5⭐
Rats • (1929) • M. R. James 4⭐

Twentieth-Century Touch of Terror (The Contemporary Apparition)
The Thing in the Moonlight • [Dream Cycle] • (1941) • H. P. Lovecraft and Jack Chapman Miske [as by H. P. Lovecraft] 3.5⭐
Escort • (1940) • Daphne du Maurier 4⭐
The Lake • (1944) • Ray Bradbury 5⭐
The Rock • (1951) • Shirley Jackson 3.5⭐

[Carol Palmer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Worth reading if you're into gothic style ghost stories. I'm not a big fan of that style, but I enjoyed the book.

[Kendal · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice survey, with some gems. It's like a sampler, so if you find an author you like, run with him or her.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

I stoped reading this because I lost interest reading it. It was good at first, but soon turned very very boring.