| The Haunted House Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Stace, Wesley (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0812973062 ISBN-13: 9780812973068 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: On Christmas Eve, a party of friends descends on a purportedly haunted country retreat, charged with the task of discovering evidence of the supernatural. Sequestered in their rooms for the holiday, the friends reconvene on Twelfth Night at a great feast and share their stories of spectral encounter. "Conducted" by Charles Dickens and counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins among its contributors, "The Haunted House examines quintessentially Victorian themes-sex and longing, nostalgia and loss-in ways that continue to resonate today. Ingeniously conceived and written, and spiked with flashes of Dickensian humor, this volume is a strange and sheer delight. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004054694 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.24" W x 8.06" (0.28 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On Christmas Eve, a party of friends descends on a purportedly haunted country retreat, charged with the task of discovering evidence of the supernatural. Sequestered in their rooms for the holiday, the friends reconvene on Twelfth Night at a great feast and share their stories of spectral encounter. "Conducted" by Charles Dickens and counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins among its contributors, The Haunted House examines quintessentially Victorian themes-sex and longing, nostalgia and loss-in ways that continue to resonate today. Ingeniously conceived and written, and spiked with flashes of Dickensian humor, this volume is a strange and sheer delight. |