Victorian Ghost StoriesAn Oxford Anthology

Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology
by Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert
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Following up The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories , Cox and Gilbert here suggest that "ghost stories were something at which the Victorians excelled," pointing out that the stories reflect the insecurities hidden in an outwardly ordered and confident society. They note further that some of the writers who portrayed ladylike women encountering ghosts at their doors were female breadwinners churning out stories to keep the wolves from theirs. Such authors as Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Riddell anchored ghostly events in the still waters of domestic detail, provoking an eerie contrast, while others, like J. S. Le Fanu and Henry James, used deliberately paced language to similar effect. The stories in this superior anthology, each one satisfying on its own, represent a great variety of period styles and spectres.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

YA-- Move over Stephen King--this book contains 35 spine-tingling ghost stories, some written by such well-known authors as Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Rudyard Kipling. The introduction provides an informative overview of the development of the Victorian ghost story. These selections are sure to hook even the most reluctant reader.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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