num_pages: 288
description: One might not expect a woman of Edith Wharton's literary stature to be a believer of ghost stories, much less be frightened by them, but as she admits in her postscript to this spine-tingling collection, "...till I was twenty-seven or -eight, I could not sleep in the room with a book containing a ghost story." Once her fear was overcome, however, she took to writing tales of the supernatural for publication in the magazines of the day. These eleven finely wrought pieces showcase her mastery of the traditional New England ghost story and her fascination with spirits, hauntings, and other supernatural phenomena. Called "flawlessly eerie" by Ms. magazine, this collection includes "Pomegranate Seed," "The Eyes," "All Souls'," "The Looking Glass," and "The Triumph of Night."
language: English
title: The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
titlecomplete: The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
characters: Orrin Bosworth, Signor Jones, Moyra Attley, Signora Grympton, Kenneth Ashby, Alice Hartley, Anne de Barrigan, Prudence Rutledge, Alida Stair, Signor Grympton, Hibben, Balch, Signor Wace, Madame de Lanrivain, Grace Bridgeworth, Edward Stramer, Charlotte Ashby, Georgiana, Murchard, Mary Pask, Grisben, Frank Rainer, Mary Boyne, Edward Boyne, Alice Nowell, Signora Blinder, Trimmle, John Lavington, Saul Rutledge, Signora Ashby, Cora Attlee, Signora Railton, Hervè de Lanrivain, Yves de Cornault, Signora Clemm, Andrew Culwin, Sylvester Brand, Sara Clayburn, Lady Jane Lynke, George Faxon, Phil Frenham
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, Gothic, Paranormal, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Horror, Fantasy, Short Stories
ratings_count: 4561
publisher: Scribner