num_pages: 96
description: Miles ahead of the average ghost-story  Sunday Times. A novelist retreats to an abandoned house in the heart of London where he becomes enthralled by an 18th-century spirit  and where his contact with the outside world gradually diminishes. Acclaimed by such masters as Lovecraft as one of the best ghost stories in the English language.
language: English
title: The Beckoning Fair One
publisher: Dover Publications