Classic Horror and Ghost Stories

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo (小泉 八雲?), was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories.Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, born Mary Gray Phelps, (August 31, 1844 – January 28, 1911) was an American author and an early advocate of clothing reform for women, urging them to burn their corsets.Anna Laetitia Barbauld (play /bɑrˈboʊld/, by herself possibly /bɑrˈboʊ/, as in French, née Aikin; 20 June 1743 – 9 March 1825) was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and children's author.John Yonge Akerman (1806–1873) was an English antiquarian specializing mainly in numismatics and wrote several stories involving the supernatural.10 short stories:Classic Ghost and Horror StoriesContentsDoctor Feversham’s Story2The Spirit’s Whisper9The Reconciliation18Nightmare-Touch21Embalming A Corpse25For the Blood is the Life27The Day of My Death37The Gates Ajar 55Sir Bertrand: A Fragment132The Miniature 134

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