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The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories

I love Victorian ghost stories because they embody one of my favorite storytelling elements–the past haunting the present. In addition, the function of most Victorian ghost stories was to produce the pleasurable shudder, another of my favorite things.

Bookstore, Victorian Literature, Classic LiteratureAnnalece HunterDecember 15, 2021ghosts, ghoststories, victorianghoststories, storytellingComment

Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age

This collection of tales transports the reader to a time when staircases creaked in old manor houses, and a candle could be blown out by a gust of wind, or by a passing ghost.

Victorian Literature, Classic LiteratureAnnalece HunterOctober 31, 2019ghoststories, victorianliterature, victorianghoststories, Halloween, Classic Literature, classicghoststories, lanterns, spookytalesComment