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Eight fantastic tales of the ghostly and bizarre
Aficionados of supernatural fiction are aware that its golden age
was during the later Victorian and Edwardian eras. There was a huge
public appetite for spine chilling tales and many magazines
published their ideal form-the short story. This created
opportunities for many writers to produce supernatural fiction.
Among the huge number of stories published, some were exceptionally
good and these came from the pens of those who became recognised
masters of the form. Popular authors were often incredibly prolific
and an individual writer's canon of supernatural fiction could be
substantial. Almost every commercially minded writer wrote some
supernatural fiction and many of the finest exponents of the craft
were women. While Mrs. J. H. Riddell had much in common with her
peers, she was highly regarded by some of the genres severest
critics including the 'grand-master' himself, M. R. James.
Charlotte Cowan was born in Ireland in 1832, the daughter of the
High Sheriff of Antrim. She moved to London in 1855 and shortly
thereafter married the civil engineer Joseph Hadley Riddell. As was
often the practice at the time she subsequently wrote under her
formal married name. Besides her career as a writer she was also a
publisher, being part owner of the highly regarded literary
periodical 'The St. Jame's Magazine.' This comprehensive Leonaur
collection of Charlotte Riddell's strange stories comprises three
substantial volumes to captivate both enthusiasts and collectors.
This third and final volume of the Leonaur collected supernatural
and weird fiction of Charlotte Riddell includes two novels 'The
Disappearance of Jeremiah Redworth' and the well known 'The
Uninhabited House' together with two novelettes, 'Diarmid
Chittock's Story' and 'The Open Door.' Also included are five short
stories, 'Walnut-Tree House, ' 'The Last Squire of Ennismore, '
'Why Dr. Cray Left Southam, ' 'The Old House in Vauxhall Walk' and
'Conn Kilrea.'
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
A second collection of superb Victorian ghostly fiction
Aficionados of supernatural fiction are aware that its golden age
was during the later Victorian and Edwardian eras. There was a huge
public appetite for spine chilling tales and many magazines
published their ideal form-the short story. This created
opportunities for many writers to produce supernatural fiction.
Among the huge number of stories published, some were exceptionally
good and these came from the pens of those who became recognised
masters of the form. Popular authors were often incredibly prolific
and an individual writer's canon of supernatural fiction could be
substantial. Almost every commercially minded writer wrote some
supernatural fiction and many of the finest exponents of the craft
were women. While Mrs. J. H. Riddell had much in common with her
peers, she was highly regarded by some of the genres severest
critics including the 'grand-master' himself, M. R. James.
Charlotte Cowan was born in Ireland in 1832, the daughter of the
High Sheriff of Antrim. She moved to London in 1855 and shortly
thereafter married the civil engineer Joseph Hadley Riddell. As was
often the practice at the time she subsequently wrote under her
formal married name. Besides her career as a writer she was also a
publisher, being part owner of the highly regarded literary
periodical 'The St. Jame's Magazine.' This comprehensive Leonaur
collection of Charlotte Riddell's strange stories comprises three
substantial volumes to captivate both enthusiasts and collectors.
Volume two of this Leonaur collection of Mrs. Riddell's spooky
tales includes the novel 'The Nun's Curse' and two short stories
'Sandy the Tinker' and 'A Strange Christmas Game.'
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
A stunning collection from a mistress of the chilling
Aficionados of supernatural fiction are aware that its golden age
was during the later Victorian and Edwardian eras. There was a huge
public appetite for spine chilling tales and many magazines
published their ideal form-the short story. This created
opportunities for many writers to produce supernatural fiction.
Among the huge number of stories published, some were exceptionally
good and these came from the pens of those who became recognised
masters of the form. Popular authors were often incredibly prolific
and an individual writer's canon of supernatural fiction could be
substantial. Almost every commercially minded writer wrote some
supernatural fiction and many of the finest exponents of the craft
were women. While Mrs. J. H. Riddell had much in common with her
peers, she was highly regarded by some of the genres severest
critics including the 'grand-master' himself, M. R. James.
Charlotte Cowan was born in Ireland in 1832, the daughter of the
High Sheriff of Antrim. She moved to London in 1855 and shortly
thereafter married the civil engineer Joseph Hadley Riddell. As was
often the practice at the time she subsequently wrote under her
formal married name. Besides her career as a writer she was also a
publisher, being part owner of the highly regarded literary
periodical 'The St. Jame's Magazine.' This comprehensive Leonaur
collection of Charlotte Riddell's strange stories comprises three
substantial volumes to captivate both enthusiasts and collectors.
In volume one readers will discover two novels, the well known 'The
Haunted River' and 'The Haunted House at Latchford.' Also included
are three novelettes, 'Nut Bush Farm, ' 'A Terrible Vengeance' and
'Old Mrs. Jones' plus two short stories, 'Hertford O'Donnell's
Warning' and 'Forewarned, Forearmed.'
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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Too Much Alone (Paperback)
J. H. Riddell, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's His, Leona Bowman Carpenter Collection of
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R696
Discovery Miles 6 960
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Above Suspicion (Paperback)
J. H. Riddell, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's His, Leona Bowman Carpenter Collection of
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R694
Discovery Miles 6 940
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