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The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless ''rokuro-kubi'', the monstrous goblins ''jikininki'' or the faceless ''mujina'' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.

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The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. Edited with an introduction by Paul Murray

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"Think not that dreams appear to the dreamer only at night, the dream of this world of pain appears to us even by day."In this book, famed author Lafcadio Hearn presents 14 fascinating stories—including deathless ghosts and yokai, local folklore and haunted places, as well as Buddhist traditions. This edition includes a new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster which explains the book''s importance as a Japanese cultural and literary classic.The Japanese have two kinds of ghosts in their folklore—the spirits of the dead and the spirits of the living. In Ghostly Japan examines both and, in the process, offers a fascinating window into Japan''s supernatural and spiritual world.The 14 stories include:"Fragment"—A young pilgrim encounters a mountain of skulls and is shown a terrible truth"Ingwa-banashi"—On her deathbed, a dying wife bequeaths to her young rival a sinister and horrific gift"A Passional Karma"—A spectral beauty transcends death to return for her handsome samurai lover"Story of a Tengu"—A priest saves the life of a Yokai monk and is granted a wish, but the outcome is not as expectedWhile some stories contain spine-tingling imagery, others offer looks into Japan''s rich culture and folklore. "Bits of Poetry" offers an engaging study on the nation''s fascination ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Eerie traditional Japanese ghost stories retold in a graphic novel format.Over one hundred years ago, the writer Lafcadio Hearn gathered and translated into English a selection of traditional Japanese ghost/mystery stories. They were published as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In this new graphic novel, acclaimed manga creator Sean Michael Wilson retells six of these stories. All of them are very well known in Japan, where ghosts and demons are often called yokai, meaning "the mysterious and weird." Today these stories find expression mostly in movies and manga, but they remain rooted in the traditional ghost stories of the Edo era known as kaidan, which means "recited narrative of strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparitions." Â Â Â Â The book includes an afterword by William Scott Wilson, the esteemed translator and editor of Japanese texts and samurai philosophy, who puts the stories into historical context.A 2016Â YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Recommendation

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With a new introduction, this collection of Japanese ghost stories brings together fantastic tales of vengeful spirits, mountain-dwelling phantoms, man-eating oni, haunted trees, and child-rearing ghosts, with stories such as Yuki-Onna, Hoichi the Earless, The Ghost of O-Kiku from The Bancho Sarayashiki, the sorry tale of O-Iwa from the Yotsuya Kaidan, The Peony Lantern and The Ghost Who Bought Candy. Japan has a long and ancient custom of sharing stories of the supernatural, brought to fashionable prominence in the Kaidan literature of the Edo period, now presented here for the modern reader.FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

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An extraordinary collection of Japanese ghost stories, many in English for the first time!This spine-chilling anthology of 77 spooky stories from the Japanese collection Tales from Shinshu is compiled and edited by award-winning author Noboru Wada. It features traditional tales of yokai, ghosts, mountain witches, demons and apparitions frequently sighted in and around the mountainous Shinshu region in central Japan.The terrifying tales in this collection include:The Legend of the Snow Woman: A beautiful woman appears at Minokichi''s door one night in a snowstorm. They marry and live happily, until one day her terrible secret is revealed. Kappa Taro: A legendary yokai terrifies villagers by luring them into a pond, where they drown. Can Suwa Yorito, famed for his strength, successfully challenge this terrifying demon?The Yamamba Witch''s Daughter: Who would ever dream of marrying a mountain witch? Can the Yamamba''s daughter find the love and happiness she seeks?These stories have been passed down for generations from grandparents to their grandchildren, sitting around the hearth on cold and snowy winter nights. They are well-known throughout Japan and are believed by the inhabitants of Shinshu to have actually occurred in the distant past.

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'The body was cold as ice; the heart had long ceased to beat: yet there were no other signs of death.' The phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore are in this book driven back into the world of the living. Mysterious brides melt into mist, paintings come alive, and man-eating goblins barter for redemption. Traditional Japanese folktales and legends, infused with memories of Lafcadio Hearn’s own haunted childhood, are here masterfully retold.

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"Even as she screamed, her voice became thin, like a crying of wind; then she melted into a bright white mist that spired to the roof beams. Never again was she seen."Lafcadio Hearn''s Kwaidan (which means "ghost story" in Japanese) is the first and most famous collection of Japanese yokai stories ever published. This unforgettable collection of 17 eerie tales and 3 original cultural studies by Hearn are based on traditional oral tales passed down for generations. They are fresh reminders of the dark and mysterious corners of the Japanese psyche, from popular representations in anime, manga and video games to Masaki Kobayashi''s Oscar-nominated horror film Kwaidan.This new edition includes over 20 full-color woodblock prints that showcase the rich visual tradition of Japanese Yokai. A new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster, the leading Western expert on Yokai literature, places the stories in context and explains the lasting importance of Hearn''s pioneering look at Japan''s bewitching spirit world.The stories in this volume include:"Yuki-onna" — A ghostly woman saves a man during a fierce snowstorm then gives him a deadly warning… "The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi" — A musician is unwittingly called upon by a Samurai to perform for the dead, with bloody ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Nechte se strhnout děsivými příběhy Mangy Jókai! Tyto klasické japonské pověsti jsou založeny na příbězích, které napsal slavný autor Lafcadio Hearn mezi lety 1890 až 1904. Oceňovaný komiksový spisovatel Sean Michael, mimo jiné Hearnův velký obdivovatel, se rozhodl některé z nich převyprávět a výsledkem je Jókai Manga! V ní najdete hned sedm nejznámějších klasických pověstí, mezi nimi například: Tajemství ze záhrobí: Mladá žena vyděsí svoji rodinu, když se vrátí jako duch. Nedokáže najít klid, dokud nebude pryč ono šokující tajemství, které po sobě zanechala. Nuke-kubi: Samuraj bez pána se rozhodne přečkat noc v domě jednoho laskavého muže, aniž by tušil, že mu brzy půjde o život. Bude mít totiž co dočinění s bezhlavými skřety! Dívka z obrazu: Mladý muž si pořídí obraz krásné dívky a jeho prvotní zalíbení dosáhne nezdravé posedlosti. Ale copak může dál vést obyčejný život? Mrtvý jezdec: Mrtvá žena se rozhodne pomstít muži, který se s ní rozvedl. A on velice rychle zjistí, že cena, kterou musí zaplatit, aby se dostal z jejích spárů, je přinejmenším bláznivá! Atmosféru jednotlivých příběhů dokreslují úžasné ilustrace od japonské umělkyně Inko Ai Takita z Velké Británie. Autentický zážitek umocňuje i tradiční japonský způsob čtení – odzadu dopředu.

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. In this haunting collection, the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore stalk the page. Lafcadio Hearn, a master storyteller, drew on traditional Japanese folklore, infused with memories of his own haunted childhood in Ireland, to create these chilling tales. They are today regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. 'The stories occupy the reverie world our mind projects onto the backs of our eyelids, where the ordinary mingles with the supernatural' - Wall Street Journal

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Eerie tales of Japanese goblins, ghosts and magic beautifully illustrated in a deluxe collector's edition!

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Modern Japanese Short Stories is a remarkable collection of Japanese stories from the pioneers of contemporary Japanese literature. This volume''s twenty-five stories by as many authors display a wide range of style and subject matter—offering a revealing picture of modern Japanese culture and society. The stories in this anthology include:"Tattoo" by Junichiro Tanizaki—a large spider tattooed on the back of a young woman results in unexpected changes"Autumn Mountain" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa—vivid memories of a beautiful painting leads a man to wonder if the it ever actually existed"The Priest and His Love" by Yukio Mishima—a Buddhist priest finds his path to enlightenment challenged after falling in love"The Moon on the Water" by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata—a young woman who cared for her ailing first husband through most of their marriage regrets remarrying after his death Featuring a new foreword by Japanese literary scholar Seiji Lippit and striking woodcut illustrations by Masakazu Kuwata, the stories are translated by the editor, Ivan Morris, and Edward Seidensticker, George Saito, and Geoffery Sargent. This collection of short stories shows why Japanese literature is so highly valued today—it teaches not only about Japan, but about the human condition and the possibilities of art.

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The art of telling a ghost story is a refined one, and Montague Rhodes James was a master of the genre. He draws the reader into a narrative that at first seems innocuous, but which becomes darker and darker by gentle turns until he transfixes you with his prose, creating the most unforgettable, alarming and frightening images. Complete Ghost Stories by M. R. James contains all his timeless masterpieces from the four collections of his eerie tales: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911), A Thin Ghost and Others (1919), and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925).This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by author and playwright David Stuart Davies.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

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A spine-chilling anthology of ghost stories for young horror fans!BEWARE… The stories in this book will SCARE YOUR SOCKS OFF! Will a changing room ghost give a football team the ultimate fright? Is an evil spirit haunting the lake at summer camp? Will a boy’s eye transplant be a ghostly gift or a ghastly curse? Discover the answers to all these questions and more (or die trying) in this terrifying collection of eight ghost stories. Featuring four scream-worthy horror writers, including bestselling author Michael Dahl, this anthology is a must-have for fans of genre classics, like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series, and any seeker of nightmare-fuel. The perfect gift for Halloween or to read at campouts, sleepovers or anytime you don’t want to sleep!Other Stories to Scare Your Socks Off!Monster Stories to Scare Your Socks Off!Sorcery Stories to Scare Your Socks Off!Zombie Stories to Scare Your Socks Off!

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A captivating selection of short stories in the original Japanese alongside their English translationsThis new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories celebrates some of the very best Japanese literature from the past hundred years. Each story appears in the original Japanese alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a witty send-up of modern social graces to a powerful evocation of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, this remarkable collection includes works from beloved authors Abe Akira, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Betsuyaku Minoru, Hoshi Shin''ichi, Kawakami Mieko, Kono Taeko, Murakami Haruki, Oba Minako, Ota Yoko and Uchida Hyakken.

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Tales about ghosts are as old as human culture itself but the ghost story as a distinguished literary form reached its apogee in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As traditional religions declined in the West during those years, people looked for new ways of describing the spiritual realities explained by religion. The ghost story is a literary expression of this need, its rise corresponding to the growing popularity of Spiritualism. Ghost stories balance the increasingly powerful scientific materialism of the age with intimations that there are other orders of experience which we cannot define and only glimpse. The Everyman selection of ghost stories includes examples from this period by major writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Henry James and Edith Wharton. M. R. James is featured as a specialist in the genre. Later writers include Elizabeth Bowen, Penelope Lively and Ray Bradbury.One feature of this collection is to show that there is more to the ghost story than the thrill of horror, important though that is. These stories include comedy and tragedy, pathos, drama and even poetry. Each is a masterpiece in its own right, irrespective of whether or not we believe in the realm ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Chinese Ghost stories bring the past into the present, with everyday tales, fables and the antics of mischievous gods.A delightful collection of Chinese ghost stories such as The Painted Skin, The Laughing Ghost, The God of the City, The Magic Sword, The Dangerous Reward and more.Ghost Story Anthologies. Ghost stories appear in most traditions around the world, with tales of the supernatural and the presence of ancestors felt around the campfires of storytellers. With new introductions, these specially curated collections bring together the twisting narratives of Charles Maturin, H.P. Lovecraft, Edith Wharton, Algernon Blackwood and many more classic and ancient sources.

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Read if you dare! Grab the s’mores and settle around the fire for the spooky, spine-chilling tales in?Campfire Ghost Stories. A perfect Halloween read, this haunting collection is a treat for young readers to share.All who enter here, beware! These legends, myths, and terrifying tales are perfect for sitting around the campfire, and are sure to send your heart racing. This goosebump-raising collection includes werewolves, vampires, Bigfoot, deadly fairies, banshees, vanishing hitchhikers, mysterious graveyards, Slender Man, and more.Campfire Ghost Stories:Is perfect for reading aloudWill haunt and delight readers of all agesCreates amazing memories around the campfireEncourages imagination and the sharing of stories Share these chilling stories:As a Halloween trick or treat, gift, or presentWith young horror, supernatural, or gothic readsAt sleepovers, camping, or other gatherings for a family friendly spooky timeWith ghoulish illustrations bringing these supernatural stories to life, you might think twice before turning off the flashlight. Prepare for a sleepless night with?Campfire Ghost Stories.?Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

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Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector''s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector''s Library are books to love and treasure. Throughout his illustrious writing career, Charles Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction. Even in his first successful work, The Pickwick Papers, you will find five ghost stories, all of which are included in this collection. Dickens began the tradition of the ‘ghost story at Christmas’, and many of his tales in this genre are presented here including the brilliant novella, ‘The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain’, which deserves to be as well-known as A Christmas Carol. While all his supernatural tales aim to chill the spine, they are not without the usual traits of Dickens’ flamboyant style, his subtle wit, biting irony, humorous incidents and moral observations. It is a mixture which makes these stories fascinating and entertaining as well as unsettling. To paraphrase the Fat Boy in The Pickwick Papers: Charles Dickens ‘wants to make your flesh creep’.This collection brings together all ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki MurakamiThis is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works. It includes the most well-known Japanese writers - Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces, from Yuko Tsushima''s ''Flames'' to Banana Yoshimoto''s ''Bee Honey''. Ranging over myth, horror, love, nature, modern life, a diabolical painting, a cow with a human face and a woman who turns into sugar, The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy. Edited by Jay Rubin with an introduction by Haruki Murakami

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Scare yourself silly this Halloween with fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl''Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts . . .'' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions?Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu''s The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton''s Afterward, Cynthia Asquith''s The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold''s The Telephone.Filled with fright and spine-tingling tension, these delightfully disturbing tales are the perfect companion for all this Halloween.

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Ghost stories reached the height of popularity in the late nineteenth century and this collection offers a fine selection of ghostly tales from that time. Many of the contributors are amongst the most famous writers in the English language led by the master of the genre, M. R. James. What all the stories have in common is that they give the reader a delicious sense of terror but in different ways. Rudyard Kipling in ‘The Phantom Rickshaw’ and Charles Dickens in ‘The Signalman’ expertly twist their protagonists’ emotions, creating fear and dread.Mary Elizabeth Braddon and E. Nesbit aim for downright terror in their tales ‘The Shadow in the Corner’ and ‘Man-Size in Marble’ and there’s even room for some spooky humour with Saki’s tale, ‘Laura’. With tales of revenge, supernatural malevolence and ghostly goings on, this anthology is full of expertly crafted and terrifying ghost stories.This series of gorgeous pocket-sized paperbacks from Macmilan Collector's Library celebrates the very best Gothic and horror literature, teeming with monsters, misfits and ghosts.

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Descriptosaurus: Ghost Stories builds on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in the original bestselling Descriptosaurus and, within the context of ghost stories, develops the structure and use of the words and phrases to promote colourful cinematic writing. This essential guide will enable children to take their writing to the next level, combine their descriptions of setting and character and show how the two interact. Children can then experiment with their own ghost stories, armed with the skills, techniques and vocabulary necessary to describe their ghostly scenes in a way that allows the reader to feel the characters’ fear and visualise the source of their terror within the setting.This new system also provides a contextualised alternative to grammar textbooks and will assist children in acquiring, understanding and applying the grammar they will need to improve their writing, both creative and technical.

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Selected & Introduced by David Stuart Davies. Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear and obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spirits beyond the grave and other supernatural phenomena. While claiming not to believe in ghosts, paradoxically she did confess that she was frightened of them.Wharton imbues this potent irrational and imaginative fear into her ghostly fiction to great effect. In this unique collection of finely wrought tales Wharton demonstrates her mastery of the ghost story genre. Amongst the many supernatural treats within these pages you will encounter a married farmer bewitched by a dead girl; a ghostly bell which saves a woman's reputation; the weird spectral eyes which terrorise the midnight hours of an elderly aesthete; the haunted man who receives letters from his dead wife; and the frightening power of a doppelganger which foreshadows a terrible tragedy.Compelling, rich and strange, the ghost stories of Edith Wharton, like vintage wine, have matured and grown more potent with the passing years.

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A chilling collection of Henry James''s finest ghost stories, now in a wonderful Clothbound Classics editionIn ''The Turn of the Screw'', one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. But are the children really in danger - and if so, from whom? The novella is accompanied here by several more of the very best of Henry James'' short stories, including ''The Jolly Corner'' and ''The Third Person'', all of which explore human psychology through ghostly visitations and the uncanny.

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Tales from the classic era of ghost stories, one of the most popular and enduring fiction categories.A selection of mysterious and intriguing tales from the shadows, featuring M.R. James, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Edith Wharton and Algernon Blackwood, with F. Marion Crawford''s The Doll''s Ghost and Guy de Maupassant''s The Apparition.Ghost Story Anthologies. Ghost stories appear in most traditions around the world, with tales of the supernatural and the presence of ancestors felt around the campfires of storytellers. With new introductions, these specially curated collections bring together the twisting narratives of Charles Maturin, H.P. Lovecraft, Edith Wharton, Algernon Blackwood and many more classic and ancient sources.

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As they relax after dinner on Christmas Eve, the members of a family and their guests turn to telling ghost stories. These ghoulish accounts range from the melancholy to the macabre, and get increasingly bizarre as the ghosts leap out of the tales and make an appearance in the family’s home. Fact and fiction, the real and unreal collide, until the reader is not sure who is haunting whom.A masterful work of comic horror, Jerome K. Jerome’s After-Supper Ghost Stories is a witty look at why Christmas Eve is so perfect for ghost stories and why ghosts love the Yuletide season.

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An anthology of the greatest stories by modern Japanese masters (including previously overlooked women writers)!Fourteen distinct voices are assembled in this one-of-a-kind anthology tracing a nation''s changing social landscapes. Internationally renowned writers like Yasunari Kawabata, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Junichi Watanabe are joined by three notable women writers whose works have not yet received sufficient attention—Kanoko Okamoto, Fumiko Hayashi and Yumiko Kurahashi.Highlights of this anthology include:Kafu Nagai''s bittersweet portrait of a privileged family''s expiring existence in "The Fox"Ango Sakaguchi''s heartening celebration of postwar chaos in "One Woman and the War"Fumiko Hayashi''s unabashed exploration of female sexuality in "Borneo Diamond"Junichi Watanabe''s chilling assessment of alienation and social dislocation in "Invitation to Suicide"Gishu Nakayama''s look at an out-of-place prostitute recovering at a hot-spring resort in "Autumn Wind"Through brilliant, highly-praised translations by Lane Dunlop, The Best Japanese Short Stories offers fascinating glimpses of a society embracing change while holding tenaciously onto the past. A new foreword by Alan Tansman provides insightful back stories about the authors and the literary backdrop against which they created these great works of modern world literature.

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As the winter nights draw in and you settle in front of a cosy fire, it's the perfect time for a dash of the supernatural...embrace the gloom with spine-chillers from Charles Dickens, H.G. Wells, Edith Wharton and many moreDo you believe in ghosts?Ghosts, spirits, spectres or spooks, we have always felt the presence of someone - or something - hovering in the darkest corners of our imaginations.The great writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, from Elizabeth Gaskell to Rudyard Kipling, also produced some of the most influential ghost stories ever written, defining the genre for generations of writers to follow.Gathered in this thrilling collection are some of the most iconic Victorian ghost stories, from Charles Dickens's 'The Signalman' to M.R. James's 'A Warning to the Curious', alongside more unexpected contributions from masters of the form such as J.S. Le Fanu and H.G. Wells.You may think you don't believe in ghosts, but these stories will haunt you nonetheless.

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This luxurious hardback anthology brings together 15 classic ghost stories by some of the genre's most acclaimed writers, presented in a beautiful gift edition with gilded page edges.This ghoulish collection is a perfect companion for lovers of the paranormal, featuring classic tales from Golden Age of the ghost story. Inside you will find haunted mansions, dark crypts, vengeful curses, silent specters and other supernatural delights of the genre, artfully conjured by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and M. R. James.Stories include: 'The Oval Portrait' by Edgar Allan Poe 'The Wailing Well' by M. R. James 'The Withered Arm' by Thomas Hardy 'Afterward' by Edith Wharton 'A Ghost' by Guy de Maupassant 'An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street' by Sheridan Le Fanu This beautiful collection is presented with silver gilded page edges, ivory paper and wonderfully gothic endpaper illustrations, making it a wonderful gift for any horror lover.

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Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector''s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector''s Library are books to love and treasure. Blend the wild and fevered Irish imagination with their wonderful facility for recounting a dark, compelling tale, add a dash of the supernatural, and you have a potent brew of spine-tingling tales. This anthology of the best ghost stories from Ireland and Irish writers includes contributions from such masters of the art of raising as Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and Rosa Mulholland. Within the pages of this collection you will find strange accounts of haunted houses, death warnings from beyond the grave, and revengeful spirits, all guaranteed to stir the imagination and chill the blood.Selected and introduced by David Stuart Davies.Stories in this edition:Sheridan Le FanuThe Room in Le Dragon VolantMadam CrowlÂ’s GhostSquire TobyÂ’s WillThe Child that went with the FairiesAn Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier StreetGhost Stories of ChapelizodThe Vision of Tom ChuffW. B. YeatsThe CurseHanrahamÂ’s VisionBram StokerThe JudgeÂ’s HouseThe Secret ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A new, lyrical collection of famous stories and the less well-known.A collection of characteristically playful yet philosophical Irish ghost stories from authors such as Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost), Sheridan Le Fanu (The Child That Went With The Fairies, Stories Of Lough Guir), Charles Maturin (extracts from Melmoth the Wanderer), Lord Dunsany (''The Sword of Welleran'') and Fitz-James O''Brien (''The Diamond Lens'', ''What Was It?'').FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

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"The ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible. . . . He changes with the styles in fiction but he never goes out of fashion. He is the really permanent citizen of the earth, for mortals, at best, are but transients."—Dorothy Scarborough This new selection of ghost stories, by Michael Newton, brings together the best of the genre. From Elizabeth Gaskell''s "The Old Nurse''s Story" through to Edith Wharton''s "Afterword," this collection covers all of the most terrifying tales of the genre. With a thoughtful introduction, and helpful notes, Newton places the stories contextually within the genre and elucidates the changing nature of the ghost story and how we interpret it.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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One of the most famous ghost stories, Blackwood''s ''The Empty House'' is a classic haunted house tale of terror. Now with a new introduction and biography.Algernon Blackwood, one of the founding fathers of modern ghost and horror stories, inspired generations of writers from H.P. Lovecraft to Shirley Jackson and our very own Ramsey Campbell. Blackwood''s ''The Empty House'' is one of the most famous haunted house stories in the English language, with its carefully crafted gathering of tension and dread inference of terrors lurking at the end of every corridor, around every corner, through every half-opened door. This edition includes ''A Haunted Island'', ''The Wood of the Dead'', ''Skeleton Lake'' and several other ghoulish tales.FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and fantasy to science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic. Each book features a brand new biography and a new glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms.

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"Kabuki is action-packed, scenically thrilling and histrionically flamboyant" —The GuardianThis beautiful book celebrates the Japanese kabuki tradition—presenting fifteen classic tales of tragic love and fatal passion that are frequently performed on the kabuki stage in Japan. These dramatic tales are stunningly illustrated with full-color woodblock prints by master artists including Hiroshige, Hokusai, Utamaro, Kuniyoshi and Kunisada, along with photographs of modern kabuki performances.The tales in this book include:"Love Suicides at Amijima:" Jihei, a married merchant and Koharu, a prostitute, fall deeply in love. Jihei cannot afford to buy her out, so the only solution is for them to commit double suicide"The Love of Genji, the Shining Prince:" A stage version of Japan''s classic Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki Shikibu, which follows the romantic exploits of Genji, the son of Emperor Kiritsubo"The Magic Helmet:" Princess Yaegaki mourns for her dead husband Katsuyori but one day she notices a new samurai in the household who looks just like him. It is indeed Katsuyori, who has adopted a disguise to prevent himself being killed. Now Yaegaki must struggle to save him!Plus 12 other stories!The translations are by Ornella Civardi, a noted scholar of Japanese literature, who also provides an fascinating introduction to ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens’ lifetime.  He had always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to the test, the existence of spirits.His natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales, and in the twenty stories presented here, which include his celebrated A Christmas Carol, the full range of his gothic talents can be seen.Chilling as some of these stories are, Dickens has managed to inject characteristically grotesque comedy as he writes  of revenge, insanity, pre-cognition and dream visions, he indulges also in some debunking of contemporary credulity.

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''I was conscious of a most horrible smell of mould, and of a cold kind of face pressed against my own...''Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. His classic supernatural tales draw on the terrors of the everyday, in which documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot. Lonely country houses, remote inns, ancient churches or the manuscript collections of great libraries provide settings for unbearable menace, from creatures seeking retribution and harm. These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb.This edition presents all of James''s published ghost stories, including the unforgettable ''Oh, Whistle and I''ll Come to You, My Lad'' and ''Casting the Runes'', and an appendix of James''s writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones''s introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James''s background and his mastery of the genre he made his own.

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The Ghost Stories of M.R. James collects the tales that best illustrate the author''s quiet mastery of the ghost story form. Running through each of these stories is a slowly escalating sense of unease and dread, which ultimately shifts into the wildly uncanny. JamesÂ’ characters exist in a world of ancient objects whose atrocious histories begin to repeat when they are disturbed, and the blinkered repression common to JamesÂ’ narratives only amplifies the shock of the spectral appearance.

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''I was conscious of a most horrible smell of mould, and of a cold kind of face pressed against my own...''Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. His classic supernatural tales draw on the terrors of the everyday, in which documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot. Lonely country houses, remote inns, ancient churches or the manuscript collections of great libraries provide settings for unbearable menace, from creatures seeking retribution and harm. These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb.This edition presents all of James''s published ghost stories, including the unforgettable ''Oh, Whistle and I''ll Come to You, My Lad'' and ''Casting the Runes'', and an appendix of James''s writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones''s introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James''s background and his mastery of the genre he made his own. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Malignant forces and supernatural visitors haunt these superbly spooky tales, selected and introduced by Ruth Rendell M. R. James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernize a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognizable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. Sheets, pictures, carvings, a doll''s house, a lonely beach, a branch tapping on a window—ordinary things take on more than a tinge of dread in the hands of the original master of suspense. James''s prescription for his ghost stories was to "let the ominous thing put out its head, unobtrusively at first, and then more insistently, until it holds the stage."

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25 chilling short stories by outstanding female writers.Women have always written exceptional stories of horror and the supernatural. This anthology aims to showcase the very best of these, from Amelia B. Edwards''s ''The Phantom Coach'', published in 1864, through past luminaries such as Edith Wharton and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, to modern talents including Muriel Gray, Sarah Pinborough and Lilith Saintcrow.From tales of ghostly children to visitations by departed loved ones, and from heart-rending stories to the profoundly unsettling depiction of extreme malevolence, what each of these stories has in common is the effect of a slight chilling of the skin, a feeling of something not quite present, but nevertheless there. If anything, this showcase anthology proves that sometimes the female of the species can also be the most terrifying . . .

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A beautiful hardback edition of the famously terrifying ghost story, The Woman in Black, together with four other spine-chilling tales in one beautiful volume. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.This illustrated edition includes four of Susan Hill's scariest ghost stories: Dolly, The Man in the Picture, Printer's Devil Court and The Small Hand. 'Heartstoppingly chilling' Daily Express'No one chills the heart like Susan Hill' Daily TelegraphVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautifulIllustrated by Nick Tankard

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Assembled from the works of the finest masters of the genre, these compelling narratives promise to raise gooseflesh and accelerate pulses with their supernatural scenarios.Featured stories include J. S. LeFanu''s "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street," with a mysterious old mansion as the focal point; Mary E. Wilkins'' "The Lost Ghost," in which a strange child''s disturbing presence instills fear and foreboding in all those she encounters; Robert Louis Stevenson''s "The Body-Snatchers"; "Mrs. Zant and the Ghost," by Wilkie Collins; and other gripping works by Charles Dickens, Henry James, Ralph Cram, Mrs. Henry Wood, Amelia B. Edwards, Fitz-James O''Brien, and M. R. James.Rich in detail and ghoulish incidents, this modestly priced collection will thrill readers who appreciate tales of terror as well as devotees of well-crafted literature.

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Over 25 short story masterpieces from writers such as Louis de Bernières and Ian Rankin - modern literary tales to chill the blood.This spine-chilling new anthology of 20th and 21st century tales by big name writers is in the best traditions of literary ghost stories. It is just a little over a hundred years ago that the most famous literary ghost story, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, was published and in the intervening years a great many other distinguished writers have tried their hand at this popular genre - some basing their fictional tales on real supernatural experiences of their own.

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Celebrate the chill of classic Irish ghost tales in this beautiful Collector''s Edition, drawing threads from folklore, legend and ancient origins.Ghosts and spirits abound in this glorious gift edition of Irish tales, building on the history, mythology and the folklore of the Emerald Isle. Stories include The Child That Went with the Fairies, The Canterville Ghost, The Last of Squire Ennismore, and more. A range of celebrated Irish authors from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries offer mystical, atmospheric tales of lost souls and haunted landscapes.

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Macmillan Readers v úrovni Elementary můžete číst asi po jednom až dvou letech studia angličtiny. K porozumění vám postačí slovní zásoba 1 100 slov. Knihy mají 64 až 80 stran. Kniha je balena s audio CD a obsahuje 8 stran cvičení. věk 15+ pět strašidelných povídek... Popis: Description: Short Stories, Mystery/Horror/Ghost Crime/Detection Five short stories to scare and enthral. Includes The Whistle, The Message of Death, and The Maze. úroveň A2 podle Společného evropského referenčního rámce Macmillan Readers v této pokročilosti můžete číst asi po jednom až dvou letech studia angličtiny. Většina titulů je balena společně s audio CD a mnohé jsou rozšířeny o 8 stran cvičení. K porozumění vám postačí slovní zásoba 1 100 slov. Knihy mají 64 až 80 stran a jsou na hřbetu značeny zelenou barvou . Zdarma si ke všem knihám můžete stáhnout pracovní list se cvičeními a klíčem. Najdete ho na našich anglických stránkách www.macmillanenglish.com/readers. Na nich nejdříve vyberte pokročilost a pak klikněte na požadovaný titul, hledané odkazy naleznete vlevo od názvu titulu.

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'Still as the night was, the mysterious population of the distant moonlit woods was not yet lulled to rest' The aim of a good ghost story is to make the blood freeze, pleasurably, and this M. R. James achieves to perfection in these wonderful stories.His most atmospheric settings include English country houses and gardens, the north end of the churchyard, the yew-maze in 'Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance' and the unforgettable train journey in 'Casting the Runes'. To each of these stories he brings an eye for the telling detail, an imaginative twist and a narrative tone that is, at least to begin with, urbane and reassuring ... The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

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From the misty air of the highlands, to the reekie streets of Edinburgh''s underground city, comes an entertaining selection of classic and mysterious Scottish ghost stories, including ‘The Screaming Skull of Greyfriars’, ‘Mary Burnet’, ‘Wandering Willie’s Tale’ and ‘Glamis Castle’, from the pen of John Buchan, Elliott O’Donnell, Margaret Oliphant, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott and more. From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction FLAME TREE 451 offers tales, myths and epic literature from the beginnings of humankind, through the medieval era to the stories of imagination and dark romance of today.

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A selection of folklore, myths and ghost stories from Wales. Readers will find it both informative and entertaining. There are stories that shock. Others touch the heart. The characters will either haunt you or tickle you, but most of all they will make you want to visit the many places of interest mentioned in this book.

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M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror.As well as the preface, there is a fascinating tail-piece by M.R. James, 'Stories I Have Tried To Write', which accompanies these thirty tales. Among them are 'Casting the Runes', 'Oh, Whistle and I'll come to you, My Lad', 'The Tractate Middoth', 'The Ash Tree' and 'Canon Alberic's Scrapbook'.'There are some authors one wishes one had never read in order to have the joy of reading them for the first time. For me, M.R. James is one of these'.Ruth Rendell

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