Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories

Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-03-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0241955718

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. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.

The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories

The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
Author: Michael Cox
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2003
Genre: English fiction
ISBN: 0192804472

Collection of thirty-five English ghost stories written during the Victorian Era.

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
Author: Michael Cox
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 019955630X

The thrill and chill of the ghost story is displayed in all its variety and vitality through this marvellous anthology. Ranging from the early 19th century to the 1960s, the collection reveals the development of the genre, and showcases many of its greatest expositors - from Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, T. H. White, Walter de la Mare, and Elizabeth Bowen in the UK to Edith Wharton in America. Though its heyday coincided with the golden age of Empire in the nineteenth century, the ghost story enjoyed a second flowering between the two World Wars and its popularity is as great as ever.

The Upper Berth

The Upper Berth
Author: F. Marion Crawford
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2018-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3734031753

Reproduction of the original: The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford

Someone Like You

Someone Like You
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0141189649

These eighteen tales of the macabre show Dahl?s dark brilliance as a short-story writer. They are wicked (as an old man attracts the attentions of those more interested in his skin than his wellbeing), shocking (as distasteful bets are made ? a daughter?s hand on the identity of a glass of claret, a finger risked for a Cadillac) and blackly humorous (as a cuckolded husband receives a chance to take his revenge out on his wife?s neck). Someone Like You is as devilishly ingenious and suspenseful as writing gets.

Georgy Porgy (A Roald Dahl Short Story)

Georgy Porgy (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1405910968

Georgy Porgy is a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail. In Georgy Porgy, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a young curate has very, very good reasons to be afraid of his parishioners . . . Georgy Porgy is taken from the short story collection Kiss Kiss, which includes ten other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who pawns the mink coat from her lover with unexpected results; the priceless piece of furniture that is the subject of a deceitful bargain; a wronged woman taking revenge on her dead husband, and others. 'Unnerving bedtime stories, subtle, proficient, hair-raising and done to a turn.' (San Francisco Chronicle ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Derek Jacobi. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2000-05-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101652950

Seven superb short stories from the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is coming soon to Netflix! Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A clever mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins. "All the tales are entrancing inventions." —Publishers Weekly

Roald Dahl 16 Book Slipcase Collection

Roald Dahl 16 Book Slipcase Collection
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-08-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780140926996

Contents: Danny the Champion of the World, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me, The Magic Finger, The Twits, Matilda, The Witches, Boy, Going Solo, Esio Trot, The Enormous Crocodile, James & the Giant Peach and Georges Marvellous Medicine. RRP 94.84

Grandpa's Ghost Stories

Grandpa's Ghost Stories
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781627310529

The highly anticipated reprint of a classic children's book by renowned illustrator and graphic designer James Flora.