Best Ghost Stories of J. S. LeFanu

Best Ghost Stories of J. S. LeFanuJoseph Sheridan LeFanu (18141873) is regarded by many critics as the greatest master of the English ghost story. A product of the decaying Anglo Irish culture of the early and middle nineteenth century, he sums up in his work better than any of his contemporaries the fears and dreads that may haunt the sensitive individual. The reasons for his preeminence are many. He was a remarkable craftsman, whose work has been admired by critics as varied as V.

books on houghton mifflins

generally available only in libraries or in the rare-book market

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Like the same author's version of The Story of King Arthur and His Knights and his collection of original stories known as The Wonder Clock

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Miss Marple

From the creator of Little Nemo comes this pioneering cartoon strip

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–69) is still remembered as one of the most interesting early American composers

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