Horror Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 57. v1. 19 Jul 2026

[GrannyGrump]

A century of ghost stories. Thirteen peeks into the dark, provided by Honoré Balzac, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, D. H. Lawrence, Le Fanu , Blackwood, and others.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

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A list of the titles:

Spoiler:

The Brown Man– 1827

Gerald Griffin
(1803–1840)

The Elixir of Life– 1830

Honoré de Balzac
(1799–1850)

Schalken the Painter– 1839

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)

Her Story– 1872

Harriett Prescott Spofford
(1835–1921)

The Pride of the Corbyns– 1875

Isabella Banks
(1821–1897)

The Last of Squire Ennismore– 1886

Charlotte Riddell
(1832–1906)

The Drowned Man– 1888

Guy de Maupassant
(1850–1893)

The Lagoon– 1897

Joseph Conrad
(1857–1924)

The Real Right Thing– 1899

Henry James
(1843–1916)

The Wendigo– 1910

Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)

The Last Laugh– 1925

D. H. Lawrence
(1885–1930)

The Wind in the Portico– 1928

John Buchan
(1875–1940)

The Prescription– 1929

Marjorie Bowen
(1885–1952)

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