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The anxiety and dread of wartime Britain is recaptured in this anthology of horror stories and supernatural fiction dating from 1914 - 18. Rather than taking war as their theme, the tales offer readers escapist fare populated by ghosts, ghouls, and other malevolent spirits. Written amid the golden age of horror fiction -- the decades between the turn of the twentieth century and 1940, when tales of terror and the weird flourished -- these stories constitute forgotten gems by neglected masters. Seventeen tales include Max Beerbohm's "Enoch Soames," in which an obscure poet makes a deal with the devil and travels forward in time to discover history's verdict of his work; "Laura," by Saki, a witty and moving perspective on death and loss that recounts a dead woman's reincarnation as an animal that plagues her friends; "The Three Sisters," by W. W. Jacobs, author of "The Monkey's Paw," involving a plot to expedite an inheritance by simulating a ghostly visitation; "The Pavilion," by E. Nesbit, in which a pair of romantic rivals challenge each other to spend the night at a haunted pavilion; and "The King Waits," Clemence Dane's account of the final five minutes before Anne Boleyn's execution. Additional stories include the works of Algernon Blackwood, M. R. James, Lord Dunsany, and others.… (plus d'informations)
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FYI REVIEW: This anthology contains the following short stories which have very little to do with WWI except to define the period in which they were written. Each story includes excellent biographies of these largely forgotten writers and provide springboards for seeking out more of their works. -Introduction: Neglected Masters by Jess Nevins -The Wings of Horus by Algernon Blackwood -Laura by Saki -The Place of Pain by M. P. Shiel -The Three Sisters by W. W. Jacobs -An Episode of Cathedral History by M. R. James -The Pavilion by E. Nesbit -Not on the Passenger List by Barry Pain -The Liqueur Glass by Phyllis Bottome -The Pin-Prick by May Sinclair -Thirteen at Table by Lord Dunsany -The Bird by Thomas Burke -Enoch Soames by Max Beerbohm -The Ghoul by Sir Hugh Clifford -Powers of the Air by J. D. Beresford -Old Fags by Stacy Aumonier -The Separate Room by Ethel Colburn Mayne -The King Waits by Clemence Dane ( )
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The anxiety and dread of wartime Britain is recaptured in this anthology of horror stories and supernatural fiction dating from 1914 - 18. Rather than taking war as their theme, the tales offer readers escapist fare populated by ghosts, ghouls, and other malevolent spirits. Written amid the golden age of horror fiction -- the decades between the turn of the twentieth century and 1940, when tales of terror and the weird flourished -- these stories constitute forgotten gems by neglected masters. Seventeen tales include Max Beerbohm's "Enoch Soames," in which an obscure poet makes a deal with the devil and travels forward in time to discover history's verdict of his work; "Laura," by Saki, a witty and moving perspective on death and loss that recounts a dead woman's reincarnation as an animal that plagues her friends; "The Three Sisters," by W. W. Jacobs, author of "The Monkey's Paw," involving a plot to expedite an inheritance by simulating a ghostly visitation; "The Pavilion," by E. Nesbit, in which a pair of romantic rivals challenge each other to spend the night at a haunted pavilion; and "The King Waits," Clemence Dane's account of the final five minutes before Anne Boleyn's execution. Additional stories include the works of Algernon Blackwood, M. R. James, Lord Dunsany, and others.
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-Introduction: Neglected Masters by Jess Nevins
-The Wings of Horus by Algernon Blackwood
-Laura by Saki
-The Place of Pain by M. P. Shiel
-The Three Sisters by W. W. Jacobs
-An Episode of Cathedral History by M. R. James
-The Pavilion by E. Nesbit
-Not on the Passenger List by Barry Pain
-The Liqueur Glass by Phyllis Bottome
-The Pin-Prick by May Sinclair
-Thirteen at Table by Lord Dunsany
-The Bird by Thomas Burke
-Enoch Soames by Max Beerbohm
-The Ghoul by Sir Hugh Clifford
-Powers of the Air by J. D. Beresford
-Old Fags by Stacy Aumonier
-The Separate Room by Ethel Colburn Mayne
-The King Waits by Clemence Dane ( )