Project Gutenberg 2008-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 99 Howells, William Dean 1837 1920 Howells, W. D. (William Dean) Howells, William D. (William Dean) Alden, Henry Mills 1836 1919 Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. The Christmas child / Georg Schock -- The white sleep of Auber Hurn / Richard Rice -- In tenebras / Howard Pyle -- The little room / Madelene Yale Wynne -- The bringing of the rose / Harriet Lewis Bradley -- Perdita / Hildegarde Hawthorne -- At La Glorieuse / M.E.M. Davis -- A faded scapular / F.D. Millet -- At the hermitage / E. Levi Brown -- The reprisal / H.W. McVickar. Produced by David Edwards, S.D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Shapes that Haunt the Dusk" by William Dean Howells and Henry Mills Alden is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The anthology features a range of narratives, often exploring themes of the supernatural, human emotion, and the thin veil between reality and the uncanny. This volume introduces readers to various characters, such as the anxious Mary and her husband Conrad, who grapple with unsettling events while intertwining domestic life with the spectral elements that seem to loom over them. The opening of this collection sets the stage for a story titled "The Christmas Child" by Georg Schock. It begins with a quiet, tension-filled night in which Mary lies awake, listening to the clock's solemn tick, while her husband Conrad sleeps nearby. The atmosphere is heavy with the anticipation of Christmas and the supernatural, as Mary sneaks outside to witness whispered omens from animals in the barn. This opening passage introduces a sense of dread and longing as Mary becomes entangled in a mystical experience, revealing her fears and desires that intertwine with the daily life on their farm. The tone foreshadows deeper emotional layers and the impact of the supernatural in the characters' lives as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, American PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 408445 2024-10-11T14:16:52.023620 2023-09-12T06:44:29.930091 text/html text/html 413009 2008-11-30T06:45:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 159951 2008-11-30T06:46:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 251008 2024-10-11T14:17:01.714596 application/epub+zip 252942 2024-10-11T14:16:55.747585 application/epub+zip 231776 2024-10-11T14:16:54.247586 application/epub+zip 448836 2024-10-11T14:17:06.249565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 417384 2024-10-11T14:17:00.615553 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364887 2022-09-12T14:12:48.015444 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370694 370483 2024-10-11T14:16:51.037656 2023-09-12T06:44:29.165067 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 370411 2008-11-30T06:45:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 143427 2008-11-30T06:46:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 370941 2008-11-30T06:42:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 143605 2008-11-30T06:46:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22806 2024-10-11T14:17:06.395565 application/rdf+xml 14991 2024-10-11T14:16:54.830569 image/jpeg 3863 2024-10-11T14:16:54.536570 image/jpeg 237030 2024-10-11T14:16:52.065586 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia