Project Gutenberg 2012-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 202 French, Joseph Lewis 1858 1936 18010839 Great Ghost Stories The house and the brain, by Lord E. Bulwer-Lytton -- The roll-call of the reef, by A. T. Quiller-Couch -- The open door, by M. Oliphant -- The deserted house, by E. T. A. Hoffmann -- The mysterious sketch, by Erckmann-Chatrian -- Green branches, by F. Macleod -- The four-fifteen express, by A. B. Edwards -- The were-wolf, by H. B. Marryatt -- The withered arm, by T. Hardy -- Clarimonde, by T. Gautier -- The stalls of Barchester Cathedral, by M. R. James -- What was it?, by F.-J. O'Brien. Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Mary Meehan 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.) "Great Ghost Stories" by Joseph Lewis French is a collection of supernatural tales compiled in the early 20th century. This anthology features various ghostly narratives that explore the boundaries between the known and the unknown, inviting readers into the realm of the eerie and the spectral. It promises a blend of chilling atmospheres and intriguing plots, designed to engage those with a fascination for the macabre. The opening of the book introduces a foreword by James H. Hyslop, who discusses the allure and significance of ghost stories in literature. He reflects on how the supernatural captivates the imagination while contrasting it with the growing influence of rational thought and science in understanding the world. The narrative then transitions into the first tale, "The House and the Brain," where a man and his servant investigate a reputedly haunted house in London, encountering terrifying phenomena that blend mystery and the supernatural as they delve into unexplained occurrences. This sets the stage for a captivating exploration of fear, human curiosity, and the otherworldly experiences that define ghost stories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41170/41170-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction Ghost stories PN Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 583345 583354 2024-09-17T10:09:44.180800 2023-09-18T05:17:37.722734 text/html text/html 586147 2012-10-24T11:46:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 236463 2012-10-24T11:46:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 247976 2024-09-17T10:09:50.612744 application/epub+zip 255752 2024-09-17T10:09:44.993796 application/epub+zip 255753 2024-09-17T10:09:44.600754 application/epub+zip 406080 2024-09-17T10:09:55.267734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383978 2024-09-17T10:09:50.220730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384092 2022-09-18T19:11:57.404245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 564378 564156 2024-09-17T10:09:43.257800 2023-09-18T05:17:36.902715 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 564101 2012-10-24T11:46:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 218290 2012-10-24T11:46:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 564109 2012-10-24T11:46:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218229 2012-10-24T11:46:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20939 2024-09-17T10:09:55.411713 application/rdf+xml 7345 2024-09-17T10:09:44.681784 image/jpeg 1670 2024-09-17T10:09:44.641795 image/jpeg 237705 2024-09-17T10:09:44.235792 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