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100 1 _aScarborough, Dorothy,
_d1878-1935
245 1 0 _aFamous Modern Ghost Stories
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-02-22
505 0 _aThe willows / Algernon Blackwood -- The shadows on the wall / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- The messenger / Robert W. Chambers -- Lazarus / Leonid Andreyev -- The beast with five fingers / W.F. Harvey -- The mass of shadows / Anatole France -- What was it? / Fitz James O'Brien -- The middle toe of the right foot / Ambrose Bierce -- The shell of sense / Olivia Howard Dunbar -- The woman at Seven Brothers / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- At the gate / Myla Jo Closser -- Ligeia / Edgar Allan Poe -- The haunted orchard / Richard Le Gallienne -- The bowmen / Arthur Machen -- A ghost / Guy de Maupassant.
508 _aE-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Karina Aleksandrova, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"Famous Modern Ghost Stories" by Dorothy Scarborough, Ph.D. is a collection of ghostly tales selected from various authors and compiled in the early 20th century. The anthology presents a diverse range of supernatural narratives that explore themes of the unknown and the eerie, showcasing how ghost stories have evolved over time. With contributions from different writers, this collection targets readers interested in the chilling allure of ghosts and the supernatural. The opening of the anthology features an engaging introduction that reflects on the enduring fascination humans have with ghosts and the supernatural. Scarborough discusses the modern ghost's complexity, creativity, and the varied roles they play in literature, shifting from simple hauntings to more vivid and personalized experiences. She suggests that contemporary ghosts are more relatable and integrated into society, often reflecting human emotions and societal changes. The introduction sets the stage for the stories to follow, emphasizing the essential ties between the spectral and human experience, highlighting both the terror and beauty found in ghostly tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShort stories
653 _aGhost stories
700 1 _aAndreyev, Leonid,
_d1871-1919
700 1 _aBierce, Ambrose,
_d1842-1914?
700 1 _aBlackwood, Algernon,
_d1869-1951
700 1 _aChambers, Robert W.
_q(Robert William),
_d1865-1933
700 1 _aClosser, Myla Jo,
_d1880-1962
700 1 _aDunbar, Olivia Howard,
_d1873-1953
700 1 _aFrance, Anatole,
_d1844-1924
700 1 _aFreeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins,
_d1852-1930
700 1 _aHarvey, William Fryer,
_d1885-1937
700 1 _aLe Gallienne, Richard,
_d1866-1947
700 1 _aMachen, Arthur,
_d1863-1947
700 1 _aMaupassant, Guy de,
_d1850-1893
700 1 _aO'Brien, Fitz James,
_d1828-1862
700 1 _aPoe, Edgar Allan,
_d1809-1849
700 1 _aSteele, Wilbur Daniel,
_d1886-1970
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15143
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