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The Resource The phantom coach : a connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories, edited by Michael Sims

The phantom coach : a connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories, edited by Michael Sims

Label
The phantom coach : a connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories
Title
The phantom coach
Title remainder
a connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories
Statement of responsibility
edited by Michael Sims
Title variation
  • Connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories
  • Victorian ghost stories
Contributor
Editor of compilation
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"From the editor of The Dead Witness and Dracula's Guest, Michael Sims, expert on all things Victorian, presents a collection of stories about humanity's oldest supernatural obsession: ghosts. The Phantom Coach, gathers memorable ghost tales from the Victorian era by a surprising, often-legendary cast, from Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton to Henry James, Thomas Hardy, and Arthur Conan Doyle. With a skillful introduction to the genre and notes on each story, The Phantom Coach is a spectacular collection of ghostly Victorian thrills"--
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
823/.0873308
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR1309.G5
LC item number
P43 2014
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1958-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Sims, Michael
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Ghost stories, English
  • Ghost stories, American
  • English fiction
  • American fiction
Label
The phantom coach : a connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories, edited by Michael Sims
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The old nurse's story / by Elizabeth Gaskell -- The phantom coach / by Amelia B. Edwards -- The trial for murder / by Charles Dickens -- The captain of the "Pole-Star" / by Arthur Conan Doyle -- Sir Edmund Orme / by Henry James -- The yellow sign / by Robert W. Chambers -- The library window / by Margaret Oliphant -- The monkey's paw / by W. W. Jacobs -- The Southwest chamber / by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- They / by Rudyard Kipling -- The moonlit road / by Ambrose Bierce -- August heat / by W. F. Harvey
Control code
ocn870098148
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
xviii, 297 pages
Isbn
9781620408056
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Lccn
2014003390
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Label
The phantom coach : a connoisseur's collection of Victorian ghost stories, edited by Michael Sims
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The old nurse's story / by Elizabeth Gaskell -- The phantom coach / by Amelia B. Edwards -- The trial for murder / by Charles Dickens -- The captain of the "Pole-Star" / by Arthur Conan Doyle -- Sir Edmund Orme / by Henry James -- The yellow sign / by Robert W. Chambers -- The library window / by Margaret Oliphant -- The monkey's paw / by W. W. Jacobs -- The Southwest chamber / by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- They / by Rudyard Kipling -- The moonlit road / by Ambrose Bierce -- August heat / by W. F. Harvey
Control code
ocn870098148
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
xviii, 297 pages
Isbn
9781620408056
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Lccn
2014003390
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia

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