The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories by

The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories

528 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious slow-paced
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The Victorians excelled at telling ghost stories. In an age of rapid scientific progress, the idea of a vindictive past able to reach out and violate the present held a special potential for terror. Throughout the nineteenth century, fictional gho...

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3.89
based on 77 reviews

Moods

dark: 100%

mysterious: 100%

challenging: 33%


Pace

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