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Laddar... The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Goreyav Edward Gorey (Editor & illustrator)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. the Haunted Looking Glass is the late Edward Gorey's selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on. Included are stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie collins, M.R. James, W.W. Jacobs, and L.P Hartley among other master of the fine art of making the flesh creep, all accompanied by Gorey's inimitable illustrations. A solid set of picks by the master himself. There are a few clunkers but there are some real spine tinglers in here as well - August Heat is a masterpiece I'd somehow never read, and Casting the Runes proves to me I need to seek out more MR James as soon as possible. Gorey's illustrations are minimal (one per story plus a frontispiece for the entire collection) but for the most part powerful and well-chosen. A collection of Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories, each with an illustration by the ever-pleasing Edward Gorey. All of the stories fit into Gorey's peculiar aesthetic, and several such as Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body-Snatcher" and W.W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw" have become ubiquitous without losing their power. There were one or two stories that failed to do anything for me. I'm looking at you "The Thirteenth Tree". R.H. Malden's story of a man's vision at a friend's country estate has an eerie quality, but it doesn't have the flair of horror and unease that the other stories possessed. But I will give him credit for the unusual subject. E. Nesbit's "Man-Size in Marble" bothered me far too much, but I enjoyed it immensely. And "August Heat" by W.F. Harvey...whaaat? This was the perfect book to keep next to the bed through October, on those nights I couldn't spare a long evening to reading, but needed a quick chill to take under the covers with me. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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A collection of twelve ghost stories by various authors. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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