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The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | 
 enlarge | Creators: Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Category: Book
List Price: £11.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 11159
Media: Paperback
Pages: 528
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0192804472
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.087330809034
EAN: 9780192804471
ASIN: 0192804472
Publication Date: February 27, 2003
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A mixed bag June 15, 2005
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
The best tale in this lengthy compilation of nineteenth century 'spinechillers' is probably the last one, Algernon Blackwood's 'The Kit Bag', a cracking piece of macabre atmospheric suspense that could've been written yesterday. Unfortunately it is preceded by a fair number of inferior - and sometimes poorly executed - stories that may prove interesting to academics but are likely to cause you to fall asleep prematurely rather than lie awake with the light on. The more notable names, such as Dickens, MR James, Conan-Doyle and so forth, turn in excellent work (the latter's 'Captain of the Pole Star' is unforgettable) but the less familiar authors vary with dramatic unevenness from genuinely scary to wholly indifferent and forgettable. Probably half of the thirty or so tales on offer are worth a look. You'd probably be better off checking out the best of MR James. That's my plan anyway.
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