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Great Ghost Stories

Great Ghost Stories
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Editor: John Grafton
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-09-30
ISBN: 0486272702
Number of pages: 100
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Book Review: A good introduction to classic ghost stories....
Summary: 4 Stars

Why an "introduction"? If you are a fan of ghost stories and have a collection of books on the subject, you probably already have all the stories in this book. I will not list them all since another reviewer has already done so.

Although all of the stories deal with ghosts (well, "The Monkey's Paw" is arguably not a ghost story, but spooky nonetheless), most of them do not deal with a malevolent spirit bent on our destruction. Only "The Judge's House" and "A Ghost Story" deal with an angry spirit. The rest are tales of ghostly happenings, but nothing like you might find in a horror movie.

Given the price, I would recommend this to someone who does not normally read a lot of ghost stories. Otherwise, you probably have these in your collection already.

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