The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories

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The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories

Author: Simon Stern

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Published: 2018

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A new collection of twenty ghostly tales of Yuletide terror, collected from rare Victorian periodicalsSeeking to capitalize on the success of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843), Victorian newspapers and magazines frequently featured ghost stories at Christmas time, and reading them by candlelight or the fireside became an annual tradition, a tradition Valancourt Books is pleased to continue with our series of Victorian Christmas ghost stories. This third volume contains twenty tales, most of them never before reprinted. They represent a mix of the diverse styles and themes common to Victorian ghost fiction and include works by once-popular authors like Ellen Wood and Charlotte Riddell as well as contributions from anonymous or wholly forgotten writers. This volume also features a new introduction by Prof. Simon Stern.