Ghost stories and hauntings

12 books

A Warning to the Curious, and Other Ghost StoriesM. R. James · 1925A 1925 collection of ghost stories by M. R. James, Provost of Eton, containing six tales including "The Haunted Doll's House," in which a collector's antique doll's house brings supernatural terror, and the title story about a dangerous discovery.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Ghost Stories of an AntiquaryM. R. James · 1904A 1904 collection of eight supernatural short stories by M. R. James, many first read to friends at Christmas at King's College, Cambridge. Tales such as "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book" follow antiquarians and scholars whose research into old books, relics, and ruins stirs up unsettling forces.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Empty House and Other Ghost StoriesAlgernon Blackwood · 1906A 1906 collection of ghost stories by Algernon Blackwood, featuring ten tales of supernatural horror, including the title story about a man who accompanies his aunt on a nighttime investigation of a reputedly haunted house.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Ghost GirlH. De Vere Stacpoole · 1921This1921 novel follows fifteen-year-old Phylice Berknowles, an orphaned Irish girl left alone at the family estate after her father dies suddenly in America. Her future is thrown into question when an American relative arrives bringing the will and claiming a say in her fate.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The ghost of Charlotte Cray, and other storiesFlorence Marryat · 1883A collection of short stories by Victorian author Florence Marryat, published in 1883, featuring ten tales including the title story about a newly married publisher haunted by a former romantic entanglement, along with comic and supernatural pieces.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost StoriesRudyard Kipling · 1888A collection of 1888 short stories by Rudyard Kipling set largely in British India, combining tales of the supernatural, including the title story of a man haunted by a dead woman's rickshaw, with adventure fiction such as "The Man Who Would Be King.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Thing from the LakeEleanor M. Ingram · 1921A 1921 novel by Eleanor M. Ingram in which a New York man buys a neglected Connecticut farm beside a swampy lake, only to spend his first night there awakening to find himself holding a mysterious braid of a woman's hair, while a strange presence haunts the property.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Turn of the ScrewHenry James · 1898A classic 1898 gothic novella framed as a ghost story told round a fireside on Christmas Eve, in which a woman's manuscript recounts her experiences as governess to two children who may be haunted by apparitions.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering EndHenry James · 1898An 1898 collection of two Henry James novellas. "The Turn of the Screw" is a ghost story told by a former governess about eerie apparitions threatening the children in her care, and "Covering End" completes the volume.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Upper Berth; By the Waters of ParadiseF. Marion Crawford · 1886A collection of two supernatural tales by F. Marion Crawford, reprinted in 1886. The title story is a ghost story narrated by a seasoned transatlantic traveler who recounts a haunted state room aboard a steamship, paired with "By the Waters of Paradise.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the SupernaturalMary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman · 1903A 1903 collection of supernatural short stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, including the title tale of a woman who travels to a village to claim her niece and encounters something strange there.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Three Ghost StoriesCharles Dickens · 1848A collection of three Victorian ghost tales by Charles Dickens, first published in 1848, including "The Haunted House," "The Trial for Murder," and "The Signal-Man." The opening story follows a traveler who rents a house rumored to be haunted by the village.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية