{"product_id":"9781840229059-man-size-in-marble-and-other-grim-tales","title":"Man-Size in Marble and Other Grim Tales","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eNesbit’s tales are short, sharp shockers, her delivery vivid, eerie, and unsettling. She wrote about what scared her: ghosts, zombies, ‘things that walk’; madness, murder, and premature burial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected and introduced by Stephen Carver \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe draped effigy just behind him worried him again. He had been trying, at the back of his mind, behind the other thoughts, to strangle the thought of it. But it was there—very close to him. Suppose it put out its hand, its wax hand, and touched him. But it was of wax: it could not move. No, of course not. But suppose it did?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest known as the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Railway Children\u003c\/em\u003e, beloved British children’s writer Edith Nesbit had a morbid fear of the dark. Childhood trauma had also left her haunted by the thought that dead things might return, and copies of the living become horribly animated. These deep-rooted fears are the foundation of her horror and supernatural fiction. Frequently overlooked by readers and biographers, Nesbit’s weird and uncanny stories belong to the ‘Golden Age of the Ghost Story’ – that period from Dickens to M.R. James – and the ‘Female Gothic’, which uses horror as a veiled way to explore anxieties over motherhood, domestic abuse, and female sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNesbit’s tales are short, sharp shockers, her delivery vivid, eerie, and unsettling. She wrote about what scared her: ghosts, zombies, ‘things that walk’; madness, murder, and premature burial. This edition collects all her short horror and weird fiction, reproducing her own collection \u003cem\u003eGrim Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (1893) in its entirety, including ‘Man-size in Marble’, adapted by Mark Gatiss as \u003cem\u003eWomen of Stone\u003c\/em\u003e for the BBC’s 2024 ‘Ghost Story for Christmas’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull contents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ebony Frame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Charrington’s Wedding\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUncle Abraham’s Romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mystery of the Semi-detached\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Dead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMan-size in Marble\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mass for the Dead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePsychical Research\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHurst of Hurstcote\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Judgement: A Broadmoor Biography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarring the Way\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Perfect Stranger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Letter in Brown Ink\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Haunted Inheritance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the New Moon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Portent of the Shadow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Power of Darkness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe House of Silence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Head\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Pavilion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Third Drug\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Dark\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Five Senses\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumber 17\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe New Samson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Violet Car\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Marble Child\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Haunted House\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Detective\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Mummies at Bordeaux\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55567543927158,"sku":"9781840229059","price":4.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34009752_9be85d0f-4d31-4329-b9eb-42b97bfddd33.jpg?v=1746091740","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781840229059-man-size-in-marble-and-other-grim-tales","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}