{"product_id":"9781840229103-irish-ghost-stories-mystery-supernatural","title":"Irish Ghost Stories (Mystery \u0026 Supernatural)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the Haunted 19th Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach story in this collection, selected and introduced by Dr Stephen Carver is presented with its original publication details, so readers can see exactly where and when it first appeared, and a brief biography of its author. Together, they offer a fascinating cross-section of Ireland’s literary relationship with the supernatural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe told more about it to the priest than to others. He certainly had a secret to tell. He might as well have divulged it frankly, for the neighbours all knew well enough that it was the face of dead Ellen Coleman that he had seen.\u003c\/em\u003e – J.S. Le Fanu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI felt a strange creeping sensation as I looked up the vast black staircase, wide enough for a coach to drive down, and at the heavy darkness bending over it like a curse.\u003c\/em\u003e – Rosa Mulholland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn and on he glided, like an evil shadow, the very darkness seeming to loathe him as he passed. \u003c\/em\u003e– Oscar Wilde\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo walk through Irish history is to pass through a haunted landscape. Perhaps that’s why so many of Ireland’s finest writers found themselves drawn to the ghost story. This collection includes the work of canonical figures like Bram Stoker, J.S. Le Fanu, Oscar Wilde, and W.B. Yeats, but also a wealth of lesser-known authors like Charlotte Riddell and Rosa Mulholland who were once bestsellers but are now unjustly neglected, all with a keen sense of Ireland’s haunted character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach story in this collection is presented with its original publication details, so readers can see exactly where and when it first appeared, and a brief biography of its author. Together, they offer a fascinating cross-section of Ireland’s literary relationship with the supernatural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents of the book include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Headless Horseman by Thomas Crofton Croker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeixlip Castle; An Irish Family Legend by Charles Robert Maturin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Vision of Purgatory by William Maginn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghost and The Bone Setter by J.S. Le Fanu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fate of Frank M’Kenna by William Carleton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Pot of Tulips by Fitz-James O’Brien\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghosts and the Game of Football by Patrick Kennedy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghost at the Rath by Rosa Mulholland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSquire Toby’s Will by J.S. Le Fanu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe White Cat of Drumgunniol by J.S. Le Fanu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFar Darrig in Donegal by Letitia McClintock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalnut Tree House by Charlotte Riddell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly by Rosa Mulholland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sexton of Cashel by David Russell McAnally\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeig O’Kane and the Corpse by Douglas Hyde\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Judge’s House by Bram Stoker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Secret of the Growing Gold by Bram Stoker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Crowley and the Ghosts by Jeremiah Curtin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Dead Smile by Francis Marion Crawford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Playhouse in the Waste by George Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Banshee’s Halloween by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghosts by Lord Dunsany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Highwayman by Lord Dunsany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows by W.B. Yeats\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe City on Mallington Moor by Lord Dunsany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourage by Forrest Reid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56613211603318,"sku":"9781840229103","price":4.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41573196.jpg?v=1781155487","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781840229103-irish-ghost-stories-mystery-supernatural","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}