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What if the past refuses to stay quiet—and a ghost carries the message no one wants to hear?
In Famous Modern Ghost Stories, Dorothy Scarborough gathers tales of haunting from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. An American novelist, teacher and student of the supernatural in fiction, she chooses with a critic’s eye. The result moves between quiet dread and open terror, offering more than one way to feel afraid.
These stories belong to a period when ghost fiction flourishes on both sides of the Atlantic. Drawing rooms and country houses can unsettle readers as much as castles. Restless spirits may have wrongs to avenge, while grief, guilt and unfinished business give the haunting a force beyond the fright itself.
What you’ll discover
- Quiet dread, open terror Explore a range of fearful moods, from subtle unease to the force of outright terror.
- The past presses close Meet ghosts that suggest grief, guilt and matters the living would rather leave alone.
- Haunting beyond the castle Discover how drawing rooms and country houses become settings for stories that unsettle.
- Spirits with unfinished business Encounter the restless spirit with a wrong to avenge, a haunting driven by unresolved hurt.
- A critic’s discerning eye Follow Scarborough’s choices through a period when the ghost story becomes serious short fiction.
Who will love it
For readers who love short, eerie fiction, quiet dread and terrifying encounters with the dead. It also suits students of the genre and anyone who enjoys a sampler of ghost stories from one period.
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- The ghost story had come of age
- What kinds of fear you will meet
- Why these tales still unsettle readers
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Berühmte moderne Geistergeschichten
by Dorothy Scarborough (Herausgeberin)
Dorothy Scarborough gathers hauntings that lead you from quiet dread to terrifying encounters with the dead.
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Famous Modern Ghost Stories is an anthology gathered by Dorothy Scarborough, an American writer and teacher of fiction. She brought together tales of haunting by authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, at a time when the ghost story had become a serious form of short fiction.
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A scholar of the supernatural compiles it
Dorothy Scarborough was born in Texas and became known as a novelist and a university teacher. She took the supernatural seriously as a subject. Before this anthology she wrote a study of the supernatural in fiction, and that study shaped how she read these stories.
She did not treat ghost tales as mere entertainment for a dark night. To her they were a living branch of literature, with its own craft and its own history. That view guides her choices in this collection.
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What is Famous Modern Ghost Stories about?
It is an anthology of ghost stories chosen by Dorothy Scarborough. The tales come from modern authors of her time and range from quiet, eerie hauntings to more openly terrifying encounters with the dead.
Who was Dorothy Scarborough?
She was an American writer and university teacher from Texas. She wrote novels, including The Wind, and studied supernatural fiction closely. That interest led her to compile this collection of ghost stories.
Is Famous Modern Ghost Stories a true story?
No. The book is a collection of fiction. The stories are invented tales of haunting, written by various authors and gathered in the early twentieth century for readers who enjoyed supernatural literature.
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