Résumé
Résumé de Vingt-cinq histoires de fantômes
À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
For readers who enjoy short fiction, eerie atmosphere and a chill at bedtime, and anyone who wants a wide sample of supernatural tales filled with haunted houses, restless spirits and strange warnings.
De quoi parle ce livre ?
This is a gathering of ghost stories, put together by the editor W. Bob Holland. Collections of this kind draw on the long tradition of supernatural fiction, where writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries turned the fear of the unseen into short, sharp tales.
In a book like this you meet haunted houses, restless spirits, strange warnings and the uneasy feeling that the past has not finished with the living. Each tale is short enough to read in one sitting, often by lamplight. Let us look at what readers of such an anthology can expect, starting with the pleasure of the slow shiver.
Dans ce résumé
- 1The haunted house sets the stageFree
- 2Spirits return with unfinished business
- 3Doubt makes the fear stronger
- 4Short tales reward slow listening
Point clé 1 sur 4
The haunted house sets the stage
Ghost stories often begin with a place. An old house, an inn, a lonely road or an empty room carries the weight of what once happened there. The writer lets the setting do much of the work, so that fear grows from the walls and the silence.
Readers of such collections will meet this pattern again and again. A newcomer arrives, hears a local rumour and dismisses it. Slowly the place proves the rumour right.
This builds a calm kind of dread. Nothing needs to leap out of the dark for the story to unsettle you.
That’s 1 of 4 key points.
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Questions about Vingt-cinq histoires de fantômes
What is Twenty-Five Ghost Stories about?
It is an anthology of short supernatural tales built around haunted places, restless spirits and strange warnings. Each story stands alone, so you can read them in any order.
Who edited Twenty-Five Ghost Stories?
The collection is credited to W. Bob Holland as editor. He gathered the tales into one volume rather than writing them all himself.
Are the ghost stories in this book true?
Ghost stories in collections like this are fiction. Some draw on folk belief or local legend, but they are written to entertain and unsettle, not to report real events.
Is this book scary or just spooky?
Classic ghost tales favour mood over gore. Expect slow unease, eerie settings and quiet shocks rather than graphic horror.
Is it hard to read?
Short supernatural tales are generally easy to follow. Each one is brief and can be read in a single sitting.