The Best Ghost Stories Ever

by Christopher Krovatin

Book Overview

A chilling collection of some of the spookiest ghost stories of all time.Watch your step. Be careful what you do. Ghosts are everywhere. In houses new and old. In lonely walks and grim gatherings. Underneath the wallpaper. Riding through the night.These are some of the spookiest ghost stories ever written, from authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, and Henry James.Prepare to be haunted...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439574269
• ISBN13: 9780439574266
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

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Unlike the many ghost stories collections that just want to be outlets for new writers trying to write something scary, this book goes for the great ones, like Poe and Stoker. They're unknown, but brilliantly written and wonderfully freaky. Stay with the classics and read this book!

Classic Literature

Classic short stories from some of the best writers. good for a quick collection, read them, adapt them, commit them to memory, then tell them to a whole new generation

Ghost Stories At their Best

A whole different type of Ghost story. Keeps you on the edge of your seat at all times.

Excellent!

Contents: ***The Empty House by Algernon Blackwell......1 ***The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs......21 ***The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving......34 ***The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe......70 ***The Judge's House by Bram Stoker......78 ***A Ghost Story by Jerome K. Jerome......100 ***The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman......108 ***The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James......128 ***The Story of Clifford House by Anonymous......152 *** *** *** An excellent collection of very spooky ghost stories from authors who were known for their ability to write them. I recommend this book to you!

What editorial excellence!!!

I have read many collections of ghost stories, but this is by far the finest I have ever encountered. Judging from his selection of tales, the editor is clearly a man not only of great intelligence but also knowledge in his field and exquisite editorial skills. Buy this book for chilly October nights, snowy winters by the fire, and all your summer camping trips. An invaluable source for the scary!