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The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories - Ultimate Horror Classics Collection - cover

The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories - Ultimate Horror Classics Collection

Algernon Blackwood

Publisher: Good Press

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories - Ultimate Horror Classics Collection" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories. His most work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Table of Contents: The Empty House A Haunted Island A Case of Eavesdropping Keeping His Promise With Intent to Steal The Wood of the Dead Smith: An Episode in a Lodging-House A Suspicious Gift The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp
Available since: 01/08/2024.
Print length: 200 pages.

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