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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
EAN num: 9780439574266
ISBN number: 0439574269
Label: Scholastic Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: September 01, 2004
Publishing house: Scholastic Paperbacks
Age index: Young Adult
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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...
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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!
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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
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A whole different type of Ghost story. Keeps you on the edge of your seat at all times.
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I purchased this book because I like to read ghost stories. I am also a teacher, and my kids read them as well. I was somewhat disappointed when I perused the book after receiving it. Most of the stories I had already read...in college courses. My kids didn't like them either; unless you have an exceptionally bright child, the stories are a little deep and complex for anyone under 16. Also, if parents knew the true symbolism of "The Yellow Wallpaper," they may not want their child to read it. I had a hard time with this story being in the context of a children's book.
These stories are also a little too long and out-of-date to capture a child's interest. I teach 7th and 8th grade, and if they got bored with the stories, I'm sure anyone younger would too. If you are an older person, you may enjoy these stories a little more, as we tend to appreciate and understand "classics" a little better. But, like I said, if you have a bright child that enjoys multifaceted stories, by all means, buy the book. That's my .02.
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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
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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!
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