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The Haunted Looking Glass

The Haunted Looking Glassis the late Edward Gorey's selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on. It includes stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, W. W. Jacobs, and L. P. Hartley, among other masters of the fine art of making the flesh creep, all accompanied by Gorey's inimitable illustrations.

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W.F. HARVEY, "August Heat"

CHARLES DICKENS, "The Signalman"

L.P. HARTLEY, "A Visitor from Down Under"

R.H. MALDEN, "The Thirteenth Tree"

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, "The Body-Snatcher"

E. NESBIT, "Man-Size in Marble"

BRAM STOKER, "The Judge's House"

TOM HOOD, "The Shadow of a Shade"

W.W. JACOBS, "The Monkey's Paw,"

WILKIE COLLINS, "The Dream Woman"

M.R. JAMES, "Casting the Runes"

Genre
horrorghostfantasymysterygothic horror
Themes
gothicart
Setting
halloweenvictorian
Mood
creepy
Audience
adultchildrens
Length
medium · 254 pages
Form
short stories

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