Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories from a wide range of male authors; English, Irish, Scottish and American. Includes tales by Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving. Readers new to this genre will discover ...

In the tumultuous era of the English Civil War, a young woman's destiny intertwines with the fate of a nation. Lady Alice Lee, a staunch Royalist, finds herself trapped in the clutches of the Parliamentarian forces. As the war rages around her, she must navigate a treacherous path, torn between her loyalty to her family and her growing attraction to a dashing enemy officer. Amidst the clash of swords and the roar of cannons, Alice's courage and resilience are tested as she witnesses the ho...

"Next after the greatest military personage of the century, Napoleon I., the most perfect is Marshal Bugeaud."Originally published following the disastrous Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and soon after translated into English, these memoirs form a fascinating portrait of the famous "Père Bugeaud". Marshal Bugeaud had a long and varied career in the French Army; initially volunteering as a young Vélite of the Imperial Guard he followed Napoleon and his eagles to Austerlitz, Jena and Ey...

"Next after the greatest military personage of the century, Napoleon I., the most perfect is Marshal Bugeaud."Originally published following the disastrous Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and soon after translated into English, these memoirs form a fascinating portrait of the famous "Père Bugeaud". Marshal Bugeaud had a long and varied career in the French Army; initially volunteering as a young Vélite of the Imperial Guard he followed Napoleon and his eagles to Austerlitz, Jena and Ey...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age.Wimbourne Books presents the first in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 1 in the series spans the years 1852 to 1901 and includes stories from a wide range of female authors; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and American. Includes tales by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charlotte Riddell, Isabella Banks and Vernon Lee. Readers new...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fifth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 5 in the series spans the years 1872 to 1901 and includes stories from a wide range of male authors; British, French and American. Includes tales by Henry James, Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; th...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the sixth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 6 in the series spans the years 1854 to 1901 and includes stories from a wide range of female authors, from both sides of the Atlantic. Includes tales by Ellen Wood, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Margaret Oliphant. Readers new to this genre will discover its ple...

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Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens: Experience the chilling and haunting narratives of the supernatural in Charles Dickens' ""Three Ghost Stories."" Dickens weaves tales that linger in the shadows of the human psyche, inviting readers into a realm where mystery and ghostly apparitions hold sway.Why This Book?Delve into the mysterious and supernatural with Charles Dickens in ""Thr...

Classic Horror Collection. Incl. Dracula, Present at a Hanging, Tales of Terror and Mystery, The Phantom of the Opera, The Cask of Amontillado, Varney the Vampire, Frankenstein, The Raven & MORE. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Jane Austen: Northanger AbbeyAmbrose Bierce: The Parenticide Club Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost StoriesAlgernon Blackwood: The Garden of SurvivalCharles Brockden Brown: Arthur Mervyn or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Wieland or, The T...

The Common Reader, collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, published in two series, the first in 1925 and the second in 1932. Most of the essays appeared originally in such publications as the Times Literary Supplement, The Nation, Athenæum, New Statesman, Life and Letters, Dial, Vogue, and The Yale Review. The title indicates Woolf’s intention that her essays be read by the “common reader” who reads books for personal enjoyment.

Excerpt: "Gentlemen,—In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended. It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit. Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation. Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down...