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Ghost stories became very popular in the first half of the nineteenth century and this collection by Andrew Barger contains the very scariest of them all. Some stories thought too horrific were published anonymously like "A Night in a Haunted House" and "The Deaf and Dumb Girl." The later story is collected for the first time in any anthology since its original publication in 1839.
The other ghost stories in this fine collection are by famous authors. "The Mask of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe; "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family," by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu; "The Spectral Ship," by Wilhelm Hauff; "The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet," by Nathaniel Hawthorne; "The Adventure of the German Student," and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving; as well as "The Tapestried Chamber," by Sir Walter Scott.
As he has done with a number of other books, Andrew Barger has added his scholarly touch to this collection by including story backgrounds, annotations, author photos and a foreword titled "All Ghosts Are Gray." Buy the book today and be ready to be scared.
About the author
Nascido em 1809, em Boston, nos Estados Unidos, Edgar Allan Poe foi escritor, poeta, editor e crítico literário, mas sua fama se deu graças aos temas obscuros de suas obras. Desde a infância, teve a vida marcada por perdas e conflitos. Filho de atores itinerantes, ficou órfão antes de completar 3 anos, por conta do falecimento de sua mãe e do sumiço sem explicação de seu pai. Apesar de ter sido adotado por uma família abastada de Virgínia, não chegou a herdar a fortuna do casal. Mesmo com uma trajetória tumultuada, revelou um talento indescritível para a escrita, criando um estilo de contos que revolucionaram a literatura mundial. Faleceu em 7 de outubro de 1849, aos 40 anos.
