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Shadows on the Wall - British Library Tales of the Weird

English · Paperback

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Introducing an influential American author to the series, offering a view of how weird fiction developed in the U.S. alongside the works of British authors. It includes two stories missed by the 'complete' strange story anthologies which have been assembled thanks to Mike Ashley's expertise.
Suddenly he began hastening hither and thither about the room. He moved the furniture with fierce jerks, turning ever to see the effect upon the shadow on the wall. Not a line of its terrible outlines wavered.
The disquieting tales of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman explore a world of contrast, where the supernatural erupts out of authentically drawn portraits of New England life. This is a world of witchcraft, secrecy, domestic spaces turned uncanny and ancestral vengeance inflicted upon the unfortunates of the present.

Collecting the best of the author's strange tales - including 'The White Shawl', which was unpublished during her lifetime - this volume casts a light on an underappreciated contributor to weird fiction and the shadowy corners of a dark imagination.


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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was a prolific New England novelist and short story writer, whose works ranged from children's tales to uncanny and dark literature. Her writing espoused her feminist beliefs and the rejection of traditional domestic roles for women. In 1926, Freeman became the first recipient of the medal for Distinction in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Mike Ashley is an author, anthologist and editor with a specialism for seeking out rare strange stories from the periodicals and magazines of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is an expert in the fields of weird fiction and classic mystery stories, and a leading authority on the history and development of the occult detection tale.

Summary

Collecting the best of the author's strange tales - including 'The White Shawl', which was unpublished during her lifetime - this volume casts a light on an underappreciated contributor to weird fiction and the shadowy corners of a dark imagination.

Product details

Authors Mary Elean Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Marx E. Freeman Wilkins, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Assisted by Mike Ashley (Editor), Ashley Mike (Editor)
Publisher British Library
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 31.01.2022
 
EAN 9780712354066
ISBN 978-0-7123-5406-6
No. of pages 288
Dimensions 130 mm x 190 mm x 24 mm
Series British Library Tales of the Weird
BRITISH LIBRARY TALES OF THE W
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Ghost, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, FICTION / Horror, Classic horror & ghost stories, Horror and supernatural fiction, Classic horror and ghost stories

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