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An edition of The Great Book of Thrillers (1991)

Great Tales of Terror

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H2, Etc. / A.J. Alan --
The smell in the library / Michael Arlen --
The man in the bell / W.E. Aytoun --
The mysterious man / Honore de Balzac --
The folding doors / Marjorie Bowen --
The lady of Glenwith Grange / Wilkie Collins --
The new sun / J.S. Fletcher --
Hot water / Val Gielgud --
The island / L.P. Hartley --
Edward Randolph's portrait / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
The spectre bridegroom / Washington Irving --
Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Edgar Allan Poe --
The tarn / Hugh Walpole --
The resurrectionist / Samuel Warren --
The blue room / Prosper Merimee --
The cafe of terror / E. Phillips Oppenheim --
The avenging chance / Anthony Berkeley --
A lesson in crime / G.D.H. and M. Cole --
Mr. Pemberton's commission / Freeman Wills Crofts --
Who killed Castelvetri? / Gilbert Frankau --
The aluminium dagger / R. Austin Freeman --
The Glyston slander / Herbert Jenkins --
Arsene Lupin in prison / Maurice Leblanc --
The Fenchurch street mystery / Baroness Orczy --
Peacock House / Eden Phillpotts --
The vanishing diamond / John Rhode --
Staley Fleming's hallucination / Ambrose Bierce --
The Italian's story / Catherine Crowe --
The ghost of Dorothy Dingley / Daniel Defoe --
To be taken with a grain of salt / Charles Dickens --
The phantom coach / Amelia B. Edwards --
Madam Crowl's ghost / J. Sheridan Le Fanu --
Black coffee / Jeffery Farnol --
The black ferry / John Galt --
The dreamland bride / Theophile Gautier --
The dilemma of Phadrig / Gerald Griffin --
Mary Burnet / James Hogg --
The three sisters / W.W. Jacobs --
The doctor's ghost / Norman Macleod.
Mr. Kempe / Walter De La Mare --
The tapestried chamber / Sir Walter Scott --
The frontier guards / H. Russell Wakefield --
The red room / H.G. Wells --
The sphinx without a secret / Oscar Wilde --
The gardener / E.F. Benson --
A Spanish ghost story / Anon. --

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Publisher
Chancellor Press
Language
English
Pages
638

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Table of Contents

H2, Etc. / A.J. Alan Page 13 The smell in the library / Michael Arlen Page 18 The man in the bell / W.E. Aytoun Page 37 The mysterious man / Honoré de Balzac Page 43 The folding doors / Marjorie Bowen Page 57 The lady of Glenwith Grange / Wilkie Collins Page 72 The new sun / J.S. Fletcher Page 92 Hot water / Val Gielgud Page 110 The island / L.P. Hartley Page 118 Edward Randolph's portrait / Nathaniel Hawthorne Page 133 The spectre bridegroom / Washington Irving Page 144 The facts in the case of M. Valdemar / Edgar Allan Poe Page 158 The tarn / Hugh Walpole Page 169 The resurrectionist / Samuel Warren Page 183 The blue room / Prosper Mérimée Page 194 The café of terror / E. Phillips Oppenheim Page 206 The avenging chance / Anthony Berkeley Page 219 A lesson in crime / G.D.H. and M. Cole Page 235 Mr. Pemberton's commission / Freeman Wills Crofts Page 247 Who killed Castelvetri? / Gilbert Frankau Page 260 The aluminium dagger / R. Austin Freeman Page 280 The Glyston slander / Herbert Jenkins Page 304 Arsène Lupin in prison / Maurice Leblanc Page 323 The Fenchurch street mystery / Baroness Orczy Page 341 Peacock House / Eden Phillpotts Page 358 The vanishing diamond / John Rhode Page 389 Staley Fleming's hallucination / Ambrose Bierce Page 405 The Italian's story / Catherine Crowe Page 408 The ghost of Dorothy Dingley / Daniel Defoe Page 424 To be taken with a grain of salt / Charles Dickens Page 432 The phantom coach / Amelia B. Edwards Page 443 Madam Crowl's ghost / J. Sheridan Le Fanu Page 455 Black coffee / Jeffery Farnol Page 471 The black ferry / John Galt Page 484 The dreamland bride / Théophile Gautier Page 495 The dilemma of Phadrig / Gerald Griffin Page 515 Mary Burnet / James Hogg Page 523 The three sisters / W.W. Jacobs Page 544 The doctor's ghost / Norman Macleod Page 553 Mr. Kempe / Walter De La Mare Page 559 The tapestried chamber / Sir Walter Scott Page 584 The frontier guards / H. Russell Wakefield Page 599 The red room / H.G. Wells Page 605 The sphinx without a secret / Oscar Wilde Page 616 The gardener / E.F. Benson Page 621 A Spanish ghost story / Anon. Page 634

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PR1309.H6 G73 1991

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
638p.
Number of pages
638

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8970499M
Internet Archive
greattalesofterr0000unse
ISBN 10
1851521062
ISBN 13
9781851521067
OCLC/WorldCat
1200469402
Library Thing
7490026
Goodreads
10055208

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