Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story. As he realtes in the erudite introduction to this volume, he read some 749 supernatural tales at the British Museum Library before selecting the 14 that comprise this anthology. Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story, Dahl writes. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts. For this superbly disquieting collection, Dahl offers favorite tales by such masterful storytellers as E. F. Benson, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Rosemary Timperley, and Edith Wharton.
???Roald Dahl has selected fourteen of his favorite ghost stories that will deliver chills and goose bumps. This is the best book of its kind in years.??? ???
The Washington Post Book WorldIntroductionRoald Dahl
W.S.L. P. Hartley
HarryRosemary Timperley
The Corner ShopCynthia Asquith
In the TubeE. F. Benson
Christmas MeetingRosemary Timperley
Elias and the DraugJonas Lie
PlaymatesA. M. Burrage
Ringing the ChangesRobert Aickman
The TelephoneMary Treadgold
The Ghost of a HandJ. Sheridan Le Fanu
The SweeperA. M. Burrage (Ex-Private X)
AfterwardEdith Wharton
On the Brighton RoadRichard Middleton
The Upper BerthF. Marion Crawford
Roald Dahlwas born in Wales in 1916 and educated in English boarding schools from the age of nine until twenty. During World War II, he was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in North Africa and Greece. When his active duty was completed, he was transferred to Washington, D.C., where he was asked to write about some of his adventures.A Piece of Cake, his first published work, was an account of a fighter plane crashing in Libya. His first piece of fiction was clCØ
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