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Summary
(From the publisher):
The Haunted Looking Glass is the late Edward Gorey's selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on. It includes stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, W. W. Jacobs, and L. P. Hartley, among other masters of the fine art of making the flesh creep, all accompanied by Gorey's inimitable illustrations.
Contents:
- The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood
- August Heat by W. F. Harvey
- The Signalman by Charles Dickens
- A Visitor from Down Under by L. P. Hartley
- The Thirteenth Tree by R. H. Malden
- The Body-Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Man-Size in Marble by E. Nesbit
- The Judge's House by Bram Stoker
- The Shadow of a Shade by Tom Hood
- The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs
- The Dream Woman by Wilkie Collins
- Casting the Runes by M. R. James
- About the Authors
Original title: The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen and Illustrated by Edward Gorey
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Horror→ Ghosts
The following works are contained within this one: Signalman, the (1866) [Short Story] Author: Charles Dickens
Body-Snatcher, the (1884) [Short Story] Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Man-Size in Marble (1893) [Short Story] Author: Edith Nesbit
Monkey's Paw, the (1902) [Short Story] Author: W. W. Jacobs
August Heat (1910) [Short Story] Author: W. F. Harvey
Casting the Runes (1911) [Short Story] Author: M. R. James
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