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Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus

Alexander Laing

First published 1939
Publisher Garden City Publishing Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages xvi+848
Price $1.79

Price from Tuck Each story is preceded by an introduction credited to "Editor" There are numerous epigrams by various authors throughout the book.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 August Heat W. F. Harvey Short Story
11 The Half Pint Flask DuBose Heyward Short Story
29 The Brahman, the Thief and the Ghost uncredited Short Fiction
33 The Treasure of Abbot Thomas M. R. James Short Story
55 The Yellow Wall Paper Charlotte Perkins Gilman Short Story
75 The King of the World A. E. Coppard Short Story
83 Perez W. L. George Short Story
99 The Wendigo Algernon Blackwood Novella
149 The Furnished Room O. Henry Short Story
157 The Screaming Skull F. Marion Crawford Novelette
189 The Monkey's Paw W. W. Jacobs Short Story
203 The Horla Guy de Maupassant Novelette
229 Laura Saki Short Story
237 The White People Arthur Machen Novelette
277 Concerning Phantoms Pliny the Younger Short Story
281 Markheim Robert Louis Stevenson Short Story
301 The Story of Ming-Y Lafcadio Hearn Short Story
315 The Beast with Five Fingers W. F. Harvey Novelette
343 Adam and Eve and Pinch Me A. E. Coppard Short Story
355 Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched May Sinclair Novelette
379 The Second Kalandar's Tale uncredited Novelette
407 Full Fathom Five Alexander Woollcott Short Story
413 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce Short Story
425 The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton Short Story
437 William Wilson Edgar Allan Poe Novelette
459 The Feather Cloak of Hawaii Johannes C. Andersen Short Story
465 The Gentleman from America Michael Arlen Short Story
487 The Story of Glam uncredited Short Fiction
499 The Ghosts of Wulakai Owen Lattimore Short Story
509 Casting the Runes M. R. James Novelette
533 A Man with Two Lives Ambrose Bierce Short Story
537 The Open Window Saki Short Story
543 The Woman's Ghost Story Algernon Blackwood Short Story
555 The Haunted Hotel Wilkie Collins Novel
717 Clorinda Walks in Heaven A. E. Coppard Short Story
725 The Grendel Episode uncredited Short Fiction
749 Green Thoughts John Collier Short Story
769 The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
777 A Visitor from Down Under L. P. Hartley Short Story
797 The Foghorn Gertrude Atherton Short Story
809 The Cherry Tree A. E. Coppard Short Story
815 Afterward Edith Wharton Novelette
v Acknowledgments (The Haunted Omnibus) Alexander Laing Essay
vii Foreword (The Haunted Omnibus) Alexander Laing Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus Cover 1941 Blue Ribbon Books Hardcover Anthology 485