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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories

J. A. Cuddon

First published 1984
Publisher Penguin Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Steve Crisp
Pages 512
Price £4.95
ISBN 0140068007

Translators: "The Beggar Woman of Locarno" by David Luke and Nigel Rees (1978); "The Horla" by Roger Colet (1971); "The Entail" by R. J. Hollingdale (1982); "The Wardrobe" by H. T. Lowe-Porter (1936); "Footsteps in the Snow" by Gwyn Morris (1965); "Angeline, or the Haunted House" by Clive Smith (1984); "The Queen of Spades" by Rosemary Edmonds (1962).

  • First printing; month from Locus.
  • Translators: "The Beggar Woman of Locarno" by David Luke and Nigel Rees (1978); "The Horla" by Roger Colet (1971); "The Entail" by R. J. Hollingdale (1982); "The Wardrobe" by H. T. Lowe-Porter (1936); "Footsteps in the Snow" by Gwyn Morris (1965); "Angeline, or the Haunted House" by Clive Smith (1984); "The Queen of Spades" by Rosemary Edmonds (1962).
  • Other prices : A$ 12.95 (recommended), NZ$ 16.95, C$10.95, US$6.95.

Year Reviewer Publication
1985 David Rowlands Ghosts & Scholars, #7
1986 Bill Collins Fantasy Review, March 1986

Page Title Author(s) Type
11 Introduction (The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories) J. A. Cuddon Essay
38 The Beggarwoman of Locarno Heinrich von Kleist Short Story
41 The Entail E. T. A. Hoffmann Novella
90 Wandering Willie's Tale Sir Walter Scott Short Story
105 The Queen of Spades Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin Novelette
128 The Old Nurse's Story Elizabeth Gaskell Novelette
148 The Open Door Margaret Oliphant Novelette
181 Mr. Justice Harbottle Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Novelette
209 The Horla Guy de Maupassant Novelette
229 Sir Edmund Orme Henry James Novelette
253 Angeline, or the Haunted House Émile Zola Short Story
263 The Moonlit Road Ambrose Bierce Short Story
271 A Haunted Island Algernon Blackwood Short Story
285 The Rose Garden M. R. James Short Story
295 The Return of Imray Rudyard Kipling Short Story
305 My Adventure in Norfolk A. J. Alan Short Story
311 The Inexperienced Ghost H. G. Wells Short Story
322 The Room in the Tower E. F. Benson Short Story
333 One Who Saw Ex-Private X Short Story
347 Afterward Edith Wharton Novelette
373 The Wardrobe Thomas Mann Short Story
380 The Buick Saloon Ann Bridge Short Story
394 The Tower Marghanita Laski Short Story
401 Footsteps in the Snow Mario Soldati Short Story
410 The Wind Ray Bradbury Short Story
419 Exorcizing Baldassare Edward Hyams Short Story
430 The Leaf-Sweeper Muriel Spark Short Story
435 "Dear Ghost ..." Fielden Hughes Short Story
450 Sonata for Harp and Bicycle Joan Aiken Short Story
458 Come and Get Me Elizabeth Walter Novelette
479 Andrina George Mackay Brown Short Story
486 The Axe Penelope Fitzgerald Short Story
493 The Game of Dice Alain Danielou Short Story
499 The July Ghost A. S. Byatt Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories Cover 1985 Penguin Books Trade Paperback Anthology Steve Crisp 512
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories Cover 1987 Penguin Books Trade Paperback Anthology Steve Crisp 512
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories Cover 1991 Bloomsbury Hardcover Anthology Steve Crisp 512