Victorian Ghost Stories

by Mike Stocks, Darrell Warner (Illustrator)

These stories have been retold for today's reader, with atmospheric illustrations, an informative introduction and useful notes.

Victorian Ghost Stories

The blood chilled in my veins. Close by us, at our feet, there was a sigh. Not a groan, not a moaning, not anything as definite as that, it was just a sigh, a horrible sigh, emptying its misery into the night. . .

Six spine-tingling stories have been dug up from the grave and dusted down for this classic selection of haunting, howlings and horrors. Enter the world of ghouls and ghostly apparitions, as the dead return to torment the living.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Childrens, Fiction, Supernatural

137 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2004

Reviews

[Lauma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oktobra pēdējās dienas vakaram ļoti piestāvēja.

Vienmēr tās sievietes jūt kaut kādas ļaunas priekšnojautas, bet tie vīrieši nekad neklausās, un aizrauj postā visu ģimeni.

[Lexy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought that this book was okay

[Norelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5
Spoku stāsti kaut kā...pavilka mazliet vairāk kā šausmu stāsti. :)

[Spigana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mūsdienās šāda tipa spoku stāsti vairs nav modē un tīri vai žēl - bija interesanti palasīties. Biedējoši jau nav, tomēr neomulību gan vietumis var uzdzīt.

[Alejandra V. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was pretty good, I love ghost stories but I have to say that these weren’t as interesting as I thought. Overall I would recommend people to read it.

[Bertina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good scary stories - Not gory - Liked the illustrations

[Ririn · Rating 2 out of 5]

The 2 stars rating is just because horror is not my cup of tea. The book is actually good. The horror is subtle and it's well written. It wasn't that scary but you can vividly imagine the fear that haunts the characters.
The book consists of 4 stories:
1. The Open Door - about a ghost that haunted a door
2. A Long Distance Call - about a long distance call from the after life
3. The Shadow of a Ghost - about a ghost who takes revenge on the man who killed him
4. The Tall Woman - about a phobia to a woman that turns out to be some sort of harbinger of death.

[Taylah-ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't find this book scary or frightening at all. At best it could be could unnerving.
However, that's not to say I didn't enjoy the short stories included. While, lacking the important scare factor, they were well written with great accompanying illustrations and believable plots, almost as if you could encounter such a story.

[Lynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simplified versions (much in the vein of the Dean's Classics I read as a child) of some well known tales by writers such as Edith Nesbit and a very quick read. Most of the tales were familiar but nevertheless, enjoyably rewritten and a good introduction to the real thing. Nice charity shop find.

[Marguerite · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant read and very thrilling I love supernatural stories.

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

These were actually pretty good scary stories. I don't like terrifying. I just like a good old-fashioned ghost story and that is what these were.

[★・ · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Lemon]

Šiem stāstiem tiešām ir tāda "spoku stāsti nometnē" atmosfēra. Tie bija jauki, un pareizajos apstākļos var pat bišķi uzdzīt šermuļus arī cilvēkam, kuram ir 19 gadu.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyabe YA book. Very readable.

[Aisyah Afiqah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it read it when I was younger, and I can still remember every story

[Tessie Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horůrky pro malé nezbedné děti. :D