The Best Ghost Stories Ever (Scholastic Classics)
by Christopher Krovatin
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Author: Christopher KrovatinEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-01
ISBN: 0439574269
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
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Summary: 5 Stars
_The Best Ghost Stories Ever_ (2003), edited by Christopher Krovatin is an anthology of nine old-fashioned and classical ghost stories. How well you like it may depend in part on how much you value something novel. If you do, you may not greet this book with cries of wild abandon. These stories are all old standbys rather than dazzling new and clever pieces. But the title indicates that Krovatin was looking for classic chillers, and it is hard to quibble with his choices. The stories are: Algernon Blackwood's "The Empty House," W.W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw," Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," Bram Stoker's "The Judge's House," Jerome K. Jerome's "A Ghost Story," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," Henry James's "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes," and Anonymous's "The Story of Clifford House".
The Jacobs, the Poe, the Irving, and the Stoker were tales that I read repeatedly as a child. I remember vividly reading the Stoker for the first time in fourth grade. My God, I thought. That's not the way it _should_ have ended! The other tales were ones that I encountered a bit later in life, when I knew a bit more about the Way of the World and the Finer Works of Literature. The James is given a certain amount of power in its depiction of female sibling rivalry. And the Gilman. Is it a portrait of a woman going insane from weaknesses within herself, or is it an account of a husband driving his wife insane? You decide.
The Jacobs, the Irving, and the Poe have been made into radio shows, television episodes, or movies several times. But the original stories have usually remained superior to the various dramitizations. Are these stories effectively scary? Sometimes. But they are always literate. That is their real strength. This book is recommended, especially for young readers.
_Note_: There are, however, some proofreading errors that I cannot let pass. The Blackwood story is listed as by Algernon _Blackwell_ in both the contents page and the text. And the back cover states that one of the stories included is by Robert Louis Stevenson. No such story is included.
Summary of The Best Ghost Stories Ever (Scholastic Classics)
Watch your step. Be careful what you do. Ghosts are everywhere. In houses new and old. In lonely walks and grim gatherings. Underneath the wallpaper. Riding through the night.These are some of the spookiest ghost stories ever written, from authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, and Henry James.Prepare to be haunted...
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