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The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

by Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost, is a comical story of a Ghost's (Sir Simon) failed attempts to terrify the residents of the haunted house, the Canterville. Mr.Otis family is decided to reside in the haunted house, in spite of warnings from many people that ghost exists in the house. Mr.Otis family consists of the couple (Mr & Mrs.Otis), their fifteen ye..

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens is a short story about a man’s transformation from a miser to a generous man, under the influence of Ghost of his business partner visit. Ebenezer Scrooge, who is a wealthy industrialist and a miser who hates Christmas and neither celebrate himself nor help others to celebrate. Fred, the nephew of Ebe..

Famous Modern Ghost Stories

Famous Modern Ghost Stories

by Dorothy Scarborough

Famous Modern Ghost Stories is a selective collection of popular ghost stories written by various authors and collected by Emily Dorothy Scarborough, an American writer of folk culture and ghost stories. Her notable writings include Fugitive Verses, The Wind, Impatient Griselda, The Story of Cotton, and On the Trail of Negro Folksongs. Dorothy m..

The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation

The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation

by Louisa May Alcott

The Abbot's Ghost is a ghost story written by the American novelist Louisa May Alcott, remembered for her popular novel series Little women, Little men, Good wives and Jo’s boys. The Abbot's Ghost is set during the time of Christmas and most of the events of the story is narrated in Christmas dinners and parties. Maurice Traherne becomes invalid..

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

by Charles Dickens

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain is the last novel of Christmas stories written by the Great novelist of England Charles Dickens, whose other popular Christmas story is A Christmas Carol. The Haunted Man narrates the importance of remembering one’s past sorrows, not for self-pity, but to realize pains of others and helping them. Professor..

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

The Turn of the Screw is a ghost novel based on supernatural fiction genre written by the American author Hery James whose notable works include The Portrait of a Lady, What Maisie Knew, The Wings of the Dove, Daisy Miller, and The Ambassadors. A young woman is employed as governess for the two parentless children Miles and Flora by their uncle...

Three Ghost Stories

Three Ghost Stories

by Charles Dickens

Three Ghost Stories is a small collection of three stories written by Charles Dickens during 1861. The stories are The haunted house, The Trial for murder and The Signal Man. While the first story is narrated in two chapters, rest of them are short stories. " The Haunted House" is a story published in 1859 for the weekly periodical All the Year Rou..

Other Tales and Sketches

Other Tales and Sketches

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Other Tales and Sketches is a ghost stories collection written by Nathaniel Hawthorne for young readers. There are three stories in this collection as below:My Visit To NiagaraThe Antique RingGraves And Goblins..