The Screaming Skull: And Other Great American Ghost Stories

David G. Hartwell, F. Marion Crawford, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Brander Matthews, Willa Cather, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edward Lucas White, Frank R. Stockton, Henry James, John Kendrick Bangs, Edith Wharton


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3.00 · 1 ratings · 217 pages · Published: 06 Apr 1994

The Screaming Skull: And Other Great American Ghost Stories by David G. Hartwell, F. Marion Crawford, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Brander Matthews, Willa Cather, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edward Lucas White, Frank R. Stockton, Henry James, John Kendrick Bangs, Edith Wharton
Twelve supernatural tales by American writers. Marion Crawford, "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Consequences" by Willa Cather, "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain, and eight more tales of spirits by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edward Lucas White, Frank R. Stockton, Henry James, Edith Wharton and more.

Table of Contents
1 • The Screaming Skull by F. Marion Crawford
38 • Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe
58 • A Ghost Story by Mark Twain
66 • The Ghost of Dr. Harris by Nathaniel Hawthorne
74 • The House of the Nightmare by Edward Lucas White
86 • The Transferred Ghost by Frank R. Stockton
101 • The Real Right Thing by Henry James
118 • The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs
130 • The Eyes by Edith Wharton
154 • The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
170 • The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews
192 • Consequences by Willa Cather

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