Project Gutenberg 2009-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 335 French, Joseph Lewis 1858 1936 Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Ghost Stories The Listener / Algernon Blackwood Number 13 / Montague Rhodes James Joseph: A Story / Katherine Rickford The Horla / Guy de Maupassant The Beast with Five Fingers / William F. Harvey Sister Maddelena / Ralph Adams Cram Thrawn Janet / Robert Louis Stevenson The Yellow Cat / Wilbur Daniel Steele Letter to Sura / Pliny the Younger. Produced by David Clarke, S.D., and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Ghost Stories" by Joseph Lewis French is a collection of ghost stories likely compiled in the early 20th century. This anthology showcases the evolution of ghost storytelling, featuring a range of tales from various authors that reflect the genre's enduring appeal and imaginative evolution over time. The opening section introduces readers to the concept of ghost stories as one of the oldest forms of narrative, seamlessly blending the supernatural with the human experience. At the start of the volume, the editor discusses the historical significance and charm of ghost stories, emphasizing how they have retained their popularity and how skilled writers have refined the art over the years. The opening specifically sets the stage for a haunting narrative by introducing a character who has recently moved into a creaky, old London apartment. As he grapples with isolation and discomfort in his surroundings, strange occurrences unfold, suggesting the building's hidden history—foreshadowing the chilling experiences that will occupy his mind. This opening establishes an intriguing atmosphere of suspense and sets the tone for the unsettling tales that follow in the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Detective and mystery stories Ghost stories PN Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery 394913 2025-06-11T12:03:37.197668 text/html 398085 2009-01-06T15:02:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 148124 2009-01-06T15:02:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 255099 2025-06-11T12:03:47.786573 application/epub+zip 256461 2025-06-11T12:03:41.675588 application/epub+zip 218703 2025-06-11T12:03:39.997621 application/epub+zip 529240 2025-06-11T12:03:52.354580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498163 2025-06-11T12:03:46.546573 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395471 2022-09-13T04:31:19.668853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358698 2025-06-11T12:03:36.315632 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 358415 2009-01-06T15:02:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 139414 2009-01-06T15:02:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 358426 2009-01-06T15:02:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139357 2009-01-06T15:02:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21546 2025-06-11T12:03:52.514547 application/rdf+xml 23135 2025-06-11T12:03:40.577597 image/jpeg 4940 2025-06-11T12:03:40.287607 image/jpeg 241607 2025-06-11T12:03:37.234619 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia