Project Gutenberg 2023-12-15 Public domain in the USA. 509 Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic) 1867 1940 Benson, Edward Frederic Benson, Edward F. (Edward Frederic) 12005160 The room in the tower, and other stories 2nd edition. $aLondon :$bMills & Boon, $c1912. The room in the tower -- The dust-cloud -- Gavon's eve -- The confession of Charles Linkworth -- At Abdul Ali's grave -- The shootings of Achnaleish -- How fear departed from the long gallery -- Caterpillars -- The cat -- The bus-conductor -- The man who went too far -- Between the lights -- Outside the door -- The terror by night -- The other bed -- The thing in the hall -- The house with the brick-kiln. Chuck Greif, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Room in the Tower" by E. F. Benson is a collection of supernatural short stories written in the early 20th century. This collection primarily focuses on themes of the uncanny, exploring the hidden fears and psychological anxieties that arise from the unseen and the supernatural. The titular story introduces a recurring nightmare of the protagonist, who grapples with a foreboding “room in the tower” that is associated with dread and an ominous presence. The opening of "The Room in the Tower" sets the stage with a preface that expresses the author’s intent to evoke a sense of unease in the reader. The first story begins with a character reflecting on the nature of dreams and their potential to manifest in waking life. We learn about the protagonist's nightmarish recurring dream involving a foreboding visit to a red-brick house where he meets a boy named Jack Stone, followed by a private accommodation in a dreadful room at the top of the house—a place laden with unexplainable fear. As the narrative progresses, the protagonist recalls the vividness of these dreams, setting a haunting tone as he navigates both memory and reality, leaving readers intrigued by the intertwining of dreams, fears, and the supernatural. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112041397107 20200414022746benson 1912 GB Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Horror tales, English Short stories, English Ghost stories, English English fiction -- 20th century PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: British Literature 542384 2025-07-28T14:22:34.865919 text/html 517669 2024-03-03T08:04:46 text/html 477647 2025-07-28T14:22:42.154969 application/epub+zip 480561 2025-07-28T14:22:36.155955 application/epub+zip 294878 2025-07-28T14:22:35.493940 application/epub+zip 639403 2025-07-28T14:22:46.765914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592473 2025-07-28T14:22:41.409989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500360 2025-07-28T14:22:33.799957 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 480383 2024-03-03T08:04:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17485 2025-07-28T14:22:46.937873 application/rdf+xml 21038 2025-07-28T14:22:35.637934 image/jpeg 2730 2025-07-28T14:22:35.561970 image/jpeg 460135 2025-07-28T14:22:34.912913 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