This luxurious hardback anthology brings together 15 classic ghost stories by some of the genre''s most acclaimed writers, presented in a beautiful gift edition with gilded page edges. This ghoulish collection is a perfect companion for lovers of the paranormal, featuring classic tales from Golden Age of the ghost story. Inside you will find haunted mansions, dark crypts, vengeful curses, silent specters and other supernatural delights of the genre, artfully conjured by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and M. R. James. Stories include: • ''The Oval Portrait'' by Edgar Allan Poe • ''The Wailing Well'' by M. R. James • ''The Withered Arm'' by Thomas Hardy • ''Afterward'' by Edith Wharton • ''A Ghost'' by Guy de Maupassant • ''An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street'' by Sheridan Le Fanu This beautiful collection is presented with silver gilded page edges, ivory paper and wonderfully gothic endpaper illustrations, making it a wonderful gift for any horror lover. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Gilded Classics series presents luxury gift editions of classics works, printed on opulent ivory paper, featuring hardcover Wibilin binding, foil-embossed cover designs, beautifully designed end-papers and gilded page edges. These make perfect collectibles for lovers of classic literature.