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Halloween: Top 10 Ghost Stories, The Guardian's Picks

First Posted: 10/27/10 06:02 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:10 PM ET

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guardian.co.uk:

The celebrated author of novels such as "The House of Mirth", Wharton was also a terrific writer of ghostly tales. A blend of Poe, Hawthorne and Henry James, she has a lightness of touch that belies the often very grisly tale.

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The celebrated author of novels such as "The House of Mirth", Wharton was also a terrific writer of ghostly tales. A blend of Poe, Hawthorne and Henry James, she has a lightness of touch that belies t...
The celebrated author of novels such as "The House of Mirth", Wharton was also a terrific writer of ghostly tales. A blend of Poe, Hawthorne and Henry James, she has a lightness of touch that belies t...
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kareemachan
watashi ha tororu ga oroka da to omoi masu。
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03:19 PM on 10/31/2010
Uh, does anybody know what maurice is talking about?
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kareemachan
watashi ha tororu ga oroka da to omoi masu。
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03:18 PM on 10/31/2010
Love, love, LOVE M. R. James. Lovely, classic, eerie ghost stories. Try reading 'The Mezzotint' or 'Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad'. Blackwood is excellent as well - try 'The Willows'. And I am VERY happy to see 'The Woman in Black' on the list. That is a book I liked well enough to buy a copy of it. Wonderfully atmospheric book.
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04:34 PM on 10/30/2010
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JDM73
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10:01 PM on 10/28/2010
Some nice choices...I was happy to see Walter de la Mare and Edith Wharton on the list, especially. But surely "The Beckoning Fair One" by Oliver Onions ranks at or near the top of any list of great ghost stories?
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ambikas
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05:15 PM on 10/28/2010
Check out this list of 5 Haunted Hotels.. I can't even watch scary movies so I could never stay here.. but good to know anyways!! http://www.travelpost.com/articles/haunted-hotels.aspx
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