Bird of Ill Omen: The Gothic Tales of Catherine Crowe - Softcover

Buch 45 von 50: British Library Tales of the Weird

Crowe, Catherine

 
9780712355995: Bird of Ill Omen: The Gothic Tales of Catherine Crowe
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0712355995 ISBN 13: 9780712355995
Verlag: British Library Publishing, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

When morning broke, the ravages of this strange visitant were but too visible graves had been opened, and the remains of the dead, frightfully torn and mutilated, lay scattered upon the earth.

A village is driven to a murderous frenzy by the wolf walking among them. In the dead of night, a sleepwalking monk reenacts a scene of violence glimpsed as a child. A lycanthropist draws closer to a monstrous truth while investigating a spate of grisly grave-robbings.

In the nineteenth century, Catherine Crowe's name was synonymous with haunting accounts of 'real' ghost stories, glimpses of the 'night side of nature' and well-wrought Gothic tales, earning her a reputation comparable to Dickens' to the Victorian readership. This new collection edited by Crowe expert Ruth Heholt features Crowe's unique, journalistic short tales of real ghost sightings alongside her Gothic stories written for popular periodicals, showcasing her singular gifts as one of the great storytellers of the Victorian era.

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Catherine Crowe (17901872) was a celebrated British ghost hunter and author, penning 'real' ghost stories from her own experiences and from public correspondence, as well as popular Gothic tales. Hers was a household name on par with Dickens and Thackeray during the Victorian era, though after a possible nervous breakdown during which she was found wandering the streets of Edinburgh naked, her reputation slipped, falling foul of contemporary sensibilities.

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Verlag
British Library Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0712355995
ISBN 13 
9780712355995
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
288
Herausgeber
Heholt Ruth
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