Classic Ghost Stories

This book is aimed at middle school students who are good readers, or early high school readers. There are 4 sections, "From the Grave," "Haunted," "Cursed Creatues" and "The Doomed and the Dead." Stories included under each title are classics adapted for young readers. A few examples are: The Body Snatchers by Robert Louis Stevenson, A Bottomless Grave by Ambrose Bierce, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens and more. Color illustrations throughout. A very nice collection for kids who love scares! Classic Ghost Stories is filled with creepy stories to chill, thrill and send shivers down the spine. These stories are some of the very best from a rich tradition of terrifying tales. Included are renowned authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Washington Irving and M R James. Chilling illustrations bring to life some of the most fiendish characters in literature. So settle back and enjoy these haunting tales safe in the knowledge that there's no such thing as ghosts...or is there? This title is filled with creepy stories to chill, thrill and send shivers down the spine. These stories are some of the very best from a rich tradition of terrifying tales. Chilling illustrations bring to life some of the most fiendish characters in literature. So settle back and enjoy these haunting tales safe in the knowledge that there's no such thing as ghosts...or is there?