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I'm not sure if it qualifies as a novel, but The Turn of the Screw is great. Not as awesome as the movie The Innocents, but still terrific.
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Edgar Allan Poe has been a favourite since childhood, so I can't go past "The Fall of the House of Usher". I am also very fond of some old Australian ghost tales; stories set in the early pioneer days, full of men betraying one another and haunted roads; ghostly horses as harbingers of doom and strange lights which duck and weave through the dark lonely Australian bush... Beware the Min-Min light!!!!
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| Posts: 2191 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by mark f:
I'm not sure if it qualifies as a novel, but The Turn of the Screw is great. Not as awesome as the movie The Innocents, but still terrific.
I had never heard of The Innocents, but I looked it up and it sounds wonderful. I'll have to try to find a copy. Thanks for mentioning it. I loved The Turn of the Screw. It's the first book by Henry James I ever read. Very creepy. |
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| Posts: 227 | Location: On the top of the hill, in the warmth of the sun | Registered: 02 March 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Ishmaelscoffin:
Edgar Allan Poe has been a favourite since childhood, so I can't go past "The Fall of the House of Usher".
I am also very fond of some old Australian ghost tales; stories set in the early pioneer days, full of men betraying one another and haunted roads; ghostly horses as harbingers of doom and strange lights which duck and weave through the dark lonely Australian bush...
Beware the Min-Min light!!!!
I have the Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe but haven't read The Fall of the House of Usher since I was a teenager. I do remember how much I loved it, though. I also loved The Ghost Writer by John Harwood. I know some people who didn't care for the ending, but I thought it was perfect. And the book is extremely well written throughout. |
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| Posts: 227 | Location: On the top of the hill, in the warmth of the sun | Registered: 02 March 2007 | |
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John Harwood is not a name I know, so I will keep my eyes peeled. As far as I can tell, ghost stories are really out of fashion these days, although I don't know why exactly. With the popularity of supernatural follies, like astrology and astral travelling etc. I would expect a rush of spooky other-wordly tales...
'for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die.'
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| Posts: 2191 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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Sounds great. Ghosts are always scarier in the Victorian era...something about a lot of fog and clanking chains I guess.. 
'for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die.'
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| Posts: 2191 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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