Posted Tuesday, 28 October, 2014 by jorielov Charles Scribner's Sons, Edith Wharton, The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton 2 Comments


The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Borrowed Book By:
After I compiled my reading list for Horror October (of which I blogged about on my post about being a Cosy Horror Girl), I knew that I wanted to borrow this particular collection from my local library. The best resource I have always enjoyed in my life are local libraries, as they have a beautiful outreach for materials outside their collection through the ILL services they provide with other libraries. (I shorten “inter-library loan” to ILL) In my particular case, my local library is part of a consortium of libraries from a portion of the libraries within my state. This means that I can draw books out of collections from larger cities as well as from University libraries. I borrowed “The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton” and elected to blog my ruminations without any obligation to do so. The hardback edition arrived to me via a Community College library within the consortium via ILL.
Encouraged to Read By:
This was one of the novels that was compiled on the List I asked (Mr.) Gregory Fisher @ Riffle Horror to curate for me as a way for me to seek out the cosier side of the Horror genre. I have always had a pure fascination for ghost stories, as there is always such a curious route the individual writer can take as they yield to the supernatural and the presence of each ghost they bring to life on the written page. I personally have a preference for spunky & cheeky ghosts as much as spirits of the recently deceased who are in seek of help from living persons who can either aide them towards finding peace, redemption, and/or justice as a way to transition forward in peace. (I spoke more about this on my review of Lost in Thought)
I have been wanting to read more Classics since 2014 began, as I had all these wicked happy ideas of where I could soak inside the works of the writers’ who not only championed the cause for well-written fiction but who were dedicated to the craft of writing in such a way as to illicit immediate respect and admiration. When I was finally able to join tCC (the Classics Club : my List), I thought for sure each month I’d be reading at least two classic novels! Clearly my year did not pan out as I had forethought it would but that doesn’t discount the fact I knew during Horror October I could finally introduce myself to the writing style of Edith Wharton! As Wharton is already listed on my Classics TBR List due to my interactions with an after canon author during a 2013 blog tour!
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
by Edith Wharton
Illustrator/Cover Designer: Laszlo Kubinyi
Source: Borrowed from local library
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton are a collection of Gothic Literature Shorts set around the parapsychological phenomenon of hauntings by way of ghosts & spirits who are attached to either physical properties, (i.e. houses) or living persons of whom the ghostly spirit has found an attachment. Each of the short stories transcends what is popularly disbelieved and unwilling to become accepted as bonefide fact that there are experiences past our vision of acceptance where the supernatural lies just outside the stretch of the living soul's observational mirror.
The setting of choice for Wharton to place these stories was inside three distinctly different locales: England, Normandy, & America. Her preference was for the inclusion of a family estate to be the central focus of where her characters not only interacted with the ghosts but where the action of the story itself takes place.
Illustrative plates are included per short story to help the reader fuse directly into the heart of where Wharton hoped to take her readers with the vision of the supernatural she wished to convey.
The following short stories are included in this collection:
- The Lady's Maid Bell
- The Eyes
- Afterward
- Kerfol
- The Triumph of the Night
- Miss Mary Pash
- Bewitched
- Mr. Jones
- Pomegrante Seed
- The Looking Glass
- All Souls'
Other Works by Wharton listed inside the collection are:
- The Moose Marathon
- The Mudslipper (Children's Lit)
- Mistress & Other Creative Takeoffs (Short Stories)
with Desmond Sim & Kwan Loh
This summary of a synopsis was written & composed by Jorie @ Jorie Loves A Story.
Genres: Anthology Collection of Short Stories and/or Essays, Ghost Story, Gothic Literature, Historical Fiction, Suspense
Places to find the book:
Borrow from a Public Library
Add to LibraryThing
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
on 1973
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 276
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Posted Tuesday, 28 October, 2014 by jorielov in #HorrorOctober, 19th Century, Anthology Collection of Stories, Blogosphere Events & Happenings, Bookish Discussions, British Literature, Classic Mystery, Classical Literature, Clever Turns of Phrase, Cliffhanger Ending, Death, Sorrow, and Loss, England, Ghost Story, Ghosts & the Supernatural, Gothic Literature, Gothic Mystery, Haunting & Ethereal, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Library Find, Literary Fiction, Local Libraries | Research Libraries, Mental Health, Motion Picture Adaptation, Parapsychological Suspense, Philosophical Intuitiveness, Reading Challenges, Short Stories or Essays, Speculative Fiction, Supernatural Fiction, Suspense, tCC The Classics Club, the Victorian era, Writing Style & Voice
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Calendar of Events on Oh! the Books Host Site

{ Reading Selections for Horror October 2014 }
Focus One: Psychological Suspense | Thriller:
(note: all book synopsis links re-direct to Riffle>
- A Stitch in Time by Amanda James <synopsis> (moving to 1st November for SFN)
- The Anatomist’s Wife by Anna Lee Huber <synopsis>
- Mortal Arts by Anna Lee Huber <synopsis> (moved to November)
- A Grave Matter by Anna Lee Huber <synopsis> (moved to November)
- The Rose in the Wheel by S.K. Rizzolo <synopsis> (moved to #IndieWriterMonth)
- Somewhere Beyond the Sea by Amanda James <synopsis> (moved to #IndieWriterMonth)
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronté <synopsis> (on hold)
- Up Close by Henriette Gyland <synopsis> (moved to #IndieWriterMonth)
- Blood for Blood by S.K. Rizzolo <synopsis> (moved to #IndieWriterMonth)
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronté (Part II of my journalling) <synopsis> (on hold)
- The Ripper’s Wife by Brandy Purdy <synopsis>
- Category 5 by Paul Mark Tag (synopsis) (previously read) (moved to #IndieWriterMonth)
- Prophecy by Paul Mark Tag <synopsis>(moved to #IndieWriterMonth)
- White Thaw: The Helheim Conspiracy by Paul Mark Tag <synopsis>(moved to #IndieWriterMonth)
Focus Two: Cosy Horror | Cosy Horror Suspense (including ghosts):
- Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman <synopsis>
- An Uninvited Ghost by E.J. Copperman <synopsis>
- Old Haunts by E.J. Copperman <synopsis>
- Sinking Down by E. Chris Garrison <synopsis> (moved to SFN)
- The Visitors by Rebecca Mascull <synopsis> (moved to #IndieWriterMonth)
- Dance Until Dawn by Berni Stevens <synopsis> (moved to SFN)
- Dracula by Bram Stroker <synopsis> (moved to SFN)
- The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James <synopsis> (moving to November)
- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill <synopsis> (re-scheduled for 2015)
- Ghost Stories by Edith Wharton <synopsis>
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson <synopsis> (re-scheduled for 2015)
- The Door through Washington Square by Elaine Bergstrom <synopsis> (re-scheduled for 2015)


The following is the tentative schedule for my 1st Participation in Horror October. Most of the schedule should remain as it is seen, however, there could be spontaneous changes to the line-up &/or I might include a few extras as I go through the fortnight!
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Posted Saturday, 18 October, 2014 by jorielov in #HorrorOctober, Anthology Collection of Stories, Blog Hop, Blogosphere Events & Happenings, Blogs I Regularly Read, Book Blogosphere Regular Haunts, Classic Horror, Cosy Horror, Cosy Horror Suspense, Cosy Mystery, Crime Fiction, Ghost Story, Ghosts & the Supernatural, Good vs. Evil, Haunting & Ethereal, Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller Suspense, Horror, Horror October Bingo, Horror-Lite, Indie Author, Inspirational Fiction & Non-Fiction, Library Find, Light vs Dark, Local Libraries | Research Libraries, Psychological Suspense, Reading Challenges, Supernatural Fiction, Suspense