The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

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Author: Edith Wharton

Selected & Introduced by David Stuart Davies.,,Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear and obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spirits beyond the grave and other supernatural phenomena. While claiming not to believe in ghosts, paradoxically she did confess that sh….Read More

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