Publisher Description
A gripping collection of 30 minute stories by some of the greatest storytellers in the English language.
‘Mrs. Amworth’ by E. F. Benson
‘The Trade Wind’ by Morgan Robertson.
‘The Ghost Club’ by John Kendrick Bangs
‘The Grinding of the Mills’ by Morgan Robertson
‘Aepyornis Island’ by H. G. Wells
‘The Last Trump’ by Hugh Walpole
‘Count Magnus’ by E. F. Benson
‘Marsyas in Flanders’ by Vernon Lee
‘The Death of Halpin Frayser’ by Ambrose Bierce
‘The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
‘Haunted’ by G. Ranger Wormser
‘Dracula’s Guest’ by Bram Stoker
‘The Moth’ by H. G. Wells
‘The Young Lady in Black’ by Amyas Northcote
‘The Valley of Spiders’ by H. G. Wells
‘The Nature of the Evidence’ by May Sinclair
‘The Sea-Raiders’ by H. G. Wells
‘Room 53’ by J. S. Fletcher
‘The Star’ by H. G. Wells
‘The Beard’ by Hugh Walpole
…and many more gripping half hour stories…..
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About various authors
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker and a washerwoman. As a young teenager, he became quite well known in Odense as a reciter of drama and as a singer. When he was fourteen, he set off for the capital, Copenhagen, determined to become a national success on the stage. He failed miserably, but made some influential friends in the capital who got him into school to remedy his lack of proper education. In 1829 his first book was published. After that, books came out at regular intervals. His stories began to be translated into English as early as 1846. Since then, numerous editions, and more recently Hollywood songs and Disney cartoons, have helped to ensure the continuing popularity of the stories in the English-speaking world.