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Ghost Stories

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  • 1956 first published
  • 302 pages
  • 3 editions
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Ghost Stories is a 1956 gothic fiction and ghost story story collection by Joan Aiken, Ruth Ainsworth and Brian Alderson. The story is set in Eton College and Cambridge. It features Billy Weaver, Christopher Mulholland and Gregory W. Temple. Key subjects include ghost story, ghosts, Ghost and Haunted.

21 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

At about 302 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Billy Weaver
  • Christopher Mulholland
  • Gregory W. Temple

Subjects

  • Ghost stories
  • Ghost story
  • Ghosts
  • Supernatural
  • Ghost
  • Haunted
  • Haunting
  • Scary
  • English Ghost stories
  • Ghost short stories in English, 1800-1980
  • Anthologies
  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Ghost Stories?

Ghost Stories was written by Joan Aiken, Ruth Ainsworth and Brian Alderson and first published in 1956.

What genre is Ghost Stories?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Ghost Stories and Horror.

How long is Ghost Stories?

The median edition has 302 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Ghost Stories?

Readers who like it often enjoy Tales of Horror and Mystery, The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes and The Haunting of Hill House.

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