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Overview
An artist can't shake the eerie, cold embrace from the ghost of his jilted love. An enormous rat with baleful, glaring eyes, possesses the spirit of a notorious hanging judge. A hauntingly beautiful woman appears to a student in his dreams—and then in flesh and blood. . . .From old-fashioned ghost stories by H. G. Wells and Guy de Maupassant to chilling tales that defy description by literary masters Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Washington Irving, One Dark Night is an extraordinary collection full of gothic mood and ghastly haunts. Rich in atmosphere and creepy detail, these terrifying tales illuminate the darkest corners of the mind and make real our most innate fears. One Dark Night will sate even the most intrepid reader's hunger for the macabre. Beware of reading them past midnight!
Editorials
KLIATT
The editor has chosen magnificent stories from Mark Twain, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving and others, which tell of the unnatural world impinging on the natural world; the result is a masterpiece of the macabre. The lucky 13 stories are designed to scare readers with such features as ghosts that seem real, an enormous rat that repulses his human guest, and a woman who appears from the bottom of the lake. Each story has a preface with illuminating facts about the author and what makes each story special. Make sure it is in the hands of older middle school students and not the younger set. KLIATT Codes: JSA—Recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2000, Ballantine, 206p, 21cm, 00-106224, $10.00. Ages 13 to adult. Reviewer: Sherri Forgash Ginsberg; Duke School for Children, Chapel Hill, NC January 2001 (Vol. 35 No. 1)Book Details
Published
August 18, 2010
Publisher
New York : Ballantine Books, 2000.
Pages
206
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780345440440