The Oxford book of English ghost stories / [electronic resource] chosen by Michael Cox and R.A. Gilbert.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 500-504).

The tapestried chamber / Sir Walter Scott -- The phantom coach / Amelia B. Edwards -- Squire Toby's will / J. S. Le Fanu -- The shadow in the corner / M. E. Braddon -- The upper berth / F. Marion Crawford -- A wicked voice / Vernon Lee -- The judges house / Bram Stoker -- Man-size in marble / E. Nesbit -- The roll-call of the reef / Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch -- The friends of the friends / Henry James -- The red room / H. G. Wells -- The monkey's paw / W. W. Jacobs -- The lost ghost / Mary E. Wilkins -- "Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad" / M. R. James -- The empty house / Algernon Blackwood -- The cigarette case / Oliver Onions -- Rose Rose / Barry Pain -- The confession of Charles Linkworth / E. F. Benson -- On the Brighton road / Richard Middleton -- Bone to his bone / E. G. Swain -- The true history of Anthony Ffryar / Arthur Gray -- The Taipan / W. Somerset Maugham -- The victim / May Sinclair -- A visitor from down under / L. P. Hartley -- Fullcircle / John Buchan -- The clock / W. F. Harvey -- Old man's beard / H. Russell Wakefield -- Mr Jones / Edith Wharton -- Smee / A. M. Burrage -- The little ghost / Hugh Walpole -- Ahoy, sailor boy! / A. E. Coppard -- The hollow man / Thomas Burke -- Et in sempiternum pereant / Charles Williams -- Bosworth Summit pound / L. T. C. Rolt -- An encounter in the mist / A. N. L. Munby -- Hand in glove / Elizabeth Bowen -- A story of Don Juan / V. S. Prichett -- Cushi / Christopher Woodforde -- Bad company / Walter de la Mare -- The bottle of 1912 / Simon Raven -- The Cicerones / Robert Aickman -- Soft voices at Passenham / T. H. White.