About this title: The Beckoning Fair One is sometimes called the greatest ghost story in the English language; it may well be. Certainly it is one of the questest and most beautiful supernatural tales ever written. It reminds the reader of Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" -- and that is huge praise indeed.
The story tells of British novelist Paul Oleron, who lives restlessly in cramped quarters, looking -- as writers do -- for some way not to work on the project at hand. That is when he sees a vast and beautiful old house for rent. He takes the first floor and moves in. When his friend Elsie ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: DOVER PUBN INC
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780486436470ISBN:0486436470
Description: New. "Miles ahead of the average ghost-story"--"Sunday Times. "A novelist retreats to an abandoned house in the heart of London, where he becomes enthralled by an 18th-century spirit--and where his contact with the outside world gradually diminishes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WILDSIDE PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781592249169ISBN:1592249167
Description: New. _The Beckoning Fair One_ is sometimes called the greatest ghost story in the English language; it may well be; certainly it is one of the quietest and most beautiful supernatural tales ever written. It reminds us of Shirley Jackson's _The Haunting of... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WILDSIDE PR
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780809500314ISBN:0809500310
Description: New. The Beckoning Fair One is sometimes called the greatest ghost story in the English language; it may well be. Certainly it is one of the questest and most beautiful supernatural tales ever written. It reminds the reader of Shirley Jackson's "The Haunt... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781419153815ISBN:1419153811
Description: New. Without quite knowing how he came to be there Oleron found himself striding over the loose board he had temporarily placed on the step broken by Miss Bengough. He was hatless, and descending the stairs. read more
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