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Ratings: ★★★★☆ (4.6/5)
Genre: Short Stories / Ghost Stories / Horror / Gothic / Classic Literature

Book Review:
This Penguin Classics anthology gathers the finest ghost stories from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries — the golden age of the genre. Editor Michael Newton includes masters like M. R. James (“Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”), W. W. Jacobs (“The Monkey’s Paw”), Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ambrose Bierce, and Edward Bulwer Lytton. Phantom coaches, cursed houses, spectral children, and terrifying doppelgängers fill these pages. The stories are not all alike — some are subtle psychological horror, others are violent and grotesque. Newton’s introduction explores why ghost stories scare us and why they flourished in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Perfect for a dark, stormy night. Highly recommended for fans of classic horror.