Great Ghost Stories

R.Chetwynd- Hayes

• ISBN10: 0006136230
• ISBN13: 9780006136231
• Publish Date: November 1974
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 16 August 1991
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 192
• Language: English

Reviews

[Cameron Trost]

In this anthology of ghost stories, R. Chetwynd-Hayes provides us with quite a bit of variety in terms of style, theme, setting, and atmosphere. Although none of them would make my list of favourite ghost stories, a few stood out. The Man from Glasgow, by W. Somerset Maugham, was well-written and creepy, as was Master of Hounds, by Peter A. Hough. As always, Rosemary Timperley's contribution didn't go unnoticed. The editor's contribution, The Hanging Tree, had plenty of creepy atmosphere and some memorable lines. My favourites from this title were The House by the Headland, by 'Sapper', and The Night Walkers, by Sydney J. Bounds. The former, despite being predictable, was wonderfully written and took full advantage of the dramatic setting that is the Cornish coast. The latter was also wonderfully written and provided the anthology's spookiest setting and most unlikable characters with the foggy Deadmen's Lock and an unhappy couple on a barge. All in all, a decent anthology.

[wyvernfriend]

A collection of older ghost stories, the kind of stories that are told around a fire. Some are better than others and many of them are quite old-fashioned and not quite as scary as they may have bene in other times.

Not a bad collection but nothing all that special.