Pomegranate Seed and Other Ghostly Tales

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Known for writing some of the most incisive and elegant novels of the early 20th century, Edith Wharton was also a master practitioner of the ghost story, producing dozens of frightful fictions throughout her lifetime. Combining pristine prose with strange, suffocating atmospheres and a profound sense of the uncanny, ‘Pomegranate Seed and Other Ghostly Tales’ detail spectral handwriting, isolated houses in lonely landscapes, and a husband with a terrible secret.

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PENGUIN HORROR: A celebration of the very best literary horror, a series of terrifying novels and tales that for generations have thrilled, captivated and kept readers wide awake at night.

Known for writing some of the most incisive and elegant novels of the early twentieth century, Edith Wharton was also a master practitioner of the ghost story, producing dozens of frightful fictions throughout her lifetime. Combining pristine prose with strange, suffocating atmospheres and a profound sense of the uncanny, Pomegranate Seed and Other Ghostly Tales, a collection of Wharton’s very best haunting narratives, detail spectral handwriting, isolated houses in lonely landscapes, and a husband with a terrible secret?

‘Masterly stories of horror and unease’ New Yorker

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Weight 0.152 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 13 × 1.3 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

240

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

813.52 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K