A01=Charlotte Riddell
A01=Claude McKay
A01=E. F. Benson
A01=Edith Nesbit
A01=Elizabeth Bowen
A01=Lettice Galbraith
A01=Rhoda Broughton
A01=Sam Selvon
A01=Violet Hunt
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Author_Charlotte Riddell
Author_Claude McKay
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Author_Edith Nesbit
Author_Elizabeth Bowen
Author_Lettice Galbraith
Author_Rhoda Broughton
Author_Sam Selvon
Author_Violet Hunt
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Big Smoke
Bloomsbury
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hauntings
Kensington
Language_English
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Regents Canal
SN=British Library Tales of the Weird
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spirits
supernatural
Temple
UCL
unsettling
urban fiction
Vauxhall
Product details
- ISBN 9780712353762
- Dimensions: 130 x 190mm
- Publication Date: 20 Aug 2020
- Publisher: British Library Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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As the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from the night. A seance reveals a ghastly secret in the murk of Regent's Canal. From south of the Thames come chilling reports of a spring-heeled spectre, and in Stoke Newington rumours abound of an opening to another world among the quiet alleys.
Join Elizabeth Dearnley on this atmospheric tour through a shadowy London, a city which has long inspired writers of the weird and uncanny. Waiting in the hazy streets are eerie tales from Charlotte Riddell, Lettice Galbraith and Violet Hunt, along with haunting pieces by Virginia Woolf, Arthur Machen, Sam Selvon and many more.
Elizabeth Dearnley teaches the history of fairy tales at University College London and has curated several projects exploring how folk stories interact with the modern world. She is the co-creator of The Secret Diary of Bloomsbury, which collects submissions from visitors and residents of Bloomsbury to tell a collective story of life in the area.
