This is a richly entertaining collection of stories from the golden age of crime fiction - a period when crimes were solved by the wit and ingenuity of the sleuth with only his own intelligence to rely on. Within these pages you will find G.K. Chesterton's Mr. Pond, Ernest Bramah's blind detective, Max Carrados, Craifg Kennedy, 'the American Sherlock Holmes' and further tales by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Rudyard Kipling and A.C. Doyle.
...it is an universal phenomenon of our nature that the mournful, the fearful, even the horrible, allures with irresistible enchantment. - Chaucer Burr, Memoir, 1850. The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories is a superb collection of some of the greatest tales of the genre, many are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of the supernatural
What's it like to lead a dog's life?Why did Lady Godiva ride naked through the streets of Coventry?Was it fun to live in Roman Britain? Dip into this selection of stories and you'll find all the answers and lots more to excite your imagination. Whatever your interests, this fascinating collection has something for every reader between the ages of ten and thirteen.
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