{"product_id":"hauntings-fantasy-and-horror-classics-9781409720355","title":"Hauntings; (Fantasy and Horror Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Past is not dead. It is waiting to possess you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The greatest... of modern exponents of the supernatural in fiction.\"--\u003cem\u003eMontague Summers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this landmark collection of Victorian supernatural fiction, the acclaimed intellectual and writer Vernon Lee (Violet Paget) redefined the ghost story, moving it from creaking corridors to the dangerous realms of the human mind. Her tales are not merely of spectres, but of the magnetic, malignant power of history, art, and obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcross four mesmerising stories, \u003cem\u003eHauntings\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the passions and wickedness of the past return to contaminate the present: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmore Dure\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e A historian researching a 16th-century Italian noblewoman, infamous for the ruin and death of her many lovers, finds his obsession escalating until he fears he will become her next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDionea: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eThe arrival of a mysterious girl washed ashore in a remote Italian village unleashes a wave of violent, chaotic desire, suggesting she may be a pagan goddess reborn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOke of Okehurst: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e A wife's pathological obsession with her ancestral past (a notorious murder of a lover) drives her husband to distraction and madness, as he battles a phantom rival for her soul.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Wicked Voice: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e A composer in Venice is drawn into the fatal legend of an 18th-century castrato whose singing was said to be so exquisite it could literally kill, raising the question of whether a voice can truly haunt the living.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLee's ghosts are not caught in chains, but in the deepest recesses of the mind.\u003c\/strong\u003e She offers a brilliant, chilling study of aesthetics, female agency, and the terrifying line where artistic obsession ends and psychological collapse begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vernon Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantasy and Horror Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781409720355","brand":"Fantasy and Horror Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45055629623411,"sku":"9781409720355","price":30.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3591ecc9-ae1c-4323-9633-e3d38c177888.jpg?v=1780068623","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/hauntings-fantasy-and-horror-classics-9781409720355","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}