Ghosts in the House

Written by Nancy A. Collins & R. H. Benson
ISBN: 1-899562-13-3 (978-1-899562-13-8)
Format: Hardcover, xvii + 251pp
Publish Date: September 13, 1996
Original Price: US$38.00 / £22.50
Genre: Horror
Publication Type: Collection
Search Book on: AbeBooks eBay Biblio ABAA

Nancy A. Collins & R. H. Benson

Nancy A. Collins, a. C. & R. H. Benson, the Benson family was one of the most extraordinary and prolific writing families of the last hundred years. Between them, the three brothers, Arthur Christopher (1862–1925), Edward Frederic (1867–1940), and Robert Hugh (1871–1914), wrote more than one hundred and fifty books on a variety of topics. A.C. Benson left a four-million-word diary, though his most lasting legacy may be the words he wrote for Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1," better known as "Land of Hope and Glory." All three brothers wrote ghost stories, but E.F. Benson's success in the genre has long overshadowed the work of his brothers.

About

Ghosts in the House,for many years, the supernatural tales of A.C. and R.H. Benson were long out of print and difficult to find, known to only a few enthusiasts. Hugh Lamb, whose ground-breaking anthologies of the 1970s were largely responsible for their rediscovery, collected nineteen of the best stories by both writers for this volume. The collection includes A.C. Benson's masterful tales "Basil Netherby" and "The Uttermost Farthing," as well as R.H. Benson's "Mr Percival's Tale" and "The Traveller." Also included is a rare 1913 article, "Haunted Houses," by R.H. Benson, reprinted here for the first time.