City of the Sea and Other Ghost Stories
- Written by Jerome K. Jerome
- ISBN: 978-1-55310-105-5
- Format: Hardcover, xviii+286pp
- Publish Date: Mar 28, 2008
- Original Price: C$49.00 / US$49.00 / £28.00
- Genre: Horror
- Publication Type: Collection
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Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) is chiefly remembered today for his great comic masterpiece Three Men In A Boat (1889), and it will likely come as a surprise to many to learn of his output of weird, macabre, and supernatural stories. These stories demonstrate Jerome’s wide-ranging talent, and whilst some of his “strange” tales are humorous (in particular the Told After Supper stories), others are mystical, and a few are genuinely horrific. After struggling to establish a writing career, Jerome’s major break came when Robert Barr appointed him as editor of The Idler, the magazine whose circulation Jerome described as “second only to one other English magazine” [The Strand].
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City of the Sea and Other Ghost Stories,these stories demonstrate Jerome’s wide-ranging talent: some of his “strange” tales are humorous, others mystical, and a few genuinely horrific. City of the Sea gathers his weird fiction for the first time in a single volume.
Edition Details
- Dust Jacket illustrated by Jason Van Hollander.
- This is a full clothbound edition limited to 400 copies.
Contents:
- 'Dark Jest: Humour and Horror in the Works of Jerome K. Jerome'
- TOLD AFTER SUPPER & OTHER FUNNY BONES:
- Introductory
- How the Stories Came to be Told
- Teddy Biffles' Story, Johnson and Emily, or The Faithful Ghost
- Interlude, The Doctor's Story
- Mr Coombes's Story, The Haunted Mill, or The Ruined Home
- Interlude
- My Uncle's Story, The Ghost of the Blue Chamber
- A Personal Explanation
- My Own Story
- The Materialisation of Charles and Mifanway
- Dick Dunkerman's Cat
- Whibley's Spirit
- A Pathetic Story
- The Angel and the Author
- The Ghost and the Blind Children
- The New Utopia
- TALES OF FANTASY AND DREAD:
- The Soul of Nicholas Snyders, or The Miser of Zandam
- The City of the Sea
- The Lesson
- The Dancing Partner
- The Snake
- The Skeleton
- The Philosopher's Joke
- The Passing of the Third Floor Back
- The House of the Two Cedars
- The Fiddle that Played of Itself
- Clocks
- Dreams
- Silhouettes
- Jerome Recalls a Ride in a Hansom Cab
- The Woman of the Saeter
- Malvina of Brittany.
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External Links
- City of the Sea and Other Ghost Stories. ISFDB entry for City of the Sea and Other Ghost Stories