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022			_29781840225334 [paperback]
040			_aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100			_aCollins, Wilkie, _eauthor.
245			_aThe haunted hotel and other strange tales / _cWilkie Collins, David Stuart Davies.
260			_aLondon : _bWordsworth Editions Ltd, _cc2006.
300			_aix, 317 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c19 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
500			_a"Tales of mystery & the supernatural"
505			_aContents: Introduction -- The Haunted Hotel -- The Dream Woman -- Mrs Zant and the Ghost -- A Terribly Strange Bed -- Miss Feromette and the Clergyman -- The Dead Hand -- Blow Up with the Brig! -- Nine o'Clock -- The Devil's Spectacles.
520			_a"‘Have you ever heard of the fascination of terror?’ This is a unique collection of strange stories from the cunning pen of Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. The star attraction is the novella The Haunted Hotel, a clever combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of grim waterways, dark shadows and death. The action takes place in an ancient palazzo coverted into a modern hotel that houses a grisly secret. The supernatural horror, relentless pace, tight narrative, and a doomed countess characterise and distinguish this powerful tale. The other stories present equally disturbing scenarios, which include ghosts, corpses that move, family curses and perhaps the most unusual of all, the Devil's spectacles, which bring a clarity of vision that can lead to madness." --Provided by the publisher
521			_aAdult
541			_aPurchased _xLauron, Rodello _yGeneral Education _zFiction
546			_aText in English
650			_2Science fiction _vFantasy & horror _xClassic fiction.
700			_4Davies, David Stuart _eauthor of introduction, _eseries editor.
942			_2ddc _cBK
998			_cLeslie [new] _d03/17/26
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