About the book: 2009 / The other world is not as far away as many people think . In any case, just a century ago its inhabitants often showed themselves to even the most inveterate skeptics - at midnight and in daylight, in abandoned houses with a bad reputation and respectable mansions full of servants, on the deserted streets of unfamiliar cities and in cozy, long-lived rooms. This anthology includes stories and short stories by English and American writers of the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, dedicated to frightening, mystical encounters with ghosts. Get ready to follow the heroes into the wide open gates between reality and sleep! Contents: The Golden Age of “Ghost” LiteratureVernon Lee. MEDEA DA CAPRIExcerpts from the diary of Spiridon TrepkaWilliam Wymark Jacobs. THE WELLFrank R. Stockton. THE SPIRIT OF OLD MAN APPLEJOYEllen Glasgow. LETTERS FROM THE PASTAlgernon Blackwood. EMPTY HOUSEMarcus Clark. BOOK GHOSTSBiographical Information