Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1945 Country United States of America | Publication date 1945 Pages x, 357 pp | |
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Genres Fantasy, Short story, Horror fiction, Horror, Speculative fiction Similar Sheridan Le Fanu books, Short Stories, Ghost books | ||
Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It was released in 1945 and was the author's first book to be published in the United States. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 2,026 copies. A much less extensive collection of Le Fanu stories was published under the same title by Dover Books in 1993.
Contents
Contents
Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories contains the following tales:
- "Foreword" by August Derleth
- "Schalken, the Painter"
- "Squire Toby's Will"
- "Green Tea"
- "Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling"
- "Carmilla"
- "The Sexton's Adventure"
- "Madame Crowl's Ghost"
- "Sir Dominick's Bargain"
- "The Vision of Tom Chuff"
- "Ultor De Lacy"
- "Dickon the Devil"
- "The House in Aungier Street"
- "Mr. Justice Harbottle"
- "The Familiar"
Reception
New York Times reviewer D. C. Russell wrote that although Le Fanu's storytelling skills were impressive, "the end of every story left me with a feeling of disappointment". Russell concluded that while Le Fanu "may write with the skill of an adult, the thought is without subtlety".
References
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