Black spirits & white : a book of ghost stories by Ralph Adams Cram
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"Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories" by Ralph Adams Cram is a collection of supernatural tales written in the late 19th century. The stories delve into haunting experiences and supernatural occurrences, exploring the thin veil between the known and the mysterious, particularly focusing on themes of death, curses, and otherworldly encounters. The opening of the book sets the stage for a thrilling exploration of ghostly apparitions and unsettling phenomena
through intriguing characters entangled in these eerie narratives. At the start of the collection, the narrator discusses his arrival in Paris and a chance reunion with his friend Eugene Marie d'Ardeche. Eugene shares his eerie experiences related to an old inheritance, a haunted house at 252 Rue M. le Prince, which is notorious for driving tenants away without any clear explanation. As Eugene recounts the stories of the house—the strange occurrences and the ominous presence of a sorcerer—he reveals plans to investigate it with the narrator and some doctors. The opening story builds tension as it introduces the unsettling environment of the haunted house, setting up a narrative steeped in suspense and the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 06030871 |
| Title | Black spirits & white : a book of ghost stories |
| Alternate Title | Black spirits and white |
| Contents | No. 252 rue M. le Prince -- In Kropfsberg keep -- The white villa -- Sister Maddelena -- Notre Dame des eaux -- The dead valley. |
| Credits |
Produced by David Clarke, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Ghost stories, American |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 26687 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-26687-9 |
| Release Date | Sep 22, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1248 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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