The book includes the best examples of “ghost stories” popular in England, dedicated to mysterious, ominous and supernatural events associated with the other world. Developing the traditions of the European “Gothic” novel, British writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. they place their heroes in a situation of meeting the Unknown, skillfully involving the reader in an atmosphere of Fear and Mystery. Among the authors of the collection are the classic of world literature G. James, recognized luminaries of the genre M. R. James and E. Blackwood, Victorian writers highly valued by critics A. Edwards and M. Oliphant. All translations included in the book are published for the first time, a significant part of the stories have not been previously translated into Russian.

Contents: Amelia Edwards: The Phantom Carriage (story, translation: Lyudmila Brilova) Margaret Oliphant: The Library Window (story, translation: Lyudmila Brilova) Henry James: The Third Party (story, translation : Sergey Sukharev) Algernon Blackwood: A Ghost Story Told by One Woman (story, translation: Maria Kurennaya) Perceval Landon: Turnley Abbey (story, translation: Lyudmila Brilova) Montague Rhodes James: A Warning to the Curious (story, translation: Lyudmila Brilova) Edward Frederick Benson: Atonement (story, translation: Lyudmila Brilova) Hugh Walpole: The Little Ghost (story, translation: Maria Kurennaya) John Randolph Shane Leslie: As in Glass Darkly (story, translation: Lyudmila Brilova)

The cover design uses the painting “Antique Stagecoach” (1901) by F. Remington.