Elizabeth dearnley (167 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: New. 'The sleeping wood had wakened. Her pearl teeth crashed against his with the sound of cymbals and her warm, fragrant breath blew around him like an Italian gale.'Dolls, mannequins, humanoid toys and dummies are the quintessential symbols of the uncanny, referenced by Freud in his foundational essay on the phenomenon of the familiar-turned-unsettling, and remaining a terrifying recurring menace of horror media today.In this new collection, Elizabeth Dearnley revives a sinister troupe of uncannily animated figures from tales across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by authors including E T A Hoffmann, Angela Carter, Vernon Lee, Algernon Blackwood and Rosemary Timperley.Terror and nightmares await when the doors of the doll house swing open and its denizens come out to play.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. 'The sleeping wood had wakened. Her pearl teeth crashed against his with the sound of cymbals and her warm, fragrant breath blew around him like an Italian gale.'Dolls, mannequins, humanoid toys and dummies are the quintessential symbols of the uncanny, referenced by Freud in his foundational essay on the phenomenon of the familiar-turned-unsettling, and remaining a terrifying recurring menace of horror media today.In this new collection, Elizabeth Dearnley revives a sinister troupe of uncannily animated figures from tales across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by authors including E T A Hoffmann, Angela Carter, Vernon Lee, Algernon Blackwood and Rosemary Timperley.Terror and nightmares await when the doors of the doll house swing open and its denizens come out to play.…

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Paperback. Condizione: New. As the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from the night. A seance reveals a ghastly secret in the murk of Regent's Canal. From south of the Thames come chilling reports of a spring-heeled spectre, and in Stoke Newington rumours abound of an opening to another world among the quiet alleys.Join Elizabeth Dearnley on this atmospheric tour through a shadowy London, a city which has long inspired writers of the weird and uncanny. Waiting in the hazy streets are eerie tales from Charlotte Riddell, Lettice Galbraith and Violet Hunt, along with haunting pieces by Virginia Woolf, Arthur Machen, Sam Selvon and many more.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The stars gave light enough for me to discern the figure as that of a man, but I could scarcely discover more. "Dark night, this," I said. "Darker below," he muttered, as though to himself; "darker, darker, darker."Yorkshire: a land entwined with a distinctive tradition of uncanny literature and folklore, home to twilit towns thronging with restless ghosts, woods alive with the whispers of fairies and vast moorlands stalked by boggarts and barghests after dark.Exploring Yorkshire's position as a heartland of British supernatural fiction, the stories and poems gathered here trace its weird literary heritage from medieval tales of shapeshifting spirits to the Gothic worlds of the Brontë sisters, and from wartime hauntings to modern folk horror. Including local legends from rare sources and unsettling stories from Arthur Machen, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Andrew Michael Hurley and many more, this collection offers glimpses of a stranger England hidden among the shadows of the dales.…

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Paperback. Condizione: New. As the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from the night. A seance reveals a ghastly secret in the murk of Regent's Canal. From south of the Thames come chilling reports of a spring-heeled spectre, and in Stoke Newington rumours abound of an opening to another world among the quiet alleys.Join Elizabeth Dearnley on this atmospheric tour through a shadowy London, a city which has long inspired writers of the weird and uncanny. Waiting in the hazy streets are eerie tales from Charlotte Riddell, Lettice Galbraith and Violet Hunt, along with haunting pieces by Virginia Woolf, Arthur Machen, Sam Selvon and many more.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The doll wasnt lying on the floor of the cage, but was standing against the padlocked door. And as the curtains parted it turned its face sharply towards meAs mannequins, automata, effigies and dummies, dolls have haunted our imagination since ancient times, invoked throughout the years in literature and film as quintessential symbols of the uncanny.In this collection of fourteen tales harking from 1817 to 2022, Elizabeth Dearnley presents a sinister troupe of unsettling playthings from the minds of E. T. A. Hoffmann, Daphne du Maurier, Angela Carter, Agatha Christie, Robert Aickman, Camilla Grudova and many more.Including possessed puppets, artificial suitors and figures that blur the lines between human and doll, fresh nightmares await when the doors of the dolls house swing open and its denizens come out to play. In this new collection, Elizabeth Dearnley revives a sinister troupe of uncannily animated figures from tales across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by authors including E T A Hoffmann, Angela Carter, Vernon Lee, Algernon Blackwood and Rosemary Timperley. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

paperback. Condizione: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

paperback. Condizione: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Beams were dancing on the waters of the Skirfare; the moonlight falling on the hills formed them into fantastic shapes With a slight indescribable kind of fear I bent my steps homewards.Along with its great swathes of natural moorland beauty and cities steeped in folklore and history, Yorkshire has a rich literary heritage, populated by innumerable phantoms, faeries and witches, as well as local legends like the bargest (a death-heralding ghost-dog). Gathering the greatest stories of the weird and uncanny set among the breathtaking Dales, rugged coast and bustling towns of Gods Own County, Elizabeth Dearnley presents a new collection of chilling tales, with fresh research exploring examples of Yorkshires uniquely haunting influence on horror literature, such as Whitby Abbeys role in the creation of Bram Stokers Dracula. Dearnley uses her expertise in folklore and ballads to tie together the weird short story heritage of Yorkshire with its historical accounts of local ghosts and legends.Includes stories by literary giants such as J. B. Priestley alongside rare finds from the British Library collections. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. As the fog thickens and the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from all over the city. A jilted lover returns as a demon to fulfil his revenge in Kensington, and a seance becomes a life and death struggle off Regents Canal. In the borough of Lambeth, stay clear of the Old House in Vauxhall Walk and be careful up in Temple there's something not right about the doleful, droning hum of the telegram wires overhead. Join Elizabeth Dearnley on this atmospheric tour through the Big Smoke, a city which has long fuelled the imagination of writers of the weird and supernormal. Waiting in the shadowy streets are tales from writers such as Charlotte Riddell, Lettie Galbraith and Violet Hunt, who delight in twisting the urban myths and folk stories of the city into pieces of masterful suspense and intrigue. This collection will feature a map motif and notes before each story, giving readers the real-world context for these hauntings and encounters, and allowing the modern reader to seek out the sites themselves should they dare. As the fog thickens and the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from all over the city. Waiting in the shadowy streets are tales from writers such as Charlotte Riddell, Lettie Galbraith and Violet Hunt, who delight in twisting the urban myths and folk stories of the city into pieces of masterful suspense and intrigue. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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paperback. Condizione: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 5-6 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 5-6 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamayor cover 1st edition. In this collection of fourteen tales harking from 1817 to 2022, Elizabeth Dearnley presents a sinister troupe of unsettling playthings.