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The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Bishop of Hell and Other StoriesBowen's stories show a mastery of detail, a sureness of expression and an acute reading of human nature that give them a sinister force which is realistic and unnerving, yet at the same time tinged with pity and compassion.
Full description- Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Published: 05 September 2006
- Format: Paperback 192 pages
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- Categories: Classics | Horror | Short Stories
- ISBN 13: 9781840225372 ISBN 10: 1840225378
- Sales rank: 95,928
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Full description for The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories
Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) spent the early part of her working life providing for a demanding and ungrateful family. We are lucky that she did so, since among the results were these short stories of rare quality. In their use of dreams, ancient anecdote, and ruined or dilapidated buildings ('Florence Flannery', 'The Fair Hair of Ambrosine') they are at times in the finest tradition of The Castle of Otranto and the Gothic revival which had chilled the blood of the British public a hundred and fifty years earlier. But her stories are more subtle in their construction, and often use simple materials ('The Crown Derby Plate', Elsie's Lonely Afternoon'), interweaving their terror and mystery with the commonplace of everyday life. Their mastery of detail, sureness of expression and acute reading of human nature give them a sinister force, which is realistic and unnerving, yet at the same time tinged with pity and compassion.
