Books with title The Intoxicated Ghost, and Other Stories

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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back [1913]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 288. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS.

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"Richard Middleton knew that there was a puzzle; in other words, that the universe is a great mystery; and this consciousness of his is the source of the charm of 'The Ghost Ship.' I declare I would not exchange this short, crazy, enchanting fantasy for a whole wilderness of seemly novels, proclaiming in decorous accents the undoubted truth that there are milestones on the Portsmouth Road.." -Arthur Machen "Unusual, with a strange power of suggestion and a curious probing into life, are those volumes of sketches and short stories....A genius gone too young from these ways of men. 'The Ghost Ship' tells of a vessel blown by a fierce tempest into a field of turnips in a dull little town. A ship such as no man had seen for three hundred years. Strange things forthwith begin to happen in this village - the gathering and roistering of fierce piratical men drinking marvellous new drinks that seem to be blended of honey and fire. Finally, on another gale, the ship blows off again into the unknown, taking with it the village fool. An absurd fantasy you say! Yes, but read it and you will believe and wonder with the villagers. Such is the magic of Middleton's power over words and hearts." -Hearst's International "A collection of strange short stories, in many of which Death plays an uncannily puissant role....In his predilection for the melancholy and the weird, Middleton at times strongly suggests Edgar Allan Poe. If we are to believe Mr. Arthur Machen, who has written an introduction to 'The Ghost Ship' stories, all the material Middleton used in his work was 'placed in the athanor of art, in that furnace of the sages which is said to be governed with wisdom. Lead entered the burning of the fire, gold came forth from it.' Gloomy as the majority of these stories are, several included in the volume are of a delicious and satirically biting wit." -Current Literature "It is clear, direct, and unmannered...'The Ghost Ship' itself is a little masterpiece....Those who like Mr. Belloc and Mr. Chesterton should read Mr. Middleton also." -The Nation "The work of a man who knew how to give to interesting thoughts exquisite expression." -The New York Times "His stories, though they exhibit ingenuity and power, tend to the ugly, even the hideous...but they are interesting." -The Dial "Has no superior as a gently humorous fantasy." -The Outlook CONTENTS: PREFACE The Ghost-Ship A Drama Of Youth The New Boy On the Brighton Road A Tragedy In Little Shepherd's Boy The Passing of Edward The Story Of A Book The Bird In The Garden Children Of The Moon The Coffin Merchant The Soul Of A Policeman The Conjurer The Poet's Allegory And Who Shall Say——? The Biography Of A Superman Blue Blood Fate And The Artist The Great Man A Wet Day

The Ghost Ship And Other Ghost Stories Richard Middleton TALES OF TERROR “I thought it was queer when I saw a drowned sailor float by in the thin air with his hair and beard all full of bubbles. It was the first time I had seen anything quite like that at Fairfield.” Middleton suffered from severe depression, known as melancholia. He spent the last nine months of his life in Brussels, where in December 1911 he took his life by poisoning himself with chloroform, which had been prescribed as a remedy for his condition. His literary reputation was kept alive by Edgar Jepson and Arthur Machen, the latter of whom wrote an introduction to Middleton's collection The Ghost Ship and Other Stories, and later by John Gawsworth. His stories have appeared in several anthologies. An encounter by Middleton with the young Raymond Chandler is said to have influenced the latter to postpone his career as writer. Chandler wrote, "Middleton struck me as having far more talent than I was ever likely to possess; and if he couldn't make a go of it, it wasn't very likely that I could."

THE INTOXICATED GHOST I It was not her beauty which made Irene Gaspic unusual, although she was bewitchingly pretty; nor yet her wit, her cleverness, or her wealth, albeit she was well endowed with all these good gifts: other girls were pretty, and wise, and witty, and rich. It was something far more piquant and rare which marked Irene as different from her mates, the fact being that from her great-aunt on the mother's side, an old lady who for nearly ninety years displayed to her fellow-mortals one of the most singular characters possible, Irene had inherited the power of seeing ghosts. It is so generally regarded as a weakness even to believe in disembodied spirits that in justice to Irene it is but fair to remark that she believed in them only because she could not help seeing them, and that the power with which she was endowed had come to her by inheritance quite without any wish on her part. Any fair-minded person must perceive the difference between seeing ghosts because one is so foolish as to believe in them, and believing in their existence because one cannot help seeing them. It might be added, moreover, that the firmness which Miss Gaspic had displayed when visited by some of the most unpleasant wraiths in the whole category should be allowed to tell in her favor. When she was approached during a visit to Castle Doddyfoethghw--where, as every traveler in Wales is aware, is to be found the most ghostly phantom in the three kingdoms--by a gory figure literally streaming with blood, and carrying its mangled head in its hands, she merely remarked coldly: "Go away at once, please. You do not alarm me in the least; but to come into the presence of a lady in such a state of unpleasant dismemberment is in shockingly bad taste."

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