Roald Dahls Book of Ghost Stories
by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl's Sexist Introduction
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a prickly, colorful character who wrote
maliciously funny short stories for adults (The Best of Roald Dahl) as well
as better-known works for children (James and the Giant Peach). As he
relates in the introduction, he started the research for this book by making
a call to the celebrated ghost-story anthologist/writer, Lady Cynthia
Asquith. He then went to the British Museum Library, and read a total of
749 tales before selecting 14 for this anthology. His criterion: Spookiness
is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the
creeps and disturb your thoughts. Included here are not only
acknowledged classics by Robert Aickman, Edith Wharton, J. S. Le Fanu,
and F. Marion Crawford, but also tales by lesser-known writers such as L.
P. Hartley, Rosemary Timperley, Jonas Lie, Mary Treadgold, and A. M.
Burrage. The Washington Post writes, Dahls taste, it will surprise no one,
is impeccable.

Personal Review: Roald Dahls Book of Ghost Stories by Roald
Dahl
Roald Dahl has put together fourteen of his favorite ghost stories by
authors such as E. F. Benson, Rosemary Timperley, and Edith Wharton. I
definitely suggest this book for people that around thirteen years old
because some of the content may not be appropriate for ages fewer than
thirteen. Every one of the stories sucks you in immediately although the
scares may not happen towards the end. But all of the stories have a little
spook in the starting. Many of the stories involve invisible friends and child
friendly stories. They will most definitely give make the hair on the back of
your neck stand up and a chill run down your spine. They are good read to
a group or by you either way they are definitely a late night page-turner.
Although none of the stories are by Roald Dahl he definitely chose some of
the scariest stories that could fit into this 235-page book with 14 stories.
My favorite stories in the book are: In the tube since it was very descriptive
and showed a lot of emotion, and Ringing the Changes one of the
spookiest stories in my opinion takes place on this couples honey moon in
a small town called Holihaven, when they arrive there are church bells that
are continuously ringing for almost the entire story! The genre of course is
short story's, fiction even though I would call it horror. I don't want to give
away the story but you may find some unnerving cliffhangers in this book!
This book relates to some of the books I've read such as the Hardy boys
series because at the end of every chapter there is a cliffhanger that urges
you to continue reading onto the next chapter. All of these authors have
their own individual styles of writing and bring in a new plot every time to
each story. Some stories you might also enjoy if you enjoyed this book are:
The Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine, The Hardy boy's series (more
mystery) by Franklin W. Dixon.
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