{"product_id":"in-the-dark-tales-of-terror-by-e-nesbit-9780008249014","title":"In the Dark: Tales of Terror by E. Nesbit","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdith Nesbit's natural gift for storytelling has brought her worldwide renown as a classic children's author. But beyond her beloved children's stories lay a darker side to her imagination, revealed here in her chilling tales of the supernatural.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHaunted by lifelong phobias which provoked, in her own words, 'nights and nights of anguish and horror, long years of bitterest fear and dread', Nesbit was inspired to pen terrifying stories of a twilight world where the dead walked the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll but forgotten for almost a hundred years until \u003cem\u003eIn the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1988, this collection finally restored Nesbit's reputation as a one of the most accomplished and entertaining ghost-story writers of the Victorian age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith seven extra newly-discovered stories now appearing for the first time in paperback, this revised edition includes an introduction by Hugh Lamb exploring the life of the woman behind these tales and the events and experiences that contributed to her fascination with the macabre. The opening story, the unforgettable 'Man-Size in Marple', was adapted by Mark Gatiss as the BBC's \u003cem\u003eGhost Story for Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 46 years, Hugh Lamb collected and edited vintage tales of the supernatural and macabre, carving out for himself a reputation as one of the UK's foremost authorities on Victorian ghost stories and other vintage tales of terror. He died in 2019 aged 73.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903499309330,"sku":"9780008249014","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b90a45fc-1501-4343-960b-8a046e33504d.jpg?v=1738496275","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-dark-tales-of-terror-by-e-nesbit-9780008249014","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}