Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Killer and the Slain ISBN: 1939140994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781939140999 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 23290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: " An] exercise in the macabre, the bizarre, the psychologically unaccountable ... worked out with conspicuous craft and dexterity ... ingenious, accomplished." - Times Literary Supplement " A] masterful blending of suspense, horror and deep-etched character ... spine-chilling." - Publishers Weekly "Well done, with more sex than one associates with Walpole ... belongs in the gallery of pathological horror stories." - Kirkus Reviews " W]ill entangle the imaginative reader. It is undoubtedly macabre. Maturity and assurance of style add to its impressiveness." - Sydney Morning Herald As boys, Jimmie Tunstall was John Talbot's implacable foe, never ceasing to taunt, torment, and bully him. Years later, John is married and living in a small coastal town when he learns, much to his chagrin, that his old adversary has just moved to the same town. Before long the harassment begins anew until finally, driven to desperation, John murders his tormentor. Soon he starts to suffer from frightening hallucinations and his personality and physical appearance begin to alter, causing him increasingly to resemble the man he killed. Is it merely the psychological effect of his guilt, or is it the manifestation of something supernatural - and evil? The tension builds until the chilling final scene, when the horrifying truth will be revealed about the killer - and the slain. The works of the prolific and phenomenally popular Sir Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) have been neglected since his death, but his "macabre" tales, of which The Killer and the Slain (1942) is the best, deserve rediscovery. A psychological horror story in the tradition of The Turn of the Screw and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Walpole's posthumous novel is reprinted for the first time in this new edition, which features an introduction by John Howard.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: The Old Ladies ISBN: 1098741137 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098741136 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 43670.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: In an old rickety building on the rock above an old grass-grown square in the city of Polchester live three old ladies. The house was a windy, creaky, rain-bitten place where tthe ladies lived as tenants. One of the tenants, Miss Beringer, has a rather nervous personality but is befriended by a kindly neighbour named Mrs. Amorest. Soon, however, she meets the third tenant, a strange woman who takes an interest in her one treasured possession, an amber figurine. Although it is the morning of Christmas Eve, the mood in the house soon turns ominous, despite Mrs Amorest's best efforts to foster a festive spirit.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Above the Dark Circus: Large Print ISBN: 170041769X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781700417695 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 12630.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Huge Walpole's thrilling adventure novel of the 1920s revolves around Piccadily Circus. Richard Gunn is an ex-soldier in trouble after the end of the Great War. Jobless and starving in Piccadilly Circus, he encounters his nemesis, Leroy Pengelly. From this encounter the secrets of their shared past start to unravel... A novel which combines elements of the horror and supernatural - at which Walpole was so skilled - with the puzzle element of the whodunnit - all wrapped up in one unsettling and uncanny whole.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Jeremy and Hamlet: Large Print ISBN: 1098669576 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098669577 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 11490.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Jeremy and Hamlet is the second book in the Jeremy Trilogy published by Sir Hugh Walpole. Published to critical acclaim across the world, it quickly became a bestseller. Hamlet in the second novel is Jeremy's trusty best friend and sidekick, his dog. The portrayal of young Jeremy is authentic, engaging, and incredibly realistic glimpse of an English boyhood.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: All Souls` Night ISBN: 1099699223 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099699221 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18380.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Walpole's third collection of short fiction, sixteen stories, including several of his best supernatural tales. Walpole's two strongest stories in the genre are Tarnhelm; or, The Death of My Uncle Robert, a strangely moving and poignant werewolf tale told from the point of view of a sensitive little boy; and The Silver Mask, the story of a middle-aged woman's fatal obsession with a sinister and beautiful young man. The Silver Mask is in fact, a masterpiece, a classic example of how a tale can be truly terrible and ghostly with no ghost and only the wispiest hint of the supernatural. Contents: The Whistle, The Silver Mask, The Staircase, A Carnation for an Old Man, Tarnhelm; or, The Death of my Uncle Robert, Mr. Oddy, Seashore Macabre. A Moment's Experience, Lilac, The Oldest Talland, The Little Ghost, Mrs. Lunt, Sentimental but True, Portrait in Shadow, The Snow, The Ruby Glass, Spanish Dusk
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Jeremy and Hamlet: Large Print ISBN: 1070460435 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781070460437 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18380.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Jeremy and Hamlet is the second book in the Jeremy Trilogy published by Sir Hugh Walpole. Published to critical acclaim across the world, it quickly became a bestseller. Hamlet in the second novel is Jeremy's trusty best friend and sidekick, his dog. The portrayal of young Jeremy is authentic, engaging, and incredibly realistic glimpse of an English boyhood.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Harmer John ISBN: 1099706955 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099706950 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 26430.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A classic Unworldly Story, that has been captivating audiences for generations. Harmer John, after studying art in Italy, has devised a plan to combine the two and save the world. Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible Sun within us...'Tis all one to live in St. Innocents' Churchyard as in the Sands of Aegypt; Ready to be anything, in the ecstasy of being ever, and as content with six foot as the moles of Adrianus.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: A Prayer for my Son ISBN: 1706903081 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781706903086 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 28730.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This belongs to the Man With The Red Hair Walpole, and is again a story of a sadist, in this instance a grandfather with an overweening ego and a thirst for a gratification of his sense of power. The boy's mother, his aunt, the boy himself are prey to his madness, and the story gathers momentum until they are forced to escape from the setting which gives him his power. It's a skilful build-up of atmosphere and suspense.-Kirkus Review.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: The Green Mirror: Large Print ISBN: 1706877129 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781706877127 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 39070.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The figure of Mrs. Trenchard is the monumental figure of this novel. In her, an inexpressive and apparently commonplace woman, is concentrated all the jealous tenacity of a strong parent who is unwilling to let go her child. Her strength lies mainly in her ability, as the unsympathetic see it, to impose terms on the creative possibilities of those she loves, and she singles out the considerate Katherine as the person whose destiny she wills to govern. When Katherine consents to be engaged for a year, she realizes the necessity of paying any reasonable price to hold her mother and the Trenchards, to win them to Phil. But the mother is like most dominant family-centered mothers, she has no ultimate respect for her daughter's will. She knows better than her daughter. And Katherine is forced in the end to break the adjustment that was forged for love through years.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Above the Dark Circus ISBN: 1099873282 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099873287 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 44820.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Huge Walpole's thrilling adventure novel of the 1920s revolves around Piccadily Circus. Richard Gunn is an ex-soldier in trouble after the end of the Great War. Jobless and starving in Piccadilly Circus, he encounters his nemesis, Leroy Pengelly. From this encounter the secrets of their shared past start to unravel... A novel which combines elements of the horror and supernatural - at which Walpole was so skilled - with the puzzle element of the whodunnit - all wrapped up in one unsettling and uncanny whole.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Jeremy at Crale ISBN: 1099708265 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099708268 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 19530.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Walpole wrote horror novels that tended more towards the psychological rather than supernatural, with a brooding underlying mysticism. Among his important novels is the semi autobiographical series that includes Jeremy, Jeremy and Hamlet, and this volume, Jeremy at Crale. Jeremy at Crale is the third coming of age story published by Sir Hugh Walpole. Published to critical acclaim across the world, it quickly became a bestseller.
Автор: Walpole Hugh Название: Above the Dark Circus: Large Print ISBN: 1099873339 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781099873331 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16080.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Huge Walpole's thrilling adventure novel of the 1920s revolves around Piccadily Circus. Richard Gunn is an ex-soldier in trouble after the end of the Great War. Jobless and starving in Piccadilly Circus, he encounters his nemesis, Leroy Pengelly. From this encounter the secrets of their shared past start to unravel... A novel which combines elements of the horror and supernatural - at which Walpole was so skilled - with the puzzle element of the whodunnit - all wrapped up in one unsettling and uncanny whole.
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