Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories
Encyclopedia
Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories is a collection of fantasy and horror
short stories
by author J. Sheridan Le Fanu
. It was released in 1945
and was the author's first book to be published in the United States
. It was published by Arkham House
in an edition of 2,026 copies.
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
short stories
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...
by author J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era....
. It was released in 1945
1945 in literature
The year 1945 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*November 1 - The magazine Ebony is published for the first time.*Noel Coward's short play, Still Life, is adapted to become the film, Brief Encounter....
and was the author's first book to be published in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was published by Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
in an edition of 2,026 copies.
Contents
Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories contains the following tales:- "Foreword" by August DerlethAugust DerlethAugust William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
- "Schalken, the Painter"
- "Squire Toby's Will"
- "Green Tea"
- "Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling"
- "CarmillaCarmillaCarmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla...
" - "The Sexton's Adventure"
- "Madame Crowl's Ghost"
- "Sir Dominick's Bargain"
- "The Vision of Tom Chuff"
- "Ultor De Lacy"
- "Dickon the Devil"
- "The House in Aungier Street"
- "Mr. Justice Harbottle"
- "The Familiar"