Bewitched: The Ghostly Tales of Edith Wharton

She leaned closer, her voice dropping. “I seen ’em.” 

In the ashen light from the veiling of snow beyond the windows the Deacon’s little screwed-up eyes seemed to give out red sparks.

“Him and the dead?”

“Him and the dead.” 

Best known for her literary novels such as The House of Mirth and the Pulitzer-Prize-winning The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton was also a masterful weaver of chilling short tales who earned a reputation in the early twentieth century as one of America’s finest ghost story writers.

Drawing from a lifetime of supernatural short-story writing, this new selection from genre expert Mike Ashley presents eleven of Wharton’s most unnerving tales, including rarely anthologised works from the British Library’s collections. Featuring a biographical essay exploring how Wharton’s turbulent life influenced her macabre imagination, this volume is a celebration of the author’s signature brand of the weird and uneasy.

Publication date: 27/03/2025

Author: Edited by Mike Ashley

Brand: British Library Publishing

Number of pages: 288

Binding: Hardback

Dimensions: 210 x 149 mm