The Ghost-Feeler: Stories of Terror and the Supernatural » (New Edition)

One of America's most important novelists, Edith Wharton was a refined, relentless chronicler of the Gilded Age and its social mores. Along with close friend Henry James, she helped define literature at the turn of the 20th century, even as she wrote classic nonfiction on travel, decorating and her own life.

Far removed from the comfort and urbane elegance associated with Edith Wharton's famous novels, the stories in this collection deal with vampirism, isolation and hallucination.

Publishers Weekly

Edith Wharton described herself as having an "intense Celtic sense of the supernatural." The Ghost-Feeler: Stories of Terror and the Supernatural, selected and introduced by Peter Haining, contains nine stories that Wharton wrote between 1893 and 1935. While they display the elegant prose of her novels, these tales revolve around supernatural manifestations (vampires, doppelgngers) made credible by Wharton's superb storytelling skills.