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The Beckoning Fair One by Oliver Onions Pse
The Beckoning Fair One is sometimes called the greatest ghost story in the English language; it may well be. Certainly it is one of the questest and most beautiful supernatural tales ever written. It reminds the reader of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House -- and that is huge praise indeed.The story tells of British novelist Paul Oleron, who lives restlessly in cramped quarters, looking -- as writers do -- for some way not to work on the project at hand. That is when he sees a vast and beautiful old house for rent. He takes the first floor and moves in. When his friend Elsie Benbough comes to visit, weirdness begins. The house, it seems, does not like Elsie and begins to inflict minor but mean-spirited injuries upon her. Feeling the presence of something evil, she warns Oleron that he will never be able to work there. But Oleron is entranced . . . and then in love . . . and soon obsessed. . . .
Onions, Oliver: - George Oliver Onions (1873 - 1961), who published under the name Oliver Onions, was a British writer of short stories and over 40 novels. He wrote in a variety of genres but is perhaps best remembered for his ghost stories, notably the highly regarded collection Widdershins and the widely anthologized novella The Beckoning Fair One. He was married to the novelist Berta Ruck. Originally trained as a commercial artist, he worked as a designer of posters and books and as a magazine illustrator during the Boer War. Encouraged by the American writer Gelett Burgess, Onions began writing fiction. The first editions of his novels were published with dust jackets bearing full-colour illustrations painted by Onions himself.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780809500314 |
| ISBN 10 | 0809500310 |
| Title | The Beckoning Fair One |
| Author | Oliver Onions Pse |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wildside Press |
| Year published | 2006-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 92 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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