Книги автора: Эдвард Фредерик Бенсон

Мистика, триллер, ужасы… Звучит заманчиво, не так ли? Одно произведение соответствующего жанра, написанное мастером своего дела, может увлечь, вскружить голову, заставить дрожать от страха и напряжения в ожидании развязки. А если таких произведений несколько? Представляем вам сборник рассказов популярных американских писателей «Заклятие сатаны» в переводе члена Союза писателей России Бориса Косенкова. Яркий, живой язык этих произведений и великолепный перевод не позволят вам оторваться от книги до тех пор, пока не будет прочитана ее последняя строчка.

Эдвард Фредерик Бенсон, интеллектуал и историк британской монархии, автор десятков «страшных рассказов» и любимец мэтров хоррора, по-прежнему остается писателем, недооцененным потомками. А между тем в своих произведениях он часто рассказывал об ужасах, имевших место в его собственной семье… К чему готовиться, если постоянно слышишь жужжание мух? Что может скрываться в отражении хрустального шара? Как действовать, если оживает твой автопортрет? Вот лишь некоторые темы рассказов Э. Ф. Бенсона…

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. The Terror by Night—the first volume in the series—covers the period between 1899 and 1911, and demonstrates Benson's early mastery of his craft, in such stories as 'Caterpillars', 'The Man Who Went Too Far', 'Gavon's Eve', and 'The Bus-Conductor', the basis for one of the stories in the classic supernatural film Dead of Night. The Terror by Night is a short horror story published in 1912. The Terror by Night is a part of a short story collection «„The Room in the Tower and Other Stories“» also published in 1912. Among the most significant works Edward Benson: And the dead Spoke…, The Outcast, Machon, Negotium Perambulans…, At the Farmhouse, Inscrutable Decrees, The Gardener, Mr Tilly's Seance, Mrs Amworth, In the Tube, Roderick's Story, The Horror Horn, Mapp and Lucia series, Dodo series, The Inheritor, Secret Lives, Naboth's Vineyard, The Wishing-Well, The Terror by Night, The Thing in the Hall, The Cat, The Sanctuary and many more.

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. The Thing in the Hall, is a rather macabre and strange story – retold by Mike Vendetti – of two friends living in London, one of whom tempts fate by inviting a spirit to visit without limiting what type of spirit he is inviting. As we know, there are «evil» spirits just awaiting a home or a victim. Among the most significant works Edward Benson: And the dead Spoke…, The Outcast, Machon, Negotium Perambulans…, At the Farmhouse, Inscrutable Decrees, The Gardener, Mr Tilly's Seance, Mrs Amworth, In the Tube, Roderick's Story, The Horror Horn, Mapp and Lucia series, Dodo series, The Inheritor, Secret Lives, Naboth's Vineyard, The Wishing-Well, The Terror by Night, The Thing in the Hall, The Cat, The Sanctuary and many more.

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. The following works are included in the Selected of works Edward Frederic Benson: Mrs. Amworth, Negotium Perambulans…, Naboth's Vineyard, At the Farmhouse, The Wishing-Well, The Terror by Night, The Thing in the Hall, The Cat, The Sanctuary.