{"product_id":"the-haunted-hotel-and-other-strange-tales-9781840225334","title":"The Haunted Hotel and Other Strange Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wilkie Collins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditedand with an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Have you ever heard of the fascination of terror?'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a unique collection of strange stories from the cunning pen of Wilkie Collins, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/em\u003e. The star attraction is the novella \u003cem\u003eThe Haunted Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e, a clever combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of grim waterways, dark shadows and death. The action takes place in an ancient palazzo coverted into a modern hotel that houses a grisly secret. The supernatural horror, relentless pace, tight narrative, and a doomed countess characterise and distinguish this powerful tale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe other stories present equally disturbing scenarios, which include ghosts, corpses that move, family curses and perhaps the most unusual of all, the Devil's spectacles, which bring a clarity of vision that can lead to madness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wordsworth Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45033215197335,"sku":"9781840225334","price":423.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781840225334.webp?v=1769209197","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-haunted-hotel-and-other-strange-tales-9781840225334","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}