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    Humorous Ghost Stories
    Humorous Ghost Stories
    Humorous Ghost Stories
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    Humorous Ghost Stories

    Written by Dorothy Scarborough

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough -- The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde -- The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess -- "Dey ain't no ghosts" / by Ellis Parker Butler -- The transferred ghost / by Frank R. Stockton -- The mummy's foot / Théophile Gautier -- The rival ghosts / Brander Matthews -- The water ghost of Harrowby Hall / by John Kendrick Bangs -- Back from that bourne / Anonymous -- The ghost-ship / by Richard Middleton -- The transplanted ghost / by Wallace Irwin -- The last ghost in Harmony / by Nelson LLoyd -- The ghost of Miser Brimpson / by Eden Phillpotts -- The haunted photograph / by Ruth McEnery Stuart -- The ghost that got the button / by Will Adams -- The specter bridegroom / by Washington Irving -- The specter of Tappington / compiled by Richard Barham -- In the barn / by Burges Johnson -- A shady plot / by Elsie Brown -- The lady and the ghost / by Rose Cecil O'Neill. (Summary by Sarah Engracia Parshall)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Dorothy Scarborough

    Dorothy Scarborough was an American author who wrote about Texas, folk culture, cotton farming, ghost stories, and women’s life in the Southwest. Scarborough was born in Mount Carmel, Texas, and she went on to study at the University of Chicago and the University of Oxford. Beginning in 1916, she taught literature at Columbia University. She died on November 7, 1935, at her home in New York City and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas.

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