{"product_id":"shadows-on-the-wall-dark-tales-by-mary-e-wilkins-freeman-9780712354066","title":"Shadows on the Wall: Dark Tales by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing an influential American author to the series, offering a view of how weird fiction developed in the U.S. alongside the works of British authors. It includes two stories missed by the 'complete' strange story anthologies which have been assembled thanks to Mike Ashley's expertise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuddenly he began hastening hither and thither about the room. He moved the furniture with fierce jerks, turning ever to see the effect upon the shadow on the wall. Not a line of its terrible outlines wavered.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe disquieting tales of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman explore a world of contrast, where the supernatural erupts out of authentically drawn portraits of New England life. This is a world of witchcraft, secrecy, domestic spaces turned uncanny and ancestral vengeance inflicted upon the unfortunates of the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Collecting the best of the author's strange tales - including 'The White Shawl', which was unpublished during her lifetime - this volume casts a light on an underappreciated contributor to weird fiction and the shadowy corners of a dark imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780712354066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325246804149,"sku":"9780712354066","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b774e527-29c0-4c2a-81c5-45932a9f2986.jpg?v=1660018192","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shadows-on-the-wall-dark-tales-by-mary-e-wilkins-freeman-9780712354066","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}