The Lost Stradivarius
A beautifully written ghost story of the late Victorian period. Focusing on a seemingly haunted violin and one man's growing obsession with it. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are...
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A beautifully written ghost story of the late Victorian period. Focusing on a seemingly haunted violin and one man's growing obsession with it. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781843911371 (184391137X)
Publish date: June 1st 2006
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Pages no: 131
Edition language: English
Series: Misterium Grozy
Nice little gothic confection about the doomed John Maltravers. The author doesn't insult us by having the principals stumble about and wonder what is going on for too long; they figure things out pretty quickly but all seem paralyzed to figure out how to help the almost totally listless Maltravers...
Not very creepy story about a haunted violin that is really a vampire (you gotta read it to see what I mean). The musician inevitably wastes away and dies instead of burning the damn thing and everyone about ends up wringing their hands instead of doing something about it. Gothic and Romantic at t...
Oh those Italians and their pagan ways.
Available on both Gutenberg and Librivox. Note to any passing Librarian - this was published 1895.Read by Joanna David. Broadcast on:BBC Radio 7, 1:30pm Monday 2nd August 2010Duration:30 minutesAvailable until:2:02pm Monday 9th August 2010Categories:Drama, Horror & Supernatural
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