James Platt

Tales of the supernatural: Six romantic stories blends romantic intensity with haunting elements of the uncanny, crafting narratives where love is frequently tested by forces beyond human control. The stories highlight how deep affection can become entangled with fear, secrecy, and the unknown, creating an atmosphere charged with emotional and spectral tension. Through symbolic acts, eerie landscapes, and mysterious encounters, the collection explores how passion can lead characters to confront forbidden knowledge or make dangerous pacts. The supernatural elements serve as reflections of internal struggles, giving physical form to guilt, desire, and the longing for connection across boundaries of life and death. These tales suggest that love is rarely pure or safe but instead shadowed by risk and hidden truths. The tone throughout is atmospheric, relying on vivid imagery and emotionally charged moments to immerse the reader in a world where the romantic and the macabre are inseparable. The result is a series of haunting reflections on vulnerability and the power of unseen forces in shaping fate.

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The complete supernatural fiction of a Victorian scholarThe second half of the nineteenth century was a golden age for supernatural fiction and such is the proliferation of ghost stories written in that period that it seems as if everyone who could write tried their hand at the genre. Among academics, the master of the literary ghost story. M. R. James is a notable example as are his friend E. G. Swain and several others. James Platt (1861-1910) was a scholar of British history specialising in the Anglo-Saxon period and was also a contributor to the original Oxford English Dictionary. Platt penned just one small collection of ghostly stories which was published in 1894. Despite his slender output his tales of the otherworldly are still held in high regard among critics and aficionados of supernatural fiction. The stories in this collection, originally published as, 'Tales of the Supernatural' are 'The Seven Sigils', 'The Hand of Glory', 'The Rabbi Lion', 'The Evil Eye', 'The Witches' Sabbath' and 'The Devil's Debt'. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

The complete supernatural fiction of a Victorian scholarThe second half of the nineteenth century was a golden age for supernatural fiction and such is the proliferation of ghost stories written in that period that it seems as if everyone who could write tried their hand at the genre. Among academics, the master of the literary ghost story. M. R. James is a notable example as are his friend E. G. Swain and several others. James Platt (1861-1910) was a scholar of British history specialising in the Anglo-Saxon period and was also a contributor to the original Oxford English Dictionary. Platt penned just one small collection of ghostly stories which was published in 1894. Despite his slender output his tales of the otherworldly are still held in high regard among critics and aficionados of supernatural fiction. The stories in this collection, originally published as, 'Tales of the Supernatural' are 'The Seven Sigils', 'The Hand of Glory', 'The Rabbi Lion', 'The Evil Eye', 'The Witches' Sabbath' and 'The Devil's Debt'. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Title: Tales of the Supernatural, etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Platt, James; 1894. 173 p.; 8 . 012641.e.92.