{"product_id":"the-collected-supernatural-and-weird-fiction-of-catherine-crowe-thirty-five-short-stories-of-the-strange-and-unusual-including-the-evening-tales-hardcover","title":"The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe: Thirty-Five Short Stories of the Strange and Unusual Including the 'Evening Tales', ' - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Crowe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe essential strange fiction of Catherine Crowe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Ann Stevens was born in Kent in 1803 and in common with many English young ladies of her day and class was home educated. She married a soldier, Major John Crowe but the marriage was an unhappy one and they separated in the 1830s. By this time Catherine was living in Edinburgh and moving in literary circles which brought her into contact with Thomas de Quincey. Harriet Martineau and William Makepeace Thackeray among others. Catherine Crowe began her writing career with the typical industry of her age and produced novels, short stories and plays on a number of themes including works for children. Short stories with sensational plots frequently featuring women abused by men were published in Charles Dicken's, \u003cem\u003eHousehold Words\u003c\/em\u003e and in \u003cem\u003eChamber's Edinburgh Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. Her literary excursions into the supernatural world were not as frequent those of several of her peers, though two notable works were produced: a collection of short stories entitled \u003cem\u003eGhosts and Family Legends\u003c\/em\u003e, and perhaps her most popular and enduring work, the evocatively titled \u003cem\u003eThe Night Side of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, which contained a combination of fictional and allegedly 'true' ghost stories. Montague Summers included two of Crowe's stories in his well-regarded anthology \u003cem\u003eVictorian Ghost Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (1936). Catherine Crowe appears to have had more than a passing interest in the supernatural. In 1854 she was discovered naked in the street claiming that spirits had rendered her invisible. She was subsequently treated successfully for mental illness, dying in Folkestone in 1876. This Leonaur edition includes all Catherine Crowe's supernatural fiction in a single volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44369391026227,"sku":"9781782827726","price":117.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/Moh4zrBaQ29781782827726.webp?v=1780167200","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/the-collected-supernatural-and-weird-fiction-of-catherine-crowe-thirty-five-short-stories-of-the-strange-and-unusual-including-the-evening-tales-hardcover","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}