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Arthur Quiller-Couch

Also known as: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (; 21 November 1863 – 12 May 1944) was a British writer and literary critic who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250–1900 (later extended to 1918) and for his literary criticism. He influenced many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q's Legacy.

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Once upon a time, in a land beyond the Black mountains, lived seven fairies. The first was called the fairy of the nightingales, the second was called the fairy of the breadcrumbs and the third was the fairy of the buzzing bees. But the most beautiful of all was the.............

— from The sleeping beauty

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Ghost Stories

1999

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An exciting collection of tales from the twilight world of haunted houses and hair-raising spectres is contained in this spine-chilling anthology. Includes: THE RIDDLE | Walter de la Mare THE MONKEY'S PAW | W. W. Jacobs A TOUGH TUSSLE | Ambrose Bierce THROUGH THE DOOR (from The Phantom Roundabout and Other Ghostly Stories) | Ruth Ainsworth A PAIR OF HANDS | Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE | E. Nesbit KROGER'S CHOICE | John Gordon MANY COLOURED GLASS (from Young Winter's Tales) | Lucy M. Boston THE CLOCK TOWER GHOST (from The Clock Tower Ghost) | Gene Kemp THE BROWN HAND | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE GORGE OF THE CHURELS | H. Russell Wakefield [THE TELL-TALE HEART]( | Edgar Allan Poe A KIND OF SWAN SONG | Helen Cresswell THE HAUNTED TRAILER | Robert Arthur THE STRANGER | Ambrose Bierce THE HAUNTED DOLL'S HOUSE | M. R. James THE [Landlady]( (from Kiss Kiss) | Roald Dahl BAD COMPANY | Walter de la Mare THE YELLOW CAT | Michael Joseph THE WOOING OF CHERRY BASNETT | Brian Alderson EXPIATION | E. F. Benson THE SHADOW-CAGE (from The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural) | Philippa Pearce THE MORTAL | Oliver Onions TEA AND EMPATHY | Paul Dorrell LAURA | Saki THE RED ROOM | H. G. Wells THE WELL | W. W. Jacobs THE SWAN CHILD (from A Whisper in the Night) | Joan Aiken

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The sleeping beauty

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A ballet originally choreographed in 1890. Good fairies bestow gifts on the infant princess Aurora, but the uninvited evil fairy, Carabosse, arrives and puts a curse on the child - one day she will prick her finger on a spindle and die. The Lilac Fairy then moderates this to a promise that she will merely fall into a deep sleep for 100 years and be awakened by a prince's kiss. At the princess's 16th birthday celebration, a disguised Carabosse gives her a bouquet with a spindle hidden, and Aurora pricks her finger. The Lilac Fairy puts the whole kingdom to sleep along with Aurora. One hundred years later, Prince Florimund falls in love with the Lilac Fairy's image of Aurora, and battles Carabosse's creatures and other obstacles to reach the princess and break the spell. Finally, the entire court assembles for the wedding celebration.

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Measure for Measure

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Set in Vienna, the Duke Vincentio pretends to leave the city and hands over authority to Angelo, a strict and morally rigid deputy. Angelo immediately enforces harsh laws, including the death penalty for fornication. Claudio, a young nobleman, is sentenced to death for impregnating his fiancée, Juliet, before marriage. Claudio’s sister, Isabella, a novice nun, pleads for his life. Angelo becomes infatuated with Isabella and propositions her, offering to spare her brother in exchange for her virginity. The Duke, disguised as a friar, orchestrates a clever plan—using deception, moral tests, and “bed tricks”—to expose Angelo’s hypocrisy, save Claudio, and restore order and justice.

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