Download or read book The Jovial Ghosts written by Thorne Smith and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also published under the title Topper, The Jovial Ghosts puts Thorne Smith's literary imagination and quirky sense of humor on full display. A mild-mannered professional, Cosmo Topper, finds his life turned upside-down when he encounters a pair of ghosts, George and Marian Kerby. The ghostly couple soon become fast friends with Topper, which turns out to be a pleasant diversion from his passionless marriage and humdrum life.
Download or read book Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend written by June Michele Pulliam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With entries that range from specific works to authors, folklore, and popular culture (including music, film, television, urban legend, and gaming), this book provides a single-volume resource on all things ghostly in the United States and in other countries. The concept of ghosts has been an ongoing and universal element in human culture as far back as recorded history can document. In more modern popular culture and entertainment, ghosts are a popular mainstay—from A Christmas Carol and Casper the Friendly Ghost to The Amityville Horror, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, and Ghost Whisperer. This book comprehensively examines ghost and spirit phenomena in all its incarnations to provide readers with a holistic perspective on the subject. It presents insightful information about the contribution of a specific work or author to establish or further the evolution of ghost lore, rather than concentrating solely on the film, literature, music, or folklore itself. The book focuses on ghosts in western culture but also provides information about spirit phenomena and lore in international settings, as many of the trends in popular culture dealing with ghosts and spirits are informed by authors and filmmakers from Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United Kingdom. The writers and editors are experts and scholars in the field and enthusiastic fans of ghost lore, ghost films, ghost hunting, and urban legends, resulting in entries that are informative and engaging—and make this the most complete and current resource on ghost and spirit lore available.
Download or read book The Discourse on Foxes and Ghosts written by Leo Tak-Hung Chan and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fiction of Xu works across boundaries, fusing Daoist traditions with the pessimism of Western nihilism.
Download or read book Turnabout written by Thorne Smith and published by eNet Press. This book was released on with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another hilarious tale! Find out what happens when a married couple are each placed in the other's body — and then have to learn how the opposite sex behaves. It's tough, and it's funny. A good relaxer.
Download or read book Mysterious Tales of Loss and Woe and Other Jovial Stories written by Truest Dunkworth and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lilac is a girl of eight, or ten, or twelve years old- she's not sure. She lives happily in the woods until she meets a Troll who begins introducing her to new ideas (Lilac & the Troll). Nelson is just another normal first year at Cambridge when he begins to have visions of one of England's most famous statesmen. Why him and what must he do to make the hauntings stop? (Oliver Cromwell's Head). Enjoy these and other short stories that give you a sense of the surreal-- while leaving you to ponder life's great lessons. Characters journey through real-- and not so real-- life situations, where they must choose right from wrong, true from untrue, good or bad, and love over hate. Other stories include: "The Pitiful Tale of Rosemary Pickering," "Transfiguration in the Blind Forest," & "The Jovial Story of Anges and the Great Pestilence," among others.
Download or read book Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Vol 1 written by R. Reginald and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.
Download or read book Flights of Fancy written by Kenneth Von Gunden and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2001-09-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In-depth analyses are presented of 15 superior films, each one representing a subgenre of fantasy cinema--Beauty and the Beast, Conan the Barbarian, The Dark Crystal, Dragonslayer, 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, It's a Wonderful Life, Jason and the Argonauts, King Kong, Lost Horizon, Popeye, Superman, The Thief of Baghdad, Time Bandits, Topper, and The Wizard of Oz. A chapter is devoted to each film, providing a plot summary and detailed information about cast and crew, special effects (stop-motion animation, miniatures, hanging miniatures, optical effects, tricks of perspective, blue screens, matte paintings, glass shots, reverse projection, slow motion, rear and front projection, etc.), and strengths and weaknesses, as well as explorations of the film's relationship to written fantasy, other films, and cultural myths.
Download or read book The Armenian Or the Ghost Seer Translated from the German of F Schiller and from Vol i P 155 to the End from the Spurious Continuation of E F Follenius by the Rev W Render written by Friedrich Schiller and published by . This book was released on 1800 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of a Traveller written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Jovial Ghosts The Misadventures of Toppe written by Thorne Smith and published by Swinburne Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A life of Washington Irving written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Haunted York written by Rupert Matthews and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a terrifying collection of true-life tales of ghosts, poltergeists and spirits of all kinds in the streets, buildings and graveyards of York. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, Haunted York contains a chilling range of ghostly phenomena. From the medieval stonemason who haunts York Minster to a re-incarnation mystery at St Mary's Church, the spectres of King's Manor, Micklegate Bar and Exhibition Square and the many spirits to be found in the city's public houses, this phenomenal gathering of ghostly goings-on is bound to captivate anyone interested in the supernatural history of York.
Download or read book Topper written by Thorne Smith and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2022-01-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topper Thorne Smith - Thorne Smith's hilarious and ribald comedy about boring and staid bank manager Cosmo Topper who decides to buy a flashy car only to discover it is haunted by its previous owners, George and Marion Kerby. George's and Marion's mischievous spirits (and a few other ghostly friends and an irresistible dog) make it their mission to lead the respectable Topper astray and give him a fresh outlook on life. Liquor flows, pranks are common, and although not always willing, George becomes a new man. He realizes life is what you make of it, and there are so many possibilities. Laugh out loud when Marion scares away the clientele and staff of a boutique or when George challenges Topper to a duel with clam shells. Thorne Smith's ghosts, their wit and repartee, are bound to entertain. Topper is the perfect beach read. As captivating today as when it was first written in 1926, Topper set the standard for a host of other ghost stories and was made into a movie starring Cary Grant (1936) and adapted for a TV series (1953). A remake of the movie is scheduled starring comedian Steve Martin as Topper, but no production start date has been set. "[Thorne Smith] created the modern American ghost. A ghost with style and wit. A ghost that haunts us still." --New York Times
Download or read book A Book Without Chapters written by Rohit Sharma and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love triangle ... King Joseph (KJ), Jasmine, and Riot ... ... The year is 1966; it is the time when it is a sort of fashion that people study things for years at a stretch and become proficient in them. Moreover, he is the Ph.D (Psychology) scholar King Joseph, the mastermind genius KJ of the Oxford University. What next is to happen in this novel is quite obvious. KJ has worked hard 'night and day' and has become proficient in his topic of thesis, that is, to study the effect of perfumes on human mind so well that has become capable to alter and hence control the emotions of people he wants by exposing them to fragrances; even of the mentors of his esteemed institution named Oxford. But of no use! Alas! He cannot alter the mind of Jasmine whom he has recently fallen in love with. The reason is that she is so fond of jasmine perfume that already remains surrounded by its fragrance all the time. For some time, the story tells us that how he tries to deal with the situation. But further, Riot, his old and estranged friend comes in the scene to make the matters worst for him. Of course, in the Oxford where numerous subjects are studied and taught, occult sciences have never been in the prohibited list. Riot had finished doing his Ph.D in them quite a long time ago. In fact, Riot is an occultist who has spent his entire academic life studying Indian sciences like yoga, transcendental meditation, astral projections, remote viewing, telepathy, psychokinesis, and a lot many others including some such ones too which come under the category of black magic. Even KJ sees that with his slight wish, he can lift people in the air and make them fly. This story was originally written scene by scene to claim the Oscar Award one day for original screenplay but landed here in front of you, just by chance. The name 'A Book Without Chapters' has its meaning explained in the last pages when even despite being bloodthirsty in the rivalry of a love triangle situation, Joseph (KJ) realizes that he, Riot, Jasmine, everyone, just everyone, even the person reading this novel's introduction right now, is just like a book. The main difference however lies in the fact that some books in this world are with chapters and some are without chapters. The concept of simulation of a person as a book is so simple and so strong that the writer expects that the reader shall also begin to see one's own life as a book, just as the actors of this novel begin to do by the end. LET US SEE NOW, WHAT KIND OF BOOK YOU DISCOVER YOURSELF AS ! !!
Download or read book Shakespeare and the supernatural written by Victoria Bladen and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection of twelve essays from an international range of contemporary Shakespeare scholars explores the supernatural in Shakespeare from a variety of perspectives and approaches.
Download or read book Washington Irving s Tales of a Traveller written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
