Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories

Rating:
Summary: introduced me to a few authors i'll read more of
Review: most of the stories in this book i could have done without. i found them boring and not the least bit frightening. i loved the edith wharton story (just buy her book of ghost stories), and the rosemary timperley stories were great too!

more disturbing than any of the stories was dahl's sexist introduction. he waxes lyrical on how women authors are kept out of the literary canon, because men really have the upperhand in that area, but ladies sure can write a creepy story. i was incredibly irritated.

this book gets 3 stars instead of one because it peaked my interest in ghost stories written by victorian women writer's- aside from that, it was pretty blah.

and don't get me wrong, i've always been a fan of his, and have read quite a lot of his books, but the sexist remarks dampened my admiration.

i strongly suggest flipping through this one before purchasing it.