7 best short stories by Amelia B. Edwards

Amelia B. Edwards was a versatile woman, who had been a journalist, writer and Egyptologist. Her tales of horror and ghost became very famous at the time of release. In this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven stories that show all the versatility of this author:



- An Engineer's Story

- A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest

- The Story of Salome

- In the Confessional

- Was it an illusion?

- How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries

- The Tragedy in the Palazzo Bardello



Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards(7 June 1831 15 April 1892), also known asAmelia B. Edwards,was an English novelist, journalist, traveller andEgyptologist. Her most successful literary works included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novelsBarbara's History(1864) andLord Brackenbury(1880), and the Egyptian travelogueA Thousand Miles up the Nile(1877). In 1882, she co-founded theEgypt Exploration Fund. She also edited a poetry anthologypublished in 1878.