Weird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain

'But foliage surrounded him, branches blocked the way; the trees stoodc lose and still; and the sun dipped that moment behind a great black cloud. The entire wood turned dark and silent. It watched him'

Woods play an important and recurring role in horror, fantasy, the gothic and the weird. They are places in which strange things happen, where you often can't see where you are or what is around you. Supernatural creatures thrive in the thickets. Trees reach into underworlds of pagan myth and magic. Forests are full of ghosts.

Lining the path through this realm of folklore and fear are twelve stories from across Britain, telling tales of whispering voices and maddening sights from deep in the Yorkshire Dales to the ancient hills of Gwent and the eerie quiet of the forests of Dartmoor. Immerse yourself in this collection of classic tales celebrating the enduring power of our natural spaces to enthal and terrorise our senses.

John Miller is Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Sheffield. His research ranges across multiple topics in late Victorian and Edwardian literature, inclusing literary depictions of animals, exoticism and tattoos, as explored in Tales of the Tatooed, published in this series.

Format: Paperback, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780712353427
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Published: 27 August, 2020
Weight: 212 g
Dimensions: 189 x 129 x 24 mm

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