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Titch: a novel
By Chaim Bermant. 1987
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Humourous fictionHistorical biography
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In 1925, young Sammy Hoch travels with his parents and sister, Sosh, from Poland to Manchester, England. Sammy, or Titch,…
as his sister lovingly calls him, sees himself as too short, too bookish, too Jewish, and too foreign. After a stint in the British army, Titch gets called up by the Polish army, and confusion and hilarity result. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexThe mummy, the will, and the crypt (Johnny Dixon Mystery Ser. #No. 2)
By John Bellairs, Edward Gorey. 1983
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Mysteries and crime stories, Fantasy, Ghost and horror stories, General fictionArchaeology
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Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass search for the hidden will left by an eccentric cereal tycoon who wanted…
to make life difficult for his heirs. A chilling sequel to 'The Curse of the Blue Figurine.' For grades 5-8Haunted Greece And Rome: Ghost Stories from Classical Antiquity
By D. Felton. 1999
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Ghost and horror storiesCriticism, Archaeology
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Stories of ghostly spirits who return to this world to warn of danger, to prophesy, to take revenge, to request…
proper burial, or to comfort the living fascinated people in ancient times just as they do today. In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, the author combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed new light on the stories' folk roots. The author begins by examining ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories which arose from these beliefs. She then focuses on the longer stories of Plautus, Pliny, and Lucian, which concern haunted houses. Her analysis illuminates the oral and literary transmission and adaptation of folkloric motifs and the development of the ghost story as a literary form. In her concluding chapter, the author also traces the influence of ancient ghost stories on modern ghost story writers, a topic that will interest all readers and scholars of tales of hauntings.