The Wharton Gothics: Stories of the Unnatural and the Supernatural

An original compilation of eight of Edith Wharton's gothic stories

A ghostly presence in “The Lady's Maid's Bell” desires revenge against a tyrannical husband. In “Mr. Jones,” Lady Jane Lynke inherits an estate unexpectedly and can't make sense of how to manage the servants-especially since the caretaker has been dead for decades but keeps giving orders.

Meanwhile, in “Afterward,” a newly wealthy American couple moves into a large, isolated house in southern England complete with a ghost-and ...