The Phantom Coach

A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories

Michael Sims (Author) , Penelope Rawlins (Narrator) , William Hope (Narrator)

The Phantom Coach

A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories

Michael Sims (Author) , Penelope Rawlins (Narrator) , William Hope (Narrator)

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Bloomsbury presents The Phantom Coach Edited by Michael Sims, read by William Hope and Penelope Rawlins.

Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. Michael Sims, whose previous Victorian collections Dracula's Guest (vampires) and The Dead Witness (detectives) have been widely praised, has gathered twelve of the best stories about humanity's oldest supernatural obsession. The Phantom Coach includes tales by a surprising, often legendary cast, from Charles Dickens and Margaret Oliphant to Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as well as lost gems by forgotten masters such as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and W.F. Harvey. Amelia Edwards' chilling story gives the collection its title, while Ambrose Bierce (“The Moonlit Road”), Elizabeth Gaskell, (“The Old Nurse's Story”) and W. W. Jacobs (“The Monkey's Paw”) will turn you white as a sheet. With a skillful introduction to the genre and notes on each story by Michael Sims, The Phantom Coach is a spectacular collection of ghostly Victorian thrills.

Product details

Published	Oct 22 2026
Format	Audiobook
Duration	11 hours and 36 minutes
ISBN	9798260202456
Imprint	Bloomsbury Publishing
Series	The Connoisseur's Collections
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Michael Sims

Michael Sims’s six acclaimed non-fiction books inc…

Narrator

Penelope Rawlins

Narrator

William Hope

A collection of delightfully creepy ghost stories that were once popular in Victorian periodicals...a great for literature fans who enjoy lesser-known stories by famous novelists.

Booklist
A fine follow-up to Sims's acclaimed Dracula's Ghost and a necessary addition for lovers of all things Victorian, especially of the creepy variety

Library Journal
Just in time for All Hallow's Eve, Sims has released The Phantom Coach, a collection of classic Victorian ghost stories published by Bloomsbury in a softcover edition. The book includes creepy tales from Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, and Ambrose Bierce, among others.

Christian Science Monitor
Combined into one volume, these 12 stories give readers an excellent entry point into the spooky literature of the Victorian era--a time marked by a fascination with death and dying.

Shelf Awareness
Barzun considered the ghost story “more artful - and more productive of shivers - than the straight tale of horror,” an assertion that is abundantly substantiated by Michael Sims's delightful anthology of Victorian ghost stories.

Washington Post Book World
A little advice: hold on to your seat; phantom coach or not, it's going to be a bumpy, spine-tingling, thoroughly enjoyable ride.

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