De entre los diez relatos los que más me han gustado son Prohibido trepar, una macabra historia sobre un misterioso árbol y los peligros de la curiosidad malsana, La no-puerta un relato que combina casas encantadas espiritismo, fantasmas, Los presentes, una historia muy macabra y perturbadora, La poda de invierno, un bonito cuento de brujas, El camino, uno de los mejores relatos de fantasmas que he leído jamás y por supuesto el desenlace final Tío Montague que pone un cierre brutal y coherente al conjunto. A Ghost Story" was probably the most lighthearted of the tales, and that could be partially why I liked it so much. Little Victoria Harcourt begrudgingly attends a family wedding, a horrible affair where rain and wind ruins the day. Victoria is mostly scorned by the other girls, and when her most loathsome of cousins Emily begins telling a ghost story, Victoria is almost ready to abandon all pretense of wanting to fit in. I don't want to say much about this story, but I did enjoy it immensely. I smiled like a baboon at the end. Neden bilmiyorum kendi kendime hep bu seri içerisinden en çok Montague Amca'yı seveceğimi söyleyip durmuştum. Bir şekilde sadece kapağına bakarak bile bir çekim hissettiğim bir kitaptı. Tuhaf kısmı şu ki gerçekten de öyle oldu. 2015 'in Ekim ayında Currently Reading listeme attığım bu kitabı Ocak ayında okumaya başladım ve tek kelimeyle bayıldım. Hikayenin ana damarını oluşturan Edgar ve Amcası'nın birbirinden ilgi çekici ve ürpertici öykülerle olan bağlantısı ve o öykülerin ikisini gündüz gözüyle okumama rağmen beni korkutması ve o leziz sonu. Aslında ikinci kitaptan alışkındım yani nasıl bir son olabileceğini tahmin etmiştim az çok ama bu sefer ki pekte benim beklediğim gibi çıkmadı. Yarı yarıya tahmin ettim diyebilirim. Öykülere gelirsek özellikle 8 hikaye beni acayip korkuttu. Bu kitap kesinlikle ve kesinlikle çocuklara göre değil. En azından belli bir yaştaki çocuklara göre değil. Zira kabus gördürme ihtimali yüzde yüz diyebilirim. The Demon Bench End" is truly horrible. Young Thomas Haynes is not really a very good boy. For all appearances he is, but truthfully, he's just as bad as anyone else. After a fateful street side encounter with a tinker, Thomas's life forever changes. Largely neglected by his father, Thomas stands idly by while his father and the tinker haggle. Eventually the family parts from the riffraff, but Thomas does not forget what he saw. For the tinker had something Thomas wants terribly bad, and he'll stop at nothing to get it.

PDF / EPUB File Name: Uncle_Montagues_Tales_of_Terror_-_David_Roberts.pdf, Uncle_Montagues_Tales_of_Terror_-_David_Roberts.epub urn:lcp:unclemontaguesta0000prie_k4z1:epub:09ab3079-5ae0-4f5d-bb11-ff20153a37d0 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier unclemontaguesta0000prie_k4z1 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3328xz8v Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780747589211 Chris Priestley oldukça ilginç bir yazar bence, bana Neil Gaiman'ı hatırlatıyor. Karanlık hayalgücüyle çocuklara yazdığı korkutucu öyküleri tam Gaiman tarzında. Belki de bu yüzden merak ediyordum yazarın Dehşet Hikayeleri serisini. Korku kitabı yazmak başlıbaşına bir iştir zaten ama çocuklar için korku öyküleri yazmak çok daha başka bir yerde. Ve bana sorsanız hangisini tercih edersin diye düşünmeden "Çocukların için" olanları seçerim. Çünkü çocuklar canavarları bizden daha iyi bilirler, daha iyi görürürler. Hayal güçleri her zaman bizden çok daha gelişmiş,bakış açıları ise daha farklıdır. İşte tam bu noktadan çıkarsak çocuklar için yazılan korku kitapları büyükler için yazılmış olanlara göre daha korkunçtur. En azından ben öyle düşünüyorum. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-07-27 10:04:57 Associated-names Roberts, David, 1970- Boxid IA1882204 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Con este hilo conductor, y utilizando la voz del Tío Montague como narrador de los relatos al pequeño Edgar, Chris Priestley nos ofrece una muy fina y aguda serie de diez relatos y un capítulo que sirve como introducción de nuestros protagonistas. Climb Not: Joseph's spaniel, Jess goes missing after sniffing around a hollow at the foot of the old Elm tree. Something in there terrified her so badly that she bolted as though a demon were after her and hasn't been seen since. Joseph grows obsessed with the tree, more so after spotting the warning 'Climb not' rudely carved in the trunk. Mr. Barlow, the ancient gardener of decidedly sinister disposition, urges him to heed the advice of those who know, but, of course, Joseph's already made his mind up. What will he find up top of the tree? And what will follow him up?

I was merely reminding myself, Uncle, that I am getting too old to be so easily frightened by stories."

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I liked this story because it was moving and unlike some of the other stories in the book it was subtle and left the climax until the very end .I didn't like this story as much as the others because it wasn't very exciting and a bit dull. His father was in the army and so he moved around a lot as a child and lived in Wales. He was an avid reader of American comics as a child, and when he was eight or nine, and living in Gibraltar, he won a prize in a newspaper story-writing competition. He decided then “that my ambition was to write and illustrate my own book”.

Christopher Priestley's Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror is the kind of book that begs to be read aloud, with a British accent, and in the dark of night sitting next to a roaring fire while an unnatural storm brews outside. This book is an anthology of ghost stories and cautionary tales, all told by the mysterious Uncle Montague to a rather dimwitted nephew, Edgar. Most leave you with a crooked smile after finishing. The mother of two sisters, one nice (Agnes) and one nasty (Christine) buys a gilt frame at a charity auction. Christine sneers but when she secretly unwraps it she finds it is a portrait of a young girl. The portrait comes to life and offers her three wishes. Not having heard of the monkey's whatsit, her wishes are naturally on the selfish side and they duly bring the family much sadness. Her final wish, for 'a room of her own' rebounds rather badly, though. After all, she didn't specify where this room should be.... Edgar's uncle lives in a house beyond the woods. Edgar is sure that the village children watch him from behind the trees as he passes through, but he is determined not to show his fear. Really?" said Uncle Montague with a worrying degree of doubt in his voice. "You think there is an age at which you might become immune to fear?"

Through The Woods: The scene-setter. Introduces young Edgar who regularly visits Uncle Montague at his gloomy old house-cum-museum in the woods, mainly to listen to his strange and wonderful stories. Uncle Montague lives alone save for Franz, his unseen butler, and frowns upon electric light, preferring to rely upon candles. His house is the coldest place Edgar has ever been, almost certainly haunted, but he doesn't care when there's always another spooky tale to thrill him. He worked as an illustrator for a wide range of clients and his work appeared regularly in The Times, The Listener and The Observer. He also worked briefly as a poster designer for the Royal Court Theatre and others. [ citation needed]

Edgar, kasvetli bir ormanın içinde eski bir evde yaşayan amcasını ziyaret ediyor ve her ziyaretinde olduğu gibi amcası bu seferinde de ona ilginç hikayeler anlatıyor. Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror is reminiscent of Poe and has a Victorian flavour about it, but is less coy than (let's say) Wilkie Collins and less horrific than Poe. It's a delicious balance that comes from good, modern storytelling, replete with eye-catching illustrations which complement the stories perfectly. While it is written for ages 8 and up, I do not believe the adults who have written here that they were not affected by these tales. Perhaps they weren't able to tap into the wide-eyed moppet we each hold inside. I for one was riveted, always wondering what secret's Uncle Montague was keeping, how he came to know these stories, and whether or not Edward would make it home through the dark woods at all. Often I'd find myself whispering, "Ohhhh noooo...." or making exclamations of horror as a shiver went down my spine. With the end came a certain sense of relief, and a lingering feeling of unease. Long after I finished the book I'd find myself thinking of a particular narrative or other, and I could feel my face pull into an expression of disquiet. Even now, thinking about Matthew...*shudder* But something about the man puts Ethan on edge, and he is anxious for the storm to blow over, their father to return and the long night to come to an end. The German translation of Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror was shortlisted for a Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2011. [6] Chris Priestley grew up in Wales and Gibraltar, where as a nine-year-old, he won a medal in a local newspaper's story-writing competition. In 1976, after spending his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he left to study illustration at Manchester Polytechnic, [ citation needed] leaving in 1980 to freelance in London.Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth won the Dracula Society Children of the Night Award in 2009. Some of the stories are stronger than others but they all work. And, while each is distinctive, they come together well as a set.