''The monstrous thought came into my mind as I perused the fixed eyes and the saturnine face, that this was a spirit, not a man.''

Three ghostly tales from a master of the form, ''The Signalman'', ''The Trial for Murder'' and the title story, ''To Be Read at Dusk''.

One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics'' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.