Haunted Houses

Informationen zum Autor Charlotte Riddell (18321906) was an exceptionally popular Irish-born writer of over 50 books and numerous short stories. She was part-owner and editor of the London literary journal St Jamess Magazine and a renowned figure of the literary canvas of late-Victorian England. Klappentext From the once-popular yet unfairly neglected Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell comes a pair of novels which cleverly upholster the familiar furniture of the haunted house story. In An Uninhabited House, the hauntings are seen through the perspective of the solicitors who hold the deed of the property. Here we find a shrewd comedic skewering of this host of scriveners and clerks, and a realist approach to the consequences of a haunted house how does one let such a property? Slowly the safer world of commerce and law gives way as the encounter with the supernatural entity becomes more and more unavoidable In Fairy Water, Riddell again subverts the expectations of the reader, suggesting a complex moral character for her haunting spirit. Her writing style is succinct and witty, rendering the story a spirited and approachable read despite its age. Zusammenfassung From the once-popular yet unfairly neglected Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell comes a pair of novels which cleverly upholster the familiar furniture of the `haunted house' story.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Riddell, Riddell Charlotte, Andrew Smith
• Assisted by: Andrew Smith (Editor), Smith Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: British Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780712352512
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5251-2
• No. of pages: 354
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 190 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Tales of the Weird; Tales of the Weird
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Ghost, Classic horror & ghost stories, Classic horror and ghost stories, Classic fiction: general and literary