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The Stoneground Ghost Tales
Edmund Swain
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\The Stoneground Ghost Tales is a collection of nine short stories set in and around a church and parish on the edge of England's fen country. The protagonist, the Rector of Stoneground, the Reverend Roland Batchel, is a kindly, humane bachelor and amateur antiquarian, very much like Swain himself.
\The Stoneground Ghost Tales is a collection of nine short stories set in and around a church and parish on the edge of England's fen country. The protagonist, the Rector of Stoneground, the Reverend Roland Batchel, is a kindly, humane bachelor and amateur antiquarian, very much like Swain himself.
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The book proved to be one with which he was unfamiliar, and this made it certain that some other hand than his had removed it from its place. Its title was “The Compleat Gard’ner” of M. de la Quintinye made English by John Evelyn Esquire. It was not a work in which Mr. Batchel felt any great interest. It consisted of divers reflections on various parts of husbandry, doubtless entertaining enough, but too deliberate and discursive for practical purposes. He had certainly never used the book, and growing restless now in mind, said to himself that some boy having the freedom of the house, had taken it down from its place in the hope of finding pictures.
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Community Reviews
Odd but very enjoyable series of Victorian social history intercepting with ghost tales.
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“The Man with the Roller” ✭✭✭½
“Bone to His Bone” ✭✭✭
“The Richpins” ✭✭
“The Eastern Window” ✭✭✭
“Lubrietta” ✭✭✭
“The Rockery” ✭✭✭
“The Indian Lamp-Shade” ✭✭✭
“The Place of Safety” ✭✭½
“The Kirk Spook” ✭½
“Obituary of E. G. Swain”, Anonymous (1938) ✭✭✭
All entries 1912 by E. G. Swain, except for anonymousl
I love M.R. James and ghost stories of his style, so what better than to read these written by a close friend and admirer of James? Swain is much gentler than James, but his stories are really wonderful. Lubrietta is my favorite involving as it does the unlikely elements of a reappearing ring in the
A pleasing, if lightweight, selection of ghost stories in the style of M. R. James. Nothing too memorable, but rather relaxing in their way due to the drowsy setting and affable character of Mr. Batchel, who links each tale in the volume.
Not bad, in a mild way. Some nice touches, and the style is good. What I most enjoyed is the attitude of the main character, who must be acting as a mouthpiece for the author- he has some very tart observations about the poor upkeep of churches, and his digressions are more interesting than the main
Great collection of Victorian ghost stories by the man who inspire M.R. James.