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A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal

Daniel Defoe

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. . .on, for these last fifteen or sixteen years, on my own knowledge; and I can confirm the good character she had from her youth, to the time of my acquaintance. Though, since this relation, she is calumniated by some people, that are friends to the brother of this Mrs. Veal, who appeared; who think the relation of this appearance to be a reflection, and endeavour what they can to blast Mrs. Bargrave's reputation, and to laugh the story out of countenance. But by the circumstances thereof, and the cheerful disposition of Mrs. Bargrave, notwithstanding the ill-usage of a very wicked husband, there is not yet the least sign of dejection in her face; nor did I ever hear her let fall a desponding or murmuring expression; nay, not when actually under her husband's barbarity; which I have been witness to, and several other persons of undoubted reputation.

Now you must know, Mrs. Veal was a maiden gentlewoman of about thirty years of age, and for some years last past had . . . Read More

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- Katie - Mar 21, 2024

queer women ane ghosts? slay.

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- Ella - Mar 20, 2024

I actually really liked this Gothic text, it reminded me of A-levels and I liked the fact that it was an arguably queer ghost story.

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- Bahar - Aug 26, 2023

اگه با این ذهنیت سراغ داستان برید که قراره یه داستان ترسناکی بخونید که تنتون رو بلرزونه و آدرنالین خونتونو ببره بالا، باید بگم که کلا سمتش نرید چون ناامیدتون می کنه

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- Tom - Dec 15, 2022

"The Apparition of Mrs. Veal is a pamphlet that was published anonymously in 1706 and is usually attributed to Daniel Defoe. Titled in full A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next Day after her Death: to one Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury. The 8th of September 1705, it has been des

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- Daniel - Jun 25, 2018

Published in 1706, "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal" has been described as the first ghost story. It is, in fact, part of what was already then the fully established genre of the Apparition Narrative, in which a the spirit of a dead person comes back to life and visits a living person. In this story, Mr

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