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The Water Ghost and Others
John Kendrick Bangs
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Eight ghost stories by a master story teller and humorist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Eight ghost stories by a master story teller and humorist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Post-modernism Revealed during the era of the Great Spiritualists! Very unexpected and detached satire, though if one is looking for gothic frights and not triple irony disappointment will ensue.
More great Bangsian humorous "horror" writing. While he never gets terribly close to the frightening zone despite his continual use of ghosts and other traditional horror fair, he is strong at social satire , poking fun through all his characters - natural and supernatural - at the world around and
A wonderful set of ghostly and mysterious short stories set over one hundred years ago.
Brilliant
I've never read book written in in the Victorian era but this won't by any means be the last *****
An anthology of 8 comical Victorian era ‘ghost stories’ by the American humorist & satirist John Kendrick Bangs. Originally published in 1894, by Harper & Brothers, the stories in this compilation provides entertaining reading.
The Water Ghost Of Harrowby Hall, the title story of this collection, is