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Haunted Houses: Two Novels by Charlotte Riddell
By (author) Charlotte Riddell, Edited by Andrew Smith
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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.
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Publisher | British Library Publishing
Published date | 28 Aug 2018
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 354
Dimensions | 190 x 130 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-7123-5251-2
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BISAC | fiction / ghost
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