Haunted houses : Fairy water & The uninhabited house /
Enter the Victorian haunted house: a world of glowering shadows, heart-stopping visions and phantom footfall by night. But whilst spirits disturb the realm of the living, the stark realities of surviving in Victorian England remain equally pressing. From the once-beloved yet unfairly neglected Victo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London, England :
The British Library,
2018.
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| Series: | British Library tales of the weird
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| Summary: | Enter the Victorian haunted house: a world of glowering shadows, heart-stopping visions and phantom footfall by night. But whilst spirits disturb the realm of the living, the stark realities of surviving in Victorian England remain equally pressing. From the once-beloved yet unfairly neglected Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell come two chilling yet charming novels. In "An Uninhabited House," Charlotte Riddell presents a curious proposition: how does one let a property when the tenents cannot stand their otherworldly lodger? Horror meets humour as a host of solicitors and clerks struggle to find the solution to their impending financial - and perhaps mortal - peril. "Fairy Water" follows young lovers navigating their new position in society, an effort frustrated by the interruptions of a spectral houseguest. Narrated by the couple's bombastic and disgruntled landlord, the economic obsessions and anxieties of late Victorian England are expertly, and entertainingly, laid bare. |
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| Item Description: | "Fairy water originally published in 1873 as 'The haunted house at Latchford. The uninhabited house originally published in 1875"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 334 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 13). |
| ISBN: | 0712352511 9780712352512 |