| Author: | Edward Frederic Benson | ISBN: | 1230002327129 |
| Publisher: | FB Editions | Publication: | May 18, 2018 |
| Imprint: | FB Editions | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward Frederic Benson |
| ISBN: | 1230002327129 |
| Publisher: | FB Editions |
| Publication: | May 18, 2018 |
| Imprint: | FB Editions |
| Language: | English |
Benson's second collection of ghost stories contains three powerful tales featuring the type of "spectres" that Benson seems to have been most haunted by: large ("Junonian," as he might say), attractive, cheerful, outgoing, middle-aged women. In "The Outcast" she is a reincarnation of Judas, in "Inscrutable Decrees" she is an emotional sadist and a murderer by omission, and in "Mrs. Amworth"—one of the best supernatural tales ever written—she is a conventional but nonetheless terrifying vampire.
Benson's second collection of ghost stories contains three powerful tales featuring the type of "spectres" that Benson seems to have been most haunted by: large ("Junonian," as he might say), attractive, cheerful, outgoing, middle-aged women. In "The Outcast" she is a reincarnation of Judas, in "Inscrutable Decrees" she is an emotional sadist and a murderer by omission, and in "Mrs. Amworth"—one of the best supernatural tales ever written—she is a conventional but nonetheless terrifying vampire.
