The Ghosts (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett
- First Published: 1908
- Type of Plot: Horror
- Time of Work: About 1900
- Setting: Rural England
- Principal Characters: The narrator, His brother
- Genres: Short fiction, Horror literature
- Subjects: Memory, Murder or homicide, Sin or Original sin, Ghosts or apparitions, England or English people, Imagination, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Winter, Reason or reasoning, Logic, Night
- Locales: England
The Story
The narrator recalls his experience with ghosts on a winter night in a decaying English mansion that was built in the seventeenth century. He has been arguing with his brother over the existence of such supernatural creatures and defiantly offers to stay up all night to confront the ghosts that his brother claims haunt the house. The narrator drinks several cups of strong tea to stay awake and smokes cigars to stimulate his senses. He fully expects to see ghostly figures but firmly believes they will be figments of his own imagination.
At midnight a group of...
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