The Green Man (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Kingsley Amis
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Ghost story
- Time of Work: The late 1960’s
- Setting: Fareham, in Hertfordshire, and Cambridge, some twenty miles away
- Principal Characters: Maurice Allington, Joyce, Amy, Diana Maybury, Dr. Thomas Underhill, The young Man
- Genres: Long fiction, Ghost story
- Subjects: 1960’s, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Supernatural, Superstition, Religion, Villages, Exorcism, Ghosts or apparitions, England or English people, Fathers, Death or dying, Good and evil, Hotels, motels, or inns, Mysteries
- Locales: Cambridge, England, Hertfordshire, England
The Novel
The Green Man is the story of a haunting and an exorcism. Its action takes place in The Green Man, an English pub not far from Cambridge, which harbors at least three apparitions: the harmless and ineffective ghost of Mrs. Underhill, allegedly murdered by her husband by supernatural means some time in the 1680’s; Dr. Thomas Underhill himself, a malignant ghost still trying to cause harm from beyond the grave; and the Green Man, a spirit (or force) which can take physical form from trees and bushes and so carry out the murderous wishes of its director. Yet...
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