Peter Rugg, the Missing Man (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Austin
- First Published: 1824
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The 1820's
- Setting: The northeastern United States
- Principal Characters: Jonathan Dunwell, Peter Rugg, Jenny Rugg
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Nineteenth century, Alienation, Ghosts or apparitions, Storms, Missing persons, Boston, Demoniac possession
- Locales: Northeast (U.S.)
The Story
The first part of the story takes the form of a letter in which Jonathan Dunwell explains how, in 1820, he first encountered a man and a child mounted on a “chair” (the chassis of a carriage without the protective shell it was built to carry) pulled by a black horse. The mysterious stranger, who seemed to be pursued by a relentless storm cloud, impatiently asked the way to Boston and was sorely distressed to find that he was heading he wrong way. Dunwell then relates how the driver of the coach on which he was traveling told him that the stranger had been...
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