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Charlotte Ashby
Charlotte Ashby, the second wife of widower Kenneth Ashby, is dismayed to discover a series of mysterious letters to her husband. At first she suspects that Kenneth is corresponding with a former lover. As the story unfolds, however, Charlotte comes to believe that the letters are from the ghost of Kenneth’s first wife, Elsie. Her increasing certainty about the ghostly source of the letters illustrates the story’s theme of alienation as she discovers an unknown side of her husband’s character.
Elsie Ashby
Elsie Ashby was the first...
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