A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- First Published: 1706
- Type of Plot: Ghost story, frame story
- Time of Work: September, 1705
- Setting: Canterbury, England
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Mrs. Veal, Mr. Veal, Mrs. Bargrave, Mrs. Bargrave's neighbor
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Friendship, Ghosts or apparitions, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Faith, Truthfulness and falsehood, Western Europe or western Europeans, Homemakers, Houses, mansions, or manors
- Locales: Canterbury, England
The Story
“A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal” is a story in two parts: a preface and a separate account. Daniel Defoe tells a ghost story, but he strives to make the story appear to be factual.
The narrator's preface describes the passage of the story in question from Mrs. Bargrave to her neighbor, to a family member of the neighbor, to a justice of the peace, to a friend of the justice of the peace, and to the narrator of the preface. The narrator of the preface insists that everyone involved in passing along the account of the apparition is...
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