Her writing style is succinct and witty, rendering the story a spirited and approachable read despite its age. Here we find a shrewd comedic skewering of this host of scriveners and clerks, and a realist approach to the consequences of a `haunted house’ – how does one let such a property? Slowly the safer world of commerce and law gives way as the encounter with the supernatural entity becomes more and more unavoidable…In `Fairy Water’, Riddell again subverts the expectations of the reader, suggesting a complex moral character for her haunting spirit. 1 The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mrs. Get FREE shipping on Haunted Houses by Charlotte Riddell, from.
Home > Fiction from Scotland > Haunted Houses: Two Novels by Charlotte Riddell Haunted Houses: Two Novels by Charlotte Riddell By (author) Charlotte Riddell Edited by Andrew Smithįrom the once-popular yet unfairly neglected Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell comes a pair of novels which cleverly upholster the familiar furniture of the `haunted house’ story.In `An Uninhabited House’, the hauntings are seen through the perspective of the solicitors who hold the deed of the property. From the once-popular yet unfairly neglected Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell comes a pair of novels which cleverly upholster the familiar furniture of.
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