# Haunted Houses

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- Authors: [Charlotte Riddell](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlotte-riddell), [Andy Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/andy-smith)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2018-08-28
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction

## Description

From 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. 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. Her writing style is succinct and witty, rendering the story a spirited and approachable read despite its age.

## Editions

### Haunted Houses

- Publisher: British Library
- ISBN: 978-07-1235-251-2
- Pages: 354
- Published: 2018-08-28
- Language: en_US