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daniel_ov's review
4.0
I had only ever read E. Nesbit's children stories, so when I heard that she also wrote ghost stories, I knew I had to check it out. I will admit, some were hard to get through because they didn't have the same charm that Nesbit usually employs in her works and came across as a bit stuffy as a result. However, I still enjoyed a good many of them -- "Man-Size in Marble," "John Charrington's Wedding," "Uncle Abraham's Romance," "The Power of Darkness," "The Haunted Inheritance" (cousin incest aside...), "The Third Drug" and "The Pavilion". I also appreciated the introduction and the footnotes from the annotator that gave a fascinating insight into E. Nesbit's life and what drove her to write horror stories.
From a purely technical standpoint, however, the book suffers from a lack of proofreading. Typos, random paragraph breaks and sentences spliced into other sentences made a few of the stories difficult to track.
From a purely technical standpoint, however, the book suffers from a lack of proofreading. Typos, random paragraph breaks and sentences spliced into other sentences made a few of the stories difficult to track.
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