The tutor brings up a title he read over the weekend.

Last weekend, we had some dreary weather that foreshadowed Halloween. My older son thought I might read a ghost story. I got out a book called Victorian Ghost Stories, then settled on The Dead Man of Varley Grange.

In a Victorian way, The Dead Man of Varley Grange is overdone. It’s as comedic as supernatural, and very entertaining. It explores the absurdity of the Victorian point of view.

The Dead Man of Varley Grange is probably much better read aloud to a group, then read alone. I like reading to people, and highly recommend The Dead Man of Varley Grange for that purpose.

Good reading:)

Source:

Victorian Ghost Stories. London: Senate, 1995.

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