5/20/2023 0 Comments In the dark e nesbit"Man-Size in Marble"- Nesbit definitely didn't model the wimpy wife in this story on herself! Newly-weds find the perfect, secluded cottage where they can paint and write in peace. I'd recommend it to everyone who loves a good ghost story although it sometimes shows its age. I read one story every day on the train and it was the perfect book for that. It warns you on the cover not to read them before going to bed, and some may haunt you. There are stories about zombies, haunted houses, ghosts and vampiric vines among many others.Īll in all, it's a very good and interesting collection and I like the short story format. Today the stories don't seem that scary anymore because similar stories have been written since then, but in her time they must have been quite unique, especially written by a women. She did so without complaining, but I believe her unhappiness comes through in her ghost stories where she punishes men whether they have done something wrong or not. As we learn in the introduction Nesbit had to share her husband with another woman and even raised her child. Most are about men and what happens to them when they don't act according to some sort of „norm“. Some are scary, some are dark, some are just plain weird. A collection of 20 ghost stories by an author best known for her childrens' books.
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