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OnChristmasEve,apartyoffriendsdescendsonapurportedlyhauntedcountryretreat,chargedwiththetaskofdiscoveringevidenceofthesupernatural.Sequesteredintheirroomsfortheholiday,thefriendsreconveneonTwelfthNightatagreatfeastandsharetheirstoriesofspectralencounter.“Conducted”byCharlesDickensandcountingElizabethGaskellandWilkieCollinsamongitscontributors,TheHauntedHouseexaminesquintessentiallyVictorianthemes–sexandlonging,nostalgiaandloss–inwaysthatcontinuetoresonatetoday.Ingeniouslyconceivedandwritten,andspikedwithflashesofDickensianhumor,thisvolumeisastrangeandsheerdelight.