The Ghostly Visiter; or, The Mysterious Invalid - A Review

On February 27, 1833 a horrific ghost story was published by the title The Ghostly Visiter; or, The Mysterious Invalid. The scary story was printed anonymously in The Penny Story-Teller, a British pulp magazine that came out every Wednesday.

The Penny Story-Teller and others were called "penny dreadfuls" given their cheap price and the frightening tales contained within their pages. In these pages is where horror short stories first took root in the UK. "The Ghostly Visiter" is one of the finest examples of a ghost story to come out of these magazines. Despite its horror, it did not rise to the level of the Top 10 ghost stories from 1800-1849, which are contained in The Best Ghost Stories.

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Facts About Lady Eleanor's Mantle by Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was no stranger when it came to telling a scary ghost story. His "Legends of the Province House" was mentioned as being exemplary by H.P. Lovecraft and his 1835 story titled "Graves and Goblins" is quite good. But this post is about Lady Eleanor's Mantle, which is one of the scary ghost stories for the first half of the nineteenth century. Without giving away too much, the horror story contains an insane person and is well worth a read on a moonlit night. It was published just time for the holidays in December 1838.

Lady Eleanor's Mantle by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Lady Eleanor's Mantle" is a ghostly tale of pestilence and because of that it draws certain parallels to Edgar Allan Poe's "Mask of the Red Death," which is included in my rbook: The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Ghost Anthology. Which came first? Hawthorne beat Poe by 3.5 years. Enjoy.  

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