The Ghost-Seer

Or, The Apparitionist; and Sport of Destiny

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The Ghost-Seer has a narrator proposing to relate an adventure that may seem incredible, though he witnessed much of it himself. The narrator presents the account as a possible contribution to the history of deception and the aberrations of human intellect. An encounter in Venice includes warnings that a wealthy Venetian can employ a bravo to take revenge against the prince.

Officers of the Inquisition produce a government order requiring the narrator and the prince to accompany them immediately. The escorted party is taken to a waiting gondola and blindfolded before landing. The narrator describes a dim hall hung with black, where old men dressed in black form a silent assembly.

About the author

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet, playwright, and historian, and with Goethe a founder of Weimar classicism. His dramas of freedom and moral struggle, and his Ode to Joy set to music by Beethoven, made him one of the most beloved writers in the German language.