The Sociable Ghost
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A disappointed newspaper reporter takes refuge in Trinity churchyard as the city settles toward midnight. His private unhappiness is interrupted when figures rise from the graves, including a talkative ghost with a strong interest in familiar earthly comforts. An offered pipe starts an unlikely acquaintance, and the reporter is drawn into a gathering beneath the churchyard, complete with a banquet and a ball.
Olive Harper gives the dead recognizable social habits: they gossip, cherish small vanities and dispute the flattering stories written on their headstones. At the gathering, a woman guards her single remaining curl while other spirits discuss husbands, children and the ache of watching life continue. The comedy shares space with grief and questions about the next world. This ghost novel suits readers who enjoy supernatural gatherings where human attachments supply both the jokes and the sadness.
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- Author
- Olive Harper
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 138
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Ghost Stories
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online