Ghost Stories
E. F. Benson, 1912
English ghosts by a bishop's son who wrote them with a civilised smile: haunted bedrooms, village rites, and a dead man fretting through his own séance.
E. F. Benson
1867–1940
Benson was a son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and later mayor of Rye; between ghost stories he wrote the waspish Mapp and Lucia comedies.
Feels like dread, unease and wonder.
Some people hold a wounded bird the way a hungry person holds a plate.
It was clear that the kindest thing to do would be to put the bird out of its pain, but when I suggested that, she took a step back from me, and covered it with her other hand. Her eyes gleamed, her mouth smiled, and I saw the tip of her tongue swiftly pass over her lips as if licking them. Books by E. F. Benson
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