Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts
Paperback
(Forgotten Books July 12, 2012)
The stories in this book are of revenants: persons who either in spirit or in body revisit old scenes, return upon old selves or old emotions, or relate a message from a world beyond perception. Which? was suggested by a passage in Hawthorne s Note-books, where he proposes a story or sketch the scene of which is to be laid within the light of a street lantern; the time, when the lamp is near going out; and the catastrophe to be simultaneous with the last flickering gleam. The Lady of the Ship is very nearly historical. Prisoners of War rests on the actual adventures of two St. I ves men, Thomas Williams and John Short, in the years 1804-1814. Frozen Margit and The Seventh Man have if not their originals at least their suggestions in fact. One of the tales, Once A board the Lugger, is itself a revenant. After writing it in the form here presented, I took advice and gave it another.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at
- ISBN
- 144006265X / 9781440062650
- Pages
- 400
- Weight
- 24.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.9 in.
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