The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story
The classic ghost story from the author of The Mist in the Mirror: a chilling tale about a menacing spectre haunting a small English town.
Arthur Kipps is an up-and-coming London solicitor who is sent to Crythin Gifford—a faraway town in the windswept salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway—to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of a client, Mrs. Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House. Mrs. Drablow’s house stands at the end of the causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but Kipps is unaware of the tragic secrets that lie hidden behind its sheltered windows. The routine business trip he anticipated quickly takes a horrifying turn when he finds himself haunted by a series of mysterious sounds and images—a rocking chair in a deserted nursery, the eerie sound of a pony and trap, a child’s scream in the fog, and, most terrifying of all, a ghostly woman dressed all in black. Psychologically terrifying and deliciously eerie, The Woman in Black is a remarkable thriller of the first rate.
The basis for the major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Arthur Kipps is an up-and-coming London solicitor who is sent to Crythin Gifford—a faraway town in the windswept salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway—to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of a client, Mrs. Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House. Mrs. Drablow’s house stands at the end of the causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but Kipps is unaware of the tragic secrets that lie hidden behind its sheltered windows. The routine business trip he anticipated quickly takes a horrifying turn when he finds himself haunted by a series of mysterious sounds and images—a rocking chair in a deserted nursery, the eerie sound of a pony and trap, a child’s scream in the fog, and, most terrifying of all, a ghostly woman dressed all in black. Psychologically terrifying and deliciously eerie, The Woman in Black is a remarkable thriller of the first rate.
The basis for the major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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I once read The Nightmarys by Dan Poblocki and was scared by the first two chapters. I thought after reading the rest of the book, it wasn't so bad and I was being a wuss. I conquered the wuss. This title made me think, meh, first few chapters will scare and the rest will be okay. Boy was I wrong!
Let's just say, the first feel chapters were serene and it builds, and builds, and builds til it culminates to "RUN ARTHUR, RUN!!!" It's similar to a good Alfred Hitchcock movie, no blood or gore but it takes your mind and leads it to its own conclusion. It is suspenseful, mysterious and creepy. Oohh, getting goosebumps thinking about it.
Let's just say, the first feel chapters were serene and it builds, and builds, and builds til it culminates to "RUN ARTHUR, RUN!!!" It's similar to a good Alfred Hitchcock movie, no blood or gore but it takes your mind and leads it to its own conclusion. It is suspenseful, mysterious and creepy. Oohh, getting goosebumps thinking about it.
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